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Last updated 02 January 2017
Planet of the Spiders: Part Six
Broadcast: Saturday 9th December 2000
12:00am-12:30am AEDT (13:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, George Cormack, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, Gareth Hunt, John Kane

The Doctor takes the blue crystal and returns to Metebelis 3 where he must face the spider ruler, the Great One. But it is an encounter that triggers his second regeneration..


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 1st December 2000:
UKTV Australia
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Sat 2PM, Late Sat 1AM AEDT Thirty Years In The TARDIS 1993 documentary
See WQED for story details.
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEDT The Monster of Peladon all 6 eps
50 years after the Doctor's first visit to Peladon, the planet is again in turmoil. Membership in the Galactic Federation is not bringing all the success it was supposed to, and the miners are getting fed up.
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEDT Planet of the Spiders eps 1 - 4 of 6
Fri 11:30PM AEDT Planet of the Spiders eps 5+6 of 6

The final 3rd Doctor story. 2 episodes on Friday. Disgraced U*N*I*T member Mike Yates contacts Sarah with an unbelievable tale of evil growing inside a Tibetan Monestary. The Doctor learns that something he brought to Earth in the past is causing death and terror now.