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See broadcasts for BBC OneThe Pirate Planet: Part One

Last updated 09 January 2017
Broadcast: Saturday 30th September 1978
6:20pm-6:45pm BST (17:20 GMT) < > « » Premiere < > « »
(actually broadcast at 18:22:08)
BBC One
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Featuring: Tom Baker, John Leeson, Mary Tamm, Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson

The Doctor, Romana and K9 face new dangers searching for the second segment to the Key to Time. What has happened to the planet it is hidden on?

Instead of landing on Calufrax as originally intended, they arrive on a different planet and encounter the Mentiads, and the strange Captain.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:


Consolidated figures: 9.100m viewers (+7 days), 30th place, AI 61