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Last updated 02 January 2017
Planet of the Spiders: Movie Format  (5+6)
Broadcast: Thursday 8th February 2001
6:00pm-7:00pm NZDT (05:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, George Cormack, John Dearth, Richard Franklin, Gareth Hunt, John Kane

Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor in the TARDIS.There they meet K'anpo,the Doctor's Time Lord guru who has the Metebelis crystal.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 2nd February 2001:
Prime TV New Zealand
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Sun-Fri 6PM - 2 episodes daily
Sun-Mon The Monster of Peladon eps 3 - 6 of 6
Last rerun in 1986. Ice Warrior peacekeepers are called in to quell the chaos on Peladon. But the cure may be worse than the disease. Final appearance (to date) of the Ice Warriors in the series, although the writers tried to slip them in several times.
Tue-Thu Planet of the Spiders eps 1 - 6 of 6
Last rerun in 1986. In The Green Death, the 3rd Doctor gave Jo Grant a blue crystal from Metebelis III as a wedding gift. Now, the residents of that planet want the crystal back, and they'll kill anyone who gets in their way. Even the Doctor.
Fri Robot eps 1+2 of 4
Last rerun in 1986. See UK Gold for details.