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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Episode 1
The Magellanic Clouds, the planet Ribos, an unknown time. Ordered by the White Guardian to collect the pieces of the omnipotent Key to Time, The Doctor, K-9 and his new assistant Romana arrive. Collecting the first segment is not going to be easy…
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Cyril Luckham, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, John Hamill
Episode 2
Trying to obtain the first segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana are swept up in an elaborate con. The target – the homicidal Graff Vynda K.
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, John Hamill
Episode 3
Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment – even as Unstoff takes it into the most dangerous place on Ribos.
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, Timothy Bateson, Anne Tirard
Episode 4
Trapped in the catacombs between a mad warlord and ravenous monsters, the Doctor and Romana work desperately to obtain the segment of the Key to Time - and escape alive.
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, Timothy Bateson, Anne Tirard
Episode 5
Planet Zanak, unknown time. The Doctor and Romana are seeking the planet Calufrax where the second segment waits. They are in the right place and the right time… but on the wrong planet.
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Douglas AdamsGuest stars Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, Ralph Michael, David Sibley, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Clive Bennett, Bernard Finch
Episode 6
The Doctor begins to investigate the mysteriously wealthy planet Zanak. Mentiads, a deranged Captain, strange omens, miraculous mines – what does it all mean? And what does it have to do with the Key to Time?
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Douglas AdamsGuest stars Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, Ralph Michael, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Bernard Finch, Adam Kurakin, Rosalind Lloyd
Episode 7
The Mentiads take the Doctor, Romana and Kimus to a reunion with K9 and Mula, where they set about trying to defeat the Captain.
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Douglas AdamsGuest stars Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, David Sibley, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Bernard Finch, Adam Kurakin, Rosalind Lloyd
Episode 8
The Captain and Xanxia work toward their secret goals. Both depends on the pirate planet consuming one more victim - Earth.
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Douglas AdamsGuest stars Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, David Sibley, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Bernard Finch, Rosalind Lloyd
Episode 9
England, the late 1970s. The Doctor and Romana arrive in search of the third segment. But the Tracer readings are erratic and something ominous is happening with an ancient stone circle...
Directed by Darrol BlakeWritten by David FisherGuest stars Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Nicholas McArdle, Elaine Ives-Cameron
Episode 10
The quest for the Third Segment has landed the Doctor and Romana in the midst of a druidic cult centred on a stone circle. But the stones are not what they seem, and somewhere out there is a blood-thirsty Celtic goddess.
Directed by Darrol BlakeWritten by David FisherGuest stars Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Nicholas McArdle, Elaine Ives-Cameron
Episode 11
Chased by blood-thirsty stones, the Doctor must find a way to rescue Romana. What awaits him in the theoretical absurdity of hyperspace?
Directed by Darrol BlakeWritten by David FisherGuest stars Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Gerald Cross, David McAlister, James Murray, Shirin Taylor
Episode 12
Facing a sentence of death from merciless justice machines, the Doctor must play for time while Romana tries to discover just who Vivian Fey really is.
Directed by Darrol BlakeWritten by David FisherGuest stars Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Gerald Cross, David McAlister
Episode 13
Arriving on Tara, Romana locates the fourth segment of the Key to Time with ease. But getting it away proves more difficult, as she is captured by the scheming Count Grendel who wants the throne of Tara for himself.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by David FisherGuest stars Peter Jeffrey, Simon Lack, Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter, Declan Mulholland
Episode 14
The Doctor must employ a desperate gambit to keep the evil Grendel off the throne. And the Count has a new pawn to play - Romana.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by David FisherGuest stars Peter Jeffrey, Simon Lack, Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter, Cyril Shaps, Martin Matthews
Episode 15
The battle for control of Tara turns into a duel of wits between the Doctor and Grendel. But the Count shows he has more treacherous tricks up his sleeve.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by David FisherGuest stars Peter Jeffrey, Simon Lack, Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter, Declan Mulholland, Cyril Shaps, Martin Matthews
Episode 16
Grendel plans two weddings and a funeral to cement his hold over Tara. The Doctor and K-9 race to foil him and save the Time Lady's life.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by David FisherGuest stars Peter Jeffrey, Simon Lack, Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Declan Mulholland, Cyril Shaps, Martin Matthews
Episode 17
The Third Moon of Delta Magna, The Future. The Doctor and Romana arrive in search of the fifth segment and are immediately swept up in a conflict between the crew of a new refinery and the embittered natives…
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson, Grahame Mallard
Episode 18
The Doctor and Romana try to avoid being sacrificed to Kroll – just in time for the real monster to appear.
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson, Grahame Mallard
Episode 19
The massive Kroll is awake and killing anyone in its path. And the swampies are determined to appease it – by sacrificing the Doctor and Romana.
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson
Episode 20
The Doctor and Romana are trapped between the monstrous Kroll and the insane refinery commander. And there is no sign of the fifth segment of the Key to Time.
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson
Episode 21
Searching for the sixth segment, the Doctor and Romana land in the midst of a brutal nuclear war between the planets Atrios and Zeos.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars John Woodvine, Lalla Ward, Davyd Harries, Ian Liston, Susan Skipper, John Cannon, Ian Saynor
Episode 22
Swept up in an apocalyptic war, the Doctor must help the Marshal defend his planet. But who or what controls the Marshal?
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Harry Fielder, John Woodvine, Lalla Ward, Davyd Harries, Ian Saynor
Episode 23
The Doctor meets a new enemy – the Shadow – who wants the Key to Time. And the Atrian-Zeon war is approaching an awful climax.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars John Woodvine, Lalla Ward, Davyd Harries, William Squire, Iain Armstrong, Pat Gorman, Ian Saynor
Episode 24
The Doctor is forced into a desperate gambit to prevent a massacre. But it is getting harder to tell friend from foe.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars John Woodvine, Lalla Ward, Davyd Harries, William Squire, Pat Gorman, Ian Saynor
Episode 25
The Doctor and Romana finally venture into the Shadow's lair. The Shadow appears to hold all the cards but the Doctor has found an old friend.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Lalla Ward, William Squire, Barry Jackson
Episode 26
The Doctor and the Shadow have their final confrontation to take control of the Key to Time. Completing it may entail an awful sacrifice. And the Black Guardian will do anything to obtain it and plunge the Universe into chaos.
Directed by Michael HayesWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars John Woodvine, Lalla Ward, Davyd Harries, Valentine Dyall, William Squire, Barry Jackson, Ian Saynor
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