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Season 21 (1984)


The Caves of Androzani

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Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

The Caves of Androzani

Story Number: 135 (6R)

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Writer: Robert Holmes
Director: Graeme Harper

Starring: : Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Colin Baker, Janet Fielding, Gerald Flood, Christopher Gable, Robert Glenister, John Normington, Maurice Roeves, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse

No of Episodes: 4
First Broadcast: Thu 08 Mar 1984 - Fri 16 Mar 1984
Running Time: 99 minutes 46 seconds


Average Audience: 7.28 Million       Average AI: 66


Captured for arms-running on the mining planet of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri are under sentence of death. Then a mysterious masked intruder comes to their aid. But is Sharaz Jek, master android creator, really their saviour? The rulers of the planet are certainly desperate for his head. Then again, he does control the only supply of Spectrox and it is this substance which men are prepared to die for...