Doctor Who Guide: Planet of the Spiders

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part Five

Series Episode Number: 380

World Premiere: Sat 1 Jun 1974 - 5:36pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 12 Dec 2014 - 8:00pm EST [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 1 seconds

9.20 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 19 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 30 Apr 1974 in TC1 TC6 TC8
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

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.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Lupton		John Dearth
Cho je		Kevin Lindsay
Tommy		John Kane
Arak		Gareth Hunt
Sabor		Geoffrey Morris
Neska		Jenny Laird
Rega		Joanna Monro
Tuar		Ralph Arliss
Guard Captain		Walter Randall
Guard Captain		Max Faulkner
Barnes		Christopher Burgess
Moss		Terence Lodge
Land		Carl Forgione
Keaver		Andrew Staines
Spider Voice		Ysanne Churchman
Spider Voice		Kismet Delgado
Spider Voice		Maureen Morris
K'anpo		George Cormack (uncredited)
Spider		Barry Smith (uncredited)
Stunt Double for Doctor Who		Terry Walsh (uncredited)
Villager		Bill Matthews (uncredited)
Villager		Ken Tracey (uncredited)
Villager		Simon Christy (uncredited)
Villager		Ian Elliot (uncredited)
Villager		Pat Gorman (uncredited)
Villager		Keith Ashley (uncredited)
Villager		Mary Rennie (uncredited)
Villager		Ann Plenty (uncredited)
Villager		Lorna Kilner (uncredited)
Villager		Margaret McKechnie (uncredited)
Villager		Sue Ann Manners (uncredited)
Villager		Barbara Bermel (uncredited)
Guard		Roy Pearce (uncredited)
Guard		Dennis Plenty (uncredited)
Guard		Steve Ismay (uncredited)
Guard		Leslie Bates (uncredited)
Guard		John Cash (uncredited)
Guard		Geoffrey Witherick (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Robert Sloman
Writer		Barry Letts (uncredited)
Director		Barry Letts
Producer		Barry Letts (uncredited)
Designer		Rochelle Selwyn
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Studio Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		John Holmes (uncredited)
Costume Designer		L Rowland-Warne (uncredited)
Makeup		Deanne Turner (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Bernard Wilkie (uncredited)
Production Unit Manager		George Gallaccio (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Tommy Dawson (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Nick Lake (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Graeme Harper (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Marion McDougall (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Geoffrey Posner (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Ian Scoones (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Richard Conway (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Steve Bowman (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Mat Irvine (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Sheelagh Wells (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Heather Dunthorne (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Dave Chapman (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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