P ~ Planet of the Spiders - 1974 story starring Jon Pertwee in his final appearance as "The Doctor" and Elisabeth Sladen as "Sarah Jane Smith", with Nicholas Courtney as "Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart", John Levene as "Sergeant John Benton", Richard Franklin in his final appearance as "Mike Yates", and introducing Tom Baker as "The Doctor".
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what begins as innocuous research into ESP turns into a deadly mind battle, with the terrifying spiders from the planet Metebelis III pitted against the Doctor, his friends and Time Lord K'anpo.
At a Tibetan-style spiritual retreat deep in rural England, a clandestine circle of chanting brethren unknowingly call upon the evil powers of the Metebelis Spiders, whose quest for the perfect blue crystal leads them straight to the Doctor. He must travel to the alien planet to meet the Great One, merciless ruler of her spiders and human slaves, who plans to take over Earth.
The future of the entire universe is in the Doctor's hands, but if he is to face the fear the Great One sees in his mind, then he must face the certainty of total destruction. Could this be the Time Lord's final death?
Synopsis
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what begins as innocuous research into ESP turns into a deadly mind battle, with the terrifying spiders from the planet Metebelis III pitted against the Doctor, his friends and Time Lord K'anpo.
At a Tibetan-style spiritual retreat deep in rural England, a clandestine circle of chanting brethren unknowingly call upon the evil powers of the Metebelis Spiders, whose quest for the perfect blue crystal leads them straight to the Doctor. He must travel to the alien planet to meet the Great One, merciless ruler of her spiders and human slaves, who plans to take over Earth.
The future of the entire universe is in the Doctor's hands, but if he is to face the fear the Great One sees in his mind, then he must face the certainty of total destruction. Could this be the Time Lord's final death?
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