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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978 6.8 (5 votes) 1h 40m
Genres
Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Production Companies
BBC

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

Overview

The Doctor and Romana learn the second segment of the Key to Time is on the planet Calufrax. Yet they arrive on a planet called Zanak, which has been hollowed out and fitted with hyperspace engines, allowing its insane, half-robot Captain to materialise it around smaller planets and plunder their resources.

Key Crew

Writer: Douglas Adams

Director: Pennant Roberts

Producer: Graham Williams

Top Cast

Tom Baker
Tom Baker

The Doctor

Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm

Romana

John Leeson
John Leeson

K-9 (voice)

Bruce Purchase
Bruce Purchase

The Pirate Captain

Andrew Robertson

Mr. Fibuli

Rosalind Lloyd
Rosalind Lloyd

Nurse

David Warwick

Kimus

David Sibley
David Sibley

Pralix

Videos

Doctor Who | The Key to Time (Season 16) Trailer | Tom Baker

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