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The Tardisis lured to Earth, London, 1985 by an alien distress signal. Investigating, the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) stumble upon an attempted bank robbery staged through the London sewers by a familiar foe - ex-Dalek agent, Lytton (Maurice Colbourne). But who is he working for this time? For they soon discover there is something far nastier lurking in the sewers - Cybermen. Why do the silver giants need a time machine? What is their devastating plan of attack? And what does it have to do with a catastrophic event that happened long ago in the Doctor's past? - Director:
- Matthew Robinson
- Cast:
- Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Michael Attwell
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Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: "Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop."
- Director:
- Graeme Harper
- Cast:
- David Tennant, Lindsay Duncan, Gemma Chan
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Doctor Who: Battlefield (1989)Doctor Who Battlefield: Part One
Responding to a distress signal, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive near the village of Carbury, where a nuclear missile convoy has run into difficulties. The peace of the English countryside is shattered as UNIT troops are besieged by armoured knights from another dimension. As the crisis deepens, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) is called out of retirement to join the battle. Together, he and the Doctor must face the Destroyer, a fearsome demon summoned by the witch queen Morgaine (Jean Marsh) to devour the world... - Director:
- Michael Kerrigan
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Jean Marsh
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England, 1925. The Tardis materialises on a quiet railway platform where the Doctor, Tegan, Adric and Nyssa soon discover they are expected at an afternoon cricket match. And when the time travellers are invited to stay at Cranleigh Hall for a fancy dress ball, it isn't long before they uncover a terrible family secret. Who is murdering the servants and why? A rare flower may hold the answer... - Director:
- Ron Jones
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding
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The Time Lords discover that the Master (Roger Delgado) has stolen secret information about a device called the Doomsday Weapon and realise they need the exiled Doctor's help. They send the Tardis, along with the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his assistant Jo Grant (Katy Manning), to the bleak planet Uxarieus in the middle of the 25th century where all is not well. What is attacking the colonists and can the Doctor stop his old enemy from finding the dangerous weapon before it is too late? - Director:
- Michael E. Briant
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning
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Whilst on holiday in Paris, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) discover that something is amiss with time. Who is conducting the secret time experiments, and what connects them to the Mona Lisa? The answers lead them to discover a secret that has been hidden for four hundred million years... - Director:
- Michael Hayes
- Cast:
- Peter Halliday, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward
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Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1981)Doctor Who Castrovalva: Part One
The Doctor defeats the Master's plans to hold the Universe to ransom, but at a high cost to himself - plummeting from the Pharos Project radio telescope, the Doctor regenerates. The time travellers escape the Master's clutches, but the Doctor's regeneration is failing, and Adric goes missing in the depths of the Tardis. Only Nyssa and Tegan can save the day, steering the time-ship towards the city of Castrovalva, renowned for its healing powers. But evil lurks at the heart of this rural paradise... - Director:
- Fiona Cumming
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
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It is 1926, and the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo (Katy Manning) arrive on board the SS Bernice, a small cargo ship peacefully crossing the Indian Ocean. Millions of miles away from Earth, on the planet Inter Minor, a travelling showman named Vorg (Leslie Dwyer) and his assistant, Shirna (Cheryl Hall), arrive to entertain the populous. With them is an amazing machine - an intergalactic peepshow called the Scope. As Vorg's show begins, alien worlds and strange creatures are conjured up from the Scope for the watching officials of Inter Minor... - Director:
- Barry Letts
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Tenniel Evans
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The Time Lords have taken control of the Tardis, sending the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith into dangerous territory... On the graveyard planet of Karn, the eternal Sisterhood fights to keep the sacred flame alive. High in the castle, the brilliant surgeon Mehendri Solon conducts gruesome experiments on living flesh. And as a storm approaches, evil from the depths of Time Lord history plots its return to the land of the living. But is even the Doctor's mind a match for the Brain of Morbius? - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Colin Fay
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On Earth in the 22nd century, Daleks have enslaved the planet and humans live in fear of their masters. Meanwhile, back in the 20th century, a peace conference is urgently needed to prevent World War Three. When reports reach Unit of a ghost at Auderly House - the site for the conference - the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo (Katy Manning) decide to investigate. Danger is waiting for them there, including a trip two hundred years into the future without the Tardis... - Director:
- Paul Bernard
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Oliver Gilbert, Katy Manning
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A power failure in the "Tardis" draws it off course, and the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon. They soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation. The humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what's inside another grounded spaceship - the Doctor's oldest enemies, the Daleks... - Director:
- Michael E. Briant
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Arnold Yarrow
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Clara is alone in Victorian London with a man she doesn't know, a dinosaur in the Thames, and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions. The Doctor has changed. It's time you knew him.
- Director:
- Ben Wheatley
- Cast:
- Peter Capaldi, A, The Doctor
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The time: 1959. The place: the Shangri-La Holiday Camp, South Wales. The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) want time out. The hedonistic alien Navarinos wants to catch some vintage rock and roll. And two CIA agents want to know what happened to their country's missing satellite. When the beautiful Chimeron princess Delta (Belinda Mayne) shows up on the scene, the murderous Bannermen soon follow in hot pursuit. The stage is set for a fiery showdown that will decide the fate of an entire civilisation. - Director:
- Chris Clough
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Tracey Wilson, Jodie Brooke Wilson
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Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979)Doctor Who Destiny of the Daleks: Episode One
When the Doctor (Tom Baker) and the recently regenerated Romana (Lalla Ward) arrive on a radioactive planet, the Time Lord has the strangest feeling that he has been there before. Exploring the ruins of an old city, it is not long before they discover the disturbing truth. The Tardis has materialised on Skaro - original home to the evil Daleks. But who are the mysterious Movellans and what terrible treasure are the Daleks seeking? The answer lies deep beneath the city... - Director:
- Ken Grieve
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Roy Skelton, Lalla Ward
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An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spacecraft. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realise that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor's attempt to leave is thwarted when the unimaginable occurs: the TARDIS is utterly destroyed. - Director:
- Ron Jones
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickosn
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