The acting and production were generally commended, although some viewers thought the minor roles were sometimes stiffly or hammily performed, or the giant spiders in this story (perhaps mercifully) less life-like than some monsters the series had created.' Rather than thundering towards a climax, every episode gave the impression that it was slowly but surely running out of steam.'. Anna Wa… Some weeks later, the Doctor is brought back to UNIT HQ by the TARDIS, having been fatally affected by the radiation in the Great One's cave. Doctor Who's writers over the years seem to have been somewhat fixated on the idea of presenting giant-sized creepy-crawlies. The Doctor returns Donna to her wedding. Gardner said it was cut as it was too melodramatic a moment.[6]. Given that it was included solely in order to afford Jon Pertwee a final opportunity to indulge his passion for different forms of transport, it is hardly surprising that the lengthy chase scene in Part Two seems self-indulgent and pointless (although still not as bad as the totally gratuitous one in Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part Five). "The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. The way she talks too seems like what a real spider would sound like if it could actually speak. "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade appears again, as in the previous year's "The Christmas Invasion". As broadcast, after Donna finds a piece of Rose's clothing and challenges the Doctor about it, he angrily snatches it from her and sets a course for the TARDIS. This isn't the same sonic screwdriver as in Carnival of Monsters, so why does Clegg associate it with Drashigs? Nevertheless, there is no escaping the conclusion that Planet of the Spiders makes for a disappointing end to the third Doctor's era. (PROSE: The Stone House) Flies were preyed upon by spiders. They blast him with energy from their fingertips. Planet of the Spiders is the fifth and final serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 May to 8 June 1974. Nothing is known about Ana's life until, in the beginning of World War II, she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Catherine Tate returned in series 4, reprising her role as Donna Noble as a full-time companion. John Kane, who played Tommy in this story, also worked as a television writer, including on the sitcom Terry and June. Another person joked: "THAT GIANT SPIDER IS STILL LOOSE IN A FLAT IN SHEFFIELD, AND IS ONLY BEING … After arriving, the TARDIS crew and friends realized that the … First Appearance Kill the Moon (2014) Home Planet: The Moon . On Metebelis 3, the Doctor gets into a fight with the Queen spider's guards. Spider-Man then remembers back to the night Mary Jane disappeared. Doctor Who (1963) Season 11 Episode 22: Planet of the Spiders (2) Summary: A highly intelligent spider from Metebelius III arrives on Earth in search of the powerful crystal. The Doctor and Sarah escape back to Earth for a showdown with Lupton's gang and the spider Queen, during which the true nature of the peaceful monk Cho-Je (Kevin Lindsay, who also played the not-at-all-peaceful Sontarans!) [Outside K'Anpo's room] (Tommy is standing guard.) Jo sends the blue crystal back from the Amazon as the natives are fearful of it: she and Clifford have yet to find the fungus they're looking for. "We are all apt to submit ourselves to domination... Not all spiders sit on the back. He demands an audience with the Great One - a huge mutated spider revered by the others - and offers her the crystal. "The old man must die, and the new man will discover to his inexpressible joy that he has never existed. [15], "Wedding Plans: Russell reveals Runaway Bride origins in DWM special", "Fake notes are Doctor Who's cash conversion", "Posthumously on ...16 TV characters who died after their performers did", "Programme Information - BBC One Transmission Details - Weeks 52/1", "10 Episodes That Every Sci-Fi Show Must Have", "Doctor Who News: Doctor Who - The Ten Christmas Specials", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Runaway_Bride_(Doctor_Who)&oldid=996564897, Television shows written by Russell T Davies, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 December 2020, at 10:37. Instead, the rising power kills her. It was Jon Pertwee's last serial as the Third Doctor, and marks the first, uncredited appearance of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. K so the Spider Queen, kinda creepy, kinda cool, and maniacal(ok I have no time lord idea what that word means. Peter told Anna that Mary Jane was meeting a man she thought was her father. The reception is attacked by robots dressed as Santa Claus. Good indications of the quality of drama in an episodic serial are surely the episode cliffhangers. The clip was leaked online shortly after the event and the concert and clip were shown earlier before the episode officially aired on Christmas Day on a Doctor Who Confidential special at 1:00 p.m. Sarah Parish has co-starred with David Tennant in two other BBC One dramas: Blackpool (2004) and Recovery (2007). His casual manner, near shoulder-length hair, failure to comprehend even the simplest of scientific concepts and almost total reliance on the Doctor to tell him what to do make it impossible to believe in him as a realistic character; and the writers' continual poking of fun at him, such as in the scene where he suggests that a belly-dancer's movements could be adapted as exercises for his men and the one where he becomes embarrassed at the revelation of a 'dirty weekend' spent in Brighton, serves only to make him seem a pompous idiot. As his next regeneration approaches he is helped by a projection from his future form, Cho je (see Logopolis). ... Spider Germ. The spiders of Metebelis 3 come from a period after the Doctor's previous visit (see The Green Death) when an Earth craft of colonists and explorers came out of 'time jump' [probably another term for hyperspace] and crashed on the planet. "You see this web of crystal above my head? Look. Spider Specialist - Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 4. [3][4] The text is a reference to the Doctor's actions and dialogue near the end of "The Christmas Invasion". To do this they needed the crystal stolen by the Doctor, which was a perfect example of its type [enabling them to travel through time and space]. It was produced as the Doctor Who Christmas special for 2006, broadcast on 25 December, and aired between the second and third series of the relaunched show. The Tenth Doctor is shocked when Donna Noble, in a wedding dress, appears within the TARDIS while in flight. The Doctor determined that the spider sightings formed a web around the hotel and brought the group to it. The Doctor attempts to offer a peaceful solution but the Empress refuses, and the Doctor is then forced to remotely detonate explosive baubles used by the Santas at the walls of the base, flooding the pit with water from the Thames. That is the perfect crystal I need!'". At the reception, the Doctor determines that Donna must have absorbed a great deal of huon particles that drew her to the TARDIS. For legal reasons, the production team made obviously fake banknotes for the scene where money comes flying out of a cashpoint. Captain Streaming. The other spiders also die as their mountain explodes. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Doctor Who #3 by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, Enrica Eren Angiolini, Shari Chankhamma, and Richard Starkings of Comicraft, on sale now.. At the start of Titan Comics' Doctor Who #1, the Thirteenth Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan returned home to what was supposed to be the present, only to discovery that they had somehow stumbled into an … Share on ... (Tanya Fear) relates her concerns about the spiders in Sheffield to The Doctor and her Companions in Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 4. A group of people there, led by a man named Lupton, are misusing the meditation rituals in order to make contact with powerful alien forces, which manifest themselves as a giant spider. The shrewd, no-nonsense professional soldier of season seven has by this point been reduced almost to the level of a buffoon. Given that this is the latest episode of Doctor Who before Halloween, we imagine that there has to be a little bit of scary stuff in it! With Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill. Watch Doctor Who (1963) Season 11 Episode 25 - Planet of the Spiders (5) Add to Watchlist The Doctor escapes from the spiders' larder only to encounter the Great One, while Sarah makes a deal with the Queen Spider. Sarah is lying cocooned in the spiders' larder. "[3][5] All notes and the cash machine were labelled "London Credit Bank". When it is stolen from his laboratory, the Doctor leads the chase over land, water and air to recover it. Buddhist dialogue and a vast sub-Bondian chase self-indulgently replace the plot. Meanwhile, Letts and Dicks spent the early part of 1974 engaged in a hasty search for an actor to play the Fourth Doctor. Lupton's human cronies are rather nondescript, however, and the humanoid inhabitants of Metebelis 3 are a singularly dull bunch. Along with the other Christmas specials between "The Christmas Invasion" and "Last Christmas", "The Runaway Bride" was released in a boxset titled Doctor Who – The 10 Christmas Specials on 19 October 2015. Mike Yates and Sarah watch from hiding as the meditation centre residents, seated around a mandala, chant the Tibetan 'jewel of the lotus' mantra. As Sarah and the Brigadier look on, the Doctor regenerates. K'Anpo sending the Doctor to face his worst fears is reminiscent of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Where do I stream Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders online? WandaVision's episode count is exciting for a few reasons.Not only is it longer than expected, giving fans plenty of time with two characters not seen since 2019's Avengers: Endgame, but it will also be the first Marvel property to be released in over a year. The Doctor's disquiet before K'anpo is a revealing moment that shows that even he has a monkey (or a spider) on his back. [1], The end of "Doomsday" is featured as part of the pre-title sequence, although the scene was actually refilmed. Lahcen Hsillla1. Thankfully, it lands exactly where Sarah is. Doctor Who: The Television Companion © David J Howe and Stephen James Walker 1998, 2003. [11] IGN's Travis Fickett gave the episode a score of 7.2 out of 10, feeling that Donna had improved from her short appearance at the end of "Doomsday". Even the Doctor must submit to his own principles. [9] The final official ratings for "The Runaway Bride" gave it an audience of 9.35 million viewers, making it the tenth most-watched programme on British television during Christmas week.[10]. The Mummy. They were noted for using spinnerets for spinning webs which they used to catch prey. The Doctor, Yaz, Graham, and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield. What has she done? The Brigadier phones Sullivan, the UNIT Medical Officer (see Robot). The Brigadier says that months elapsed between his second meeting with the Doctor (The Invasion) and his reappearance with a different face (Spearhead from Space). Jenny Laird's performance as Neska is particularly noteworthy, being one of the most cringe-inducingly awful ever seen in the series. Doctor Who BBC. During this epic chase, why doesn't Lupton simply disappear as he does at the climax? The song was previewed at the Doctor Who: A Celebration concert on 19 November 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where it was sung by Gary Williams; the studio version featuring Hannon is on the soundtrack album released on 11 December 2006. One perfect crystal and it will be complete. "You're just like everybody else. Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (A Target adventure) [Read] Online. ", The Great One : The episode is also included in The Complete Third Series DVD boxset, originally released 5 November 2007 in Region 2 and 6 November 2007 in Region 1, as well as its subsequent Blu-ray boxset released 5 November 2013 in Region 1 and 15 August 2015 in Region 2 and in later DVD and Blu-ray boxset re-releases. Elisabeth Sladen, Assistant Floor Manager - The Doctor and Sarah journey to Metebelis 3 and aid its human colonists in an attempt to overthrow the 'eight legs'. This Time Lord regenerated and came to Earth as the Abbot K'Anpo Rinpoche. [6] This is the first Doctor Who episode to be shot at the new dedicated Upper Boat studios in Pontypridd; the TARDIS set had previously been housed in former warehouse space in Newport. In the night sky six ninja clad people fly through the sky. [citation needed] Night filming of scenes involving gunfire, explosions and a tank, as well as those on "Oxford Street", were filmed on St. Mary Street outside Howell's Department Store in Cardiff City Centre; Cardiff Castle is visible behind the tank in some shots. K'anpo appears and, with his help, the Doctor regenerates. The ending almost atones for this: 'I had to face my fear, Sarah... That was more important than just going on living... A tear, Sarah Jane? The Doctor Who logo in the opening credits has been slightly redesigned from the previous one, with more background detail and flare on the "lozenge" that the words "Doctor Who" sit on.[2]. Spider-Man thinks to himself that New York City feels very empty after losing the woman he loves, Mary Jane. The hovercraft finally draws level and the Doctor jumps across into the speedboat. The Doctor takes Donna to his TARDIS and travels back billions of years to discover that an inert Racnoss ship became the core of the Earth as the planet formed around it; the Empress is now trying to wake her children aboard that ship with the huon particles. Related News – Be sure to preview more of what’s coming on this upcoming episode in a different form. Planet of the Spiders takes this to the ultimate extreme with its artificially enlarged talking spiders with delusions of grandeur, and the viewer is called upon to do even more than usual in the way of suspension of disbelief. Sarah has worked for Metropolitan magazine (selling articles to someone called Percy). On Metebelis 3, the Doctor gets into a fight with the Queen spider's guards. The regulars come across well, but the 'Two Legs' are clichés with West Country accents. She declines, but suggests he needs a companion to keep his temperament in check. Get the best of Sporcle when you Go Orange.This ad-free experience offers more features, more stats, and more fun while also helping to support Sporcle. It can now fly. 348 Doctor Who Classic - S10E04 - Partie 05 - Planet of the Daleks. The Empress, who had been hiding in hibernation at the edge of the universe, awoke and used the Torchwood company to gain the equipment to make huon particles. A theatre, a Buddhist retreat in Mortimer, Berkshire, UNIT HQ in March or April 1973. The TARDIS eventually brings the Doctor back from Metebelis 3 after (from the Brigadier and Sarah's point of view) three weeks. SPIDER [OC]: The crystal is in that room. Spiders were a type of arachnid commonly found on Earth. Gareth Hunt, later to become one of the stars of The New Avengers and of a popular series of coffee commercials, plays Arak. The 'vanilla' DVD release of the episode, along with the Doctor Who Confidential episode "Music and Monsters", was released 2 April 2007 in Region 2 and 4 July 2007 in Region 4. Don't cry. The Doctor is prepared to die, but Donna urges him to escape with her, just as the Empress teleports to her ship to try to escape. With the public announcement of two Christmas specials and the private knowledge of Billie Piper leaving at the end of Series Two, Davies decided to elevate this story to the Christmas special, not introducing the new companion immediately, and filling the slot with "Tooth and Claw". The Doctor is absolutely sure of the TARDIS reaching Metebelis 3 (he's 'wired the coordinates into the programmer'), but he leaves the precise landing site to the TARDIS. More regrettable still is that the characterisation of the Brigadier reaches its absolute nadir in this story - the culmination of a slow but steady decline over the previous three years. The Doctor offers Donna the opportunity to travel with him. After all, one of the big strengths for Doctor Who comes courtesy of its creativity. The project's inhumane testing killed the rest of her unit, and drove her insane in the pro… Lol) any way I like the spider queen because of the way she was designed. However, a minority of about one in three found it very enjoyable. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Underneath the building, the Doctor finds a long tunnel under the Thames Barrier, and a secret laboratory producing huon particles, along with a pit that leads to the centre of the Earth. Yet, not too much — this is a series watched by kids, after all. In late 2018, Jade McIntyre believed that there were a total of 21 quadrilion spiders on Earth. The £10 notes feature the Doctor's face and the phrases "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of ten satsumas" and "No second chances — I'm that sort of a man". 22:38. Apart from the regeneration scene which closed the story... not one of the others in Planet of the Spiders was particularly exciting or audience-grabbing. Their presence brings forth the spider-like Empress of the Racnoss. He was at his home along with his Aunt May, Harry Osborn, the police, and Mary Jane's aunt, Anna Watson. The realisation of the spiders is admittedly sound - their voices are particularly memorable - and the story caused something of a stir at the time of its original transmission, with accusations being made in the press that it was too horrific. The best of the story's guest characters is Tommy, who is initially mentally retarded but subsequently cured by the Doctor's blue crystal - a transformation sensitively portrayed by actor John Kane. Doctor Who Classic - 02x01 - Part 1 - Planet Of Giants - Planet Of Giants SUB Castellano. ", Tommy : John Dearth's Lupton, Kevin Lindsay's Cho-je and George Cormack's K'anpo are also worthy of special mention. In the episode, set in London, the alien Racnoss Empress (Sarah Parish) and the human resources head Lance (Don Gilet) attempt to use Lance's fiancée, the secretary Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), as a "key" to awaken the Racnoss children hibernating at the centre of the Earth by gradually and secretly poisoning Donna with an alien particle the Racnoss use as an energy source. Writer - (TV: Arachnids in the UK) Earth spiders had no eyelids. Exposure to the blue crystals mutated the arachnids accidentally brought on the ship, and the Eight Legs enslaved the Two Legs. This serial introduces the term "regeneration". (K'Anpo puts his hand on the Doctor's, and the Queen Spider becomes visible on Sarah's back.) When he looks round, however, Lupton has vanished. If the spider is on Lupton's back in episode two, why isn't it squashed when he sits in the various vehicles? It reproduces the pattern of my brain. The song was performed by Neil Hannon, frontman of the Divine Comedy (who had, coincidentally, appeared in a sketch of The Catherine Tate Show earlier in the year). The Doctor and Sarah talk with K'anpo while, outside the room, the meditation centre handyman Tommy tries to prevent the spider-controlled residents Barnes, Keaver, Land and Moss from entering. The Doctor appears in the doorway, but Sarah's initial relief turns quickly to disappointment when she sees guards behind him and realises that he too is a prisoner. Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire. Donna and the Doctor escape, and the Empress decides to use Lance as a substitute, force-feeding him huon particles and then throwing him into the pit, where he is eaten by the Racnoss children. ESP lies dormant in most Homo sapiens. Sarah Jane Smith : ", K'anpo : Drawing Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit , Speed Drawing 速画 _ drawstation 畫 … The "death" of Doctor Who in the shape of Jon Pertwee - the most likeable and subtle Doctor so far, according to a few long-term viewers - was greeted with some regret; nevertheless, several said they liked the flexibility of the Time Lord concept... and felt that the "translation" was neatly effected in this episode. The Doctor is a good friend of Harry Houdini's. Suddenly a giant spider appears on the mandala. He also praised Tennant and Tate. Even so, it is hard to imagine that anyone but the most arachnaphobic could be truly scared of these 'eight legs' (as they like to be known); and certainly as far as the Great One is concerned it is a pity that the rather more realistic model originally prepared by the Visual Effects Department was vetoed by producer Barry Letts. There is the second and final appearance of the Whomobile. "I sincerely hope not. Also as with "The Christmas Invasion" (which contained the tune "Song for Ten"), composer Murray Gold wrote an original song for this special, called "Love Don't Roam". Fans were terrified by the spider episode. K'anpo has meanwhile been killed while protecting Yates from an attack by the spider-controlled residents of the meditation centre, only to be reborn in the form of his assistant Cho-je - his own future self. Nicholas Courtney, Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah is invited by Mike Yates to visit him at a Buddhist meditation centre where he has been staying. The Guard Captain fires a blast of energy from his fingertips and the Doctor collapses to … As a favour, her part was read by Sophia Myles, who played Madame de Pompadour in the 2006 series episode "The Girl in the Fireplace". Doctor Who, played by Jodie Whittaker, and her team Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan, and Graham O'Brien were faced with eight-legged insects in the fourth episode. DOCTOR: Sarah, what has the Queen Spider done to you? K'ANPO: It's no use. The TARDIS key is shown as being a medallion. The spider imitates Sarah by singing 'Half a pound of tuppenny rice'. They then return to Earth in the TARDIS. Fans of the show found themselves in fear over the giant spiders, with many discussing the … In his online podcast commentary for the episode, David Tennant explained that this was due to a change in lighting supervisors, and the one hired for this episode liked to light the TARDIS interior differently; the scene therefore had to be refilmed in order to match. DOCTOR: Good grief. Letts felt that this creation was too frightening, and instead opted to use the same prop which had been designed for the Spider Queen. The TARDIS chase scene down the A4232 Grangetown Link Road was shown at a Children in Need concert,[7] which featured a live orchestra performing many of the music themes from Doctor Who, including the Dalek music and Rose's theme. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to manipulate the sound system to destroy the robotic Santas, and discovers something is controlling them remotely from space. There were also £20 notes featuring producer Phil Collinson. 433 years after the crash the spiders planned to invade Earth, their 'rightful home'. The cliffhanger to Part Five is re-edited when reprised at the beginning of Part Six, with a significant amount of extra material inserted. Animal Farm (Two Legs bad, Eight Legs good). Jaqueline King did return but Howard Attfield died shortly after completing the shoot, and his scenes were reshot with Bernard Cribbins as Donna's grandfather. The Queen Spider was the leader of the Eight Legs on Metebelis III.She and her spiders served the Great One.. The spiders' method of taking over humans is by leaping on their backs and remaining there, invisibly, while they exert telepathic control. Children in the BBC's sample were, as always, far more positive, their views being neatly exemplified by the one who said: 'Exciting, frightening, a must every Saturday. Lupton flees in a speedboat and the Doctor gives chase in a one-man hovercraft. The Doctor's past catches up with him when experiments with a stolen crystal. Perhaps the best aspect of Planet of the Spiders is its characterisation of Mike Yates, having retreated to a Buddhist meditation centre to reevaluate his life following his rather ignominious parting from UNIT at the end of Invasion of the Dinosaurs. That he is to be criticised for this, and killed for it, is surely a huge testament to Letts' helmsmanship of the show. As originally filmed, the Doctor first opens the TARDIS doors and throws the garment into space. The Doctor is baffled when a young woman is transported to the TARDIS on her wedding day, and attempts to find out how she is connected to an alien plot to destroy Earth. 'The Doctor's ego is... out of control,' observed Paul Cornell in DWB No. Fickett was also positive about the way Rose was not ignored. [8] King had previously appeared in the Doctor Who Unbound audio drama Deadline. It marks the last regular appearance of Mike Yates. Thank you for becoming a member. The Moon Creature. Along with "Doomsday", "The Runaway Bride" is also featured on the DVD included with the fourteenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files magazine released 15 July 2009 and in the Region 1-exclusive Doctor Who: Series 3, Part 1 DVD set released 10 June 2014. With the public announcement of two Christmas specials and the private knowledge of Billie Piper leaving at the end of Series Two, Davies decided to elevate this story to the Christmas special, not introducing the new companion immediately, and filling the slot with "Tooth and Claw". She then was drafted into a special unit of the Marine Corps, becoming the first female marine to go into combat. 88, dated April 1991, 'ignoring Sarah, getting Professor Clegg killed in his dilettante psychic experiments ("my greed for knowledge"), and basically displaying all the paternalistic traits that so annoy modern viewers. [12] Dek Hogan of Digital Spy wrote that the episode "lacked the energy and excitement of last year's effort", particularly criticising the Empress. The BBC's Audience Research Report on the story's concluding instalment suggests that contemporary viewers were none too impressed: 'The conclusion of Planet of the Spiders... met with a tolerant rather than enthusiastic response from most of the adult viewers who constituted the sample audience. 6 / 6 The Doctor returns to Metebelis 3 where he must face the spiders' ruler, the Great One. The Brigadier's watch was given to him 11 years ago in Brighton by Doris (a 'young lady') as a mark of gratitude for something that the Brigadier is anxious to leave unspecified (see Battlefield). If you have arachnophobia, you might want to miss out on next week's episode of Doctor Who, titled Arachnids in the UK.In the preview for the upcoming episode, the Doctor … The Guard Captain fires a blast of energy from his fingertips and the Doctor collapses to the ground just outside the TARDIS. The Doctor and Sarah escape back to Earth for a showdown with Lupton's gang and the spider Queen, during which the true nature of the peaceful monk Cho-Je (Kevin Lindsay, who also played the not-at-all-peaceful Sontarans!) Another point in the story's favour is that it not only draws on the overt trappings of Buddhism - such as the meditation rituals and the 'jewel of the lotus' mantra (om mane padme hum) - to enhance its atmosphere but also takes that philosophy as the whole basis of its plot, making it in effect a Buddhist parable. As the Doctor gets acquainted with Yaz's mum, a terrifying new threat appears in Sheffield. Roger Delgado's Master was originally to have been written out in Planet of the Spiders, and after the actor's death the story was revised to incorporate Lupton in place of the Master. The Empress uses her ship to start firing on Earth. The term 'regeneration' is used for the first time, to describe the process by way of which Time Lords take on a new body when their old one wears out. Watch Doctor Who, past, present and future adventures Directed by Sallie Aprahamian. When the Doctor was a 'young man' he spent a lot of time with an old hermit who lived 'halfway up a mountain just behind our house' (see The Time Monster). The Doctor is familiar with Tibetan customs (see The Abominable Snowmen). See through my eyes. It is rare indeed for a genre series like Doctor Who to afford one of its regulars this sort of significant character development, and all concerned deserve to be congratulated on such a thoughtful and well worked out departure from the norm. Series Spider-Woman Release Date December 28, 1979 Episode Number 15 1 Story 2 Quotes 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Continuity 6 Background 7 Reaction 8 External Links On a trip to Scotland, Spider-Woman and a friend get captured by an alien race who believes her to be their long lost queen. Directed by Euros Lyn. However, this has weakened its defences, and the ship is destroyed by human forces under the direction of "Mr. Saxon". [citation needed] Although the episode was set during Christmas, filming took place in July, where temperatures reached 30C in Cardiff during filming. ', These virtues apart, it is difficult to find much to praise in Planet of the Spiders, and one can only assume that it was a case of initial over-enthusiasm when Keith Miller wrote in DWFC Magazine Number 20, dated June/July 1974: 'This story was fantastic! The series first aired on May 4, 1974. Part 5 5 / 6 Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor. At some point, her unit was lined up along the Bikini Atoll to absorb the radiation from the ongoing weapons tests. Some of the Doctor's final dialogue is taken from The Monster of Peladon. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Mike mentions his involvement in Operation Golden Age (Invasion of the Dinosaurs). and abbot K'anpo Rinpoche (George Cormack) are revealed and we gain a fascinating glimpse into the Doctor's youth on Gallifrey. 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