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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 21, 1978

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

User Score

68%

Original Title

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Pennant Roberts

Description

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.