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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit( 1979)

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Overview

The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature in a pit.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tom Baker

      The Doctor

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      Lalla Ward

      Romana

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      Eileen Way

      Karela

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      Myra Frances

      Lady Adrasta

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      Geoffrey Bayldon

      Organon

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      David Brierly

      K-9 (voice)

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      David Telfer

      Huntsman

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      Morris Barry

      Tollund

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      John Bryans

      Torvin

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      Edward Kelsey

      Edu

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      Tim Munro

      Ainu

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      Philip Denyer

      Guard

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      Terry Walsh

      Doran / Mensch

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      Tommy Wright

      Guardsmaster

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      David Redgrave

      Guard

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Jul 02 2024
    This was always one of my favourite "Dr. Who" stories. The TARDIS arrives on the jungle planet of "Chloris" only for the travellers to find themselves apprehended by "Karela" (Eileen Way) who is the chief enforcer of the "Lady Adrasta" (an enjoyably hammy Myra Frances). What nobody quite understands is why there are the remains of what appears to be an huge egg on the surface, and one that the "Doctor" (Tom Baker) thinks might be alive. Luckily, "Romana" (Lalla Ward) manages to escape in the confusion and she soon encounters a tribe of warriors bent on the collection of the planet's rarest comm...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • time travel