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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-10-21
70%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tom Baker
The Doctor
Mary Tamm
Romana
John Leeson
K-9 (voice)
Bruce Purchase
The Pirate Captain
Rosalind Lloyd
Nurse
David Sibley
Pralix
Ralph Michael
Balaton
Video Trailer Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
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Doctor Who | The Key to Time (Season 16) Trailer | Tom Baker - Trailer
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