Planet of the Spiders (TV story)

Synopsis
The Doctor and Sarah Jane travel to Metebelis III, fighting against the Eight Legs, who want the blue crystal which the Doctor stole from them. But if they retrieve it, they will give it to the Great One who will rule the universe.

Plot
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Cast
The Doctor - Jon Pertwee

Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney

Mike Yates - Richard Franklin

Sergeant Benton - John Levene

Professor Clegg - Cyril Shaps

Lupton - John Dearth

Barnes - Christopher Burgess

Moss - Terence Lodge

Land - Carl Forgione

Keaver - Andrew Staines

Cho-je - Kevin Lindsay

Tommy - John Kane

Policeman - Chubby Oates

Soldier - Pat Gorman

Man with Boat - Terry Walsh

Hopkins - Michael Pinder

Tramp - Stuart Fell

Spider Voices - Ysanne Churchman, Kismet Delgado, Maureen Morris

Arak - Gareth Hunt

Sabor - Geoffrey Morris

Neska - Jenny Laird

Rega - Joanna Munro

Tuar - Ralph Arliss

Guard Captains - Walter Randall, Max Faulkner

K'anpo Rimpoche - George Cormack

Crew
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Story Notes

 * Planet of the Spiders features a large chase scene featuring: Bessie, the Doctor's car (known as the Whomobile), a police car, a gyrocopter, a hovercraft and a boat.

Ratings
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Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * The Doctor recieves a package from Jo Grant containing his blue crystal, which he picked up during The Green Death, which makes Planet of the Spiders a sequel of sorts to The Green Death.


 * Mike Yates refers to his last appearance in Invasion of the Dinosaurs.


 * Interference: Book Two presents an alternate regeneration sequence.

DVD and Video Releases
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Target Novelisations
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