Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

October. 21,1978      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Tom Baker as  The Doctor
Mary Tamm as  Romana
John Leeson as  K-9 (voice)
Bruce Purchase as  The Pirate Captain
Rosalind Lloyd as  Nurse
David Sibley as  Pralix
Ralph Michael as  Balaton

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Reviews

Afouotos
1978/10/21

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Kidskycom
1978/10/22

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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Lollivan
1978/10/23

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Siflutter
1978/10/24

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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