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Episode Details

Crater of Needles
06-Mar-1965
N
25:50
Season 2 Episode 19
Episode 61 of 695
The TARDIS lands on a planet that has very little atmosphere and the crew are forced to wear breathing equipment in order to explore. They are eventually caught up in a battle between the Zarbi (controlled by the Animus) and the Menoptra. The Menoptra are fighting to free their planet from the Animus and its ever increasing web of control.
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From the Radio Times:

5.40
DR. WHO

An adventure in space and time
starring
WILLIAM HARTNELL
WILLIAM RUSSELL
JACQUELINE HILL

and MAUREEN O'BRIEN

Crater of Needles
by BILL STRUTTON
A slave colony break-out is successful - and the Menoptra spearhead faces a disaster.
Dr. WhoWILLIAM HARTNELL
Ian ChestertonWILLIAM RUSSELL
Barbara WrightJACQUELINE HILL
VickiMAUREEN O'BRIEN
The Menoptra:
VrestinROSLYN DE WINTER
HrostarARNE GORDON
PrapillusJOLYON BOOTH
HlyniaJOCELYN BIRDSALL
HilioMARTIN JARVIS
The Optra:
HetraIAN THOMPSON
NeminiBARBARA JOSS
The ZarbiROBERT JEWELL, HUGH LUND
KEVIN MANSER, JACK PITT
JOHN SCOTT MARTIN, GERALD TAYLOR
Animus voiceCATHERINE FLEMING
Insect movement by Roslyn de Winter
Title music by RON GRAINER
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Film cameraman, Peter Hamilton
Film editor, Gitta Zadek
Story editor, Dennis Spooner
Designer, John Wood
Producer, VERITY LAMBERT
† Directed by RICHARD MARTIN
Added: 23-May-2006     Last Update: 27-Mar-2025







Presented: 03-Apr-2025 08:23:26

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