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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

BBC Home Video (Nov 26, 1977)
Digital
TV Series | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction
USA | English | Color | 01:38

The TARDIS, alsong with the Doctor, Leela, and K-9, arrives on Pluto in the distant future. The time travelers discover the planet has a breathable atmosphere and enjoys heat from six small suns, but the humans who live there are taxed and exploited heavily for the privilege.

When Leela is captured and sentenced to death, the Doctor must save his companion, as well as stop the ruthless Company, before it is too late.


Episodes View details

13 The Sun Makers (1) 25 min | Nov 26, 1977

Pluto, the distant future. The planet has been terraformed and is now orbited by artificial suns, provided by the rapacious company who ruthlessly exploit the relocated human workforce. The Doctor, Leela, and K9 arrive and befriend a luckless drone worker, but they must flee with him to the dark undercity...

Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: William Simons, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Carole Hopkin
14 The Sun Makers (2) 25 min | Dec 03, 1977

The Doctor has been captured by the Gatherer. Leela works to free him but the Gatherer is already laying his own plans…

Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Robert Sloman
Guest stars: Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf, David Rowlands, William Simons
15 The Sun Makers (3) 25 min | Dec 10, 1977

Now Leela is the prisoner of the Collector. He knows of the Doctor and is determined to rid himself of both of them.

Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: William Simons, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf, David Rowlands, Derek Crewe, Colin McCormack
16 The Sun Makers (4) 25 min | Dec 17, 1977

The Doctor now moves to completely overthrow the Company. But the Collector has one last trump card to play.

Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: William Simons, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf, David Rowlands, Derek Crewe, Colin McCormack

Cast View all

Tom Baker Doctor Who
Louise Jameson Leela
Richard Leech Gatherer Hade
Jonina Scott Marn
Roy Macready Cordo
William Simons Mandrel
Michael Keating Goudry
Adrienne Burgess Veet
Carole Hopkin Nurse
John Leeson K9
Barbara Bermel Rebel in tunnel
David Cleeve An Other
Max Faulkner Rebel
Stuart Fell Guard
James Muir Worker
Peter Roy Extra
Kelly Varney Extra

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions Region 1