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Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

Doctor Who (Original)

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

Warner Home Video | BBC (1978)
DVD
Unrated
794051131027
TV Series | Science Fiction
United States | English | Color | 01:36

Getting the fourth segment of the Key to Time is the easiest part of the trip to the planet Tara, whose idyllic atmosphere lulls the doctor inti a mood to go fishing and leave the segment-tracing to Romana. She locates it after a short walk on a beautiful day, but her luch changes when she meets the courtly Count Grendel.Contrary to appearances, Tara is a hotbed of poloitical intrigue, and beneath its Old World veneer lies a surprising advanced level of technological development that includes lifelike androids and electric swords. Count Grendel mistakes Romana for an android double of Princess Strella, and carries her away for future use in his plot to wrench the crown from its rightful claimant, Prince Reynart.Meanwhile, the Doctor arouses suspicion when Prince Reynart's men discover him fishing on the Prince's estate. Before he and Romana can leave Tara, the Doctor will be unwillingly thrust in the roles of android repair-man, king-maker and ultimately, swordsman - when he finds himself lockind swords with Grendel, the finest swordsman of all Tara.


Episodes View details

13 The Androids of Tara (1) 25 min | Nov 25, 1978

Arriving on the techno-Ruritanian world of Tara, Romana easily obtains the Fourth Segment. Getting off the planet, however, isn't going to be quite so easy...

Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
Guest stars: Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter
14 The Androids of Tara (2) 25 min | Dec 02, 1978

The Doctor must employ a desperate gambit to keep the evil Grendel off the throne. And the Count has a new pawn to play - Romana.

Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
Guest stars: Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter, Martin Matthews
15 The Androids of Tara (3) 25 min | Dec 09, 1978

The Doctor and Romana are swept up in the political machinations of Tara. The Doctor must keep the android "king" running while Grendel plots to use Romana to destroy him.

Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
Guest stars: Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Lois Baxter, Martin Matthews
16 The Androids of Tara (4) 25 min | Dec 16, 1978

Grendel plans two weddings and a funeral to cement his hold over Tara. The Doctor and K-9 race to foil him and save the Time Lady's life.

Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
Guest stars: Neville Jason, Paul Lavers, Martin Matthews

Cast View all

Tom Baker Doctor Who
William Hartnell Dr. Who
Jon Pertwee Doctor Who
Patrick Troughton Dr. Who
Frazer Hines Jamie
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
Pat Gorman Guard
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright
William Russell Ian Chesterton
Katy Manning Jo Grant
John Scott Martin Dalek
John Levene Sergeant Benton
Peter Davison The Doctor
Janet Fielding Tegan
John Leeson K9
Terry Walsh Primitive
Gerald Taylor Dalek
Robert Jewell Dalek
Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman
Peter Hawkins Dalek Voices
Cy Town Dalek Operator
Roy Skelton Daleks
Wendy Padbury Zoe
Sarah Sutton Nyssa

Edition details

Edition Special Edition
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios 1.33:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0
Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles English
Distributor BBC Warner
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Oct 01, 2002
Regions Region 1