Planet of the Spiders
Joe Siegler
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Planet of the Spiders
This Story: Season 11, Story 5. Production Code ZZZ
Overall: Story 74, Episodes 376-381
Airdates: 4 May 1974 to 8 Jun 1974
Written by Robert Sloman
Directed by Barry Letts
Notes
- For this story I went way over my one episode per day thing. It was a slow day, and not much to do, and I really felt like getting to Tom Baker, so on Sunday the 27th of August I did Episodes 2-6 in one day. If I’m going to catch up and be done with the show by 23 Nov 1963, I need to get moving as there’s a lot more Doctor Who to go. :)
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 376 - Planet of the Spiders 1/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 4 May 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 26, 2022
The final Jon Pertwee story. This is not one I've remembered fondly, because of the really poor execution of the spiders themselves, plus the really bad voices they have. pic.twitter.com/0VyJHrI1lP
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 376 - Planet of the Spiders 1/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 4 May 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 26, 2022
I know at one point this was to be the final Master story, but death of Delgado stopped that. This ep feels like the kind of story he would have been in. Yates is back here. pic.twitter.com/7MJIIsNIIS
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 377 - Planet of the Spiders 2/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 11 May 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
SJS/Yates witness the appearance of a spider and its control over a human. The spider works to obtain the Metebelis crystal which it needs for power. The Doctor of course pic.twitter.com/AuyAYkfMjC
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 377 - Planet of the Spiders 2/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 11 May 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
has the crystal, it's the main drama. Harry Sullivan is name dropped but doesn't appear til Tom Baker's first ep. Pertwee's big self indulgent vehicle chase happens here. pic.twitter.com/MNsN7HHIFO
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 378 - Planet of the Spiders 3/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 18 May 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
We finally get the spiders appear, and I still think they're a major failing of the story. They look cheap, they sound silly. The guy controlled by the spider has his own pic.twitter.com/3nO0P0yHsa
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 378 - Planet of the Spiders 3/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 18 May 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
aspirations of power, he thinks he can overtake the spiders. SJS is transported to Metebelis 3 where she runs into a settlement. The Doctor arrives and both are captured. pic.twitter.com/CUATEZK9xd
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 379 - Planet of the Spiders 4/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 25 May 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
The people on Earth in league with the Spiders try and find the blue crystal. SJS & the Metebelis people help the Doctor recover after he was knocked out in the cliffhanger. pic.twitter.com/ax4mfyJqBG
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 379 - Planet of the Spiders 4/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 25 May 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
As we progress through the story, I find myself wishing for the end of it as the spiders are so poorly realized. The Doctor fully alert works on a plan against the spiders. pic.twitter.com/FYT2JGeqpN
NOTE: I put the wrong date for Episode 5’s tweets. 25 May was the date for Episode 4, not Episode 5.
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 380 - Planet of the Spiders 5/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 25 May 1974. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
The Doctor is captured with SJS presumably to be spider food. The villagers come to attack the spiders. One spider doesn't agree with the council and helps SJS & The Doctor pic.twitter.com/IgTkLm45TC
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 380 - Planet of the Spiders 5/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 25 May 1974. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 27, 2022
to escape to reclaim the Metebelis crystal. I have one of those of my own thanks to a friend - @JustJakeSimpson. We find out there's another Time Lord here - K'anpo. pic.twitter.com/Qq8914lVeX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 381 - Planet of the Spiders 6/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 8 Jun 1974. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 28, 2022
SJS is shown to be controlled by the Queen spider when the Doctor chats with his old mentor K'anpo. His helper Cho'Je is revealed to be another version of K'anpo. This is a pic.twitter.com/5ThcEVHraL
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 381 - Planet of the Spiders 6/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 8 Jun 1974. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 28, 2022
twist I wish we heard about sooner. In the end, the Doctor goes to Metebelis 3, & nearly gets killed giving the crystal to the Great One. He barely makes it back to Earth. pic.twitter.com/zcBw38UfYQ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 381 - Planet of the Spiders 6/6 (Serial ZZZ Story 74) - 8 Jun 1974. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) August 28, 2022
That's it - last Pertwee ep. Done with another Doctor. Regeneration scene is quite good, felt sad that Jon was going. But we get to settle in for awhile with the next bit.? pic.twitter.com/qxPaECSUH2
