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Season 16 (The Key to Time) | EP 2
"Appreciate it? Appreciate it? You commit mass destruction and murder on a scale that's almost inconceivable and you ask me to appreciate it? Just because you happen to have made a brilliantly conceived toy out of the mummified remains of planets!"
Episode Title | Premiere Date |
Episode 1 | 30/09/1978 |
Episode 2 | 07/10/1978 |
Episode 3 | 14/10/1978 |
Episode 4 | 21/10/1978 |
The Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Zanak, looking for the second segment of the Key to Time. Although priceless gems are scattered on the streets, and the night sky changes with the dawn of each new prosperous age, the townsfolk live in fear. For in a fortress overlooking the city, the terrifying Pirate Captain is in control of the most destructive force in the galaxy.
The Doctor: Tom Baker
Romana: Mary Tamm
K9 (voice): John Leeson
The Captain: Bruce Purchase
Mr. Fibuli: Andrew Robertson
Pralix: David Sibley
Mula: Primi Townsend
Nurse: Rosalind Lloyd
Producer: Graham Williams
Director: Pennant Roberts
Scriptwriter: Douglas Adams