Release Date: 1981-02-21
Overview: The Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. The Keeper of Traken is nearing the end of his reign and seeks the Doctor's help in preventing the evil from taking control of the bioelectronic source that is the keystone of the Traken Union's civilisation.
Rating: 7.4 / 10
Tom Baker
as The Doctor
Matthew Waterhouse
as Adric
Sarah Sutton
as Nyssa
Geoffrey Beevers
as Melkur (voice) / The Master
Anthony Ainley
as Tremas / The Master
John Black - Director
Johnny Byrne - Writer
Christopher H. Bidmead - Script Editor
John Nathan-Turner - Producer
Barry Letts - Executive Producer
The "Doctor" (Tom Baker) and his new pal "Adric" (Matthew Waterhouse) are parked above the planet of "Traken" when it's throned and elderly keeper visits them in the TARDIS. He's a bit of a harbinger ...