Review Planet of the Spiders (1974)

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Your thoughts on this story....

While the Doctor carries out an investigation into ESP, Mike Yates asks Sarah to look into some strange goings on at a meditation centre he's attending.

On to the next story....

ROBOT

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/robot-1974.5285/


Back to the previous story....

THE MONSTER OF PELADON

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-monster-of-peladon-1974.5284/

Spoiler: THE FINAL GAME DETOUR.....

Or detour back to the originally planned Pertwee finale......

THE FINAL GAME......

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-final-game-1973.5678/

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Gavin]

A fitting finale for the Third Doctor (although it's a shame that the death of Roger Delgado prevented the planned Master story). It's a bit bloated (you could easily cut at least an episode and probably 2 without affecting the story) but a lot of fun.

 

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Got to admit. I can still watch Pertwee's final moments... (No chocolate box music or lengthy speeches about pears required. Just silence.) and find myself welling up with tears in a way that none of the modern shows have a hope of duplicating. Pertwee, Sladen and Courtney didn't need any help from Murray Gold, thank you very much.

And the giant queen spider is one memory that stayed with me as a kid, with that final showdown in the chamber.

 

[Doctor Omega]