Doctor Who

Doctor Who: The Androids Of Tara

BBC Home Video (Nov 25, 1978)

TV Series | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction

USA | English | Color | 01:38

8.4

40,126

Digital

1 disc

Region 1

It seems that the search for the fourth segment to the Key to Time will prove simple when Romana locates it on the planet Tara. But in a land where nothing is as it first appears, the Doctor and his companion quickly find themselves embroiled in a deadly game of kidnap, deceit and counterplot.

It is not long before the Doctor finds himself locking swords with the dastardly Count Grendel of Gracht, the finest bladesman in the kingdom, who has sinister plans for Romana.

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

Crew View all

Director	Douglas Camfield
Director	David Maloney
Christopher Barry
Michael E. Briant
Barry Letts
Derek Martinus
Richard Martin
Michael Ferguson
Peter Moffatt
Ron Jones
Pennant Roberts
Paddy Russell
Lennie Mayne
Chris Clough
Paul Bernard
Peter Grimwade
Fiona Cumming
Timothy Combe
Michael Hayes
Morris Barry
Gerald Blake
Nicholas Mallett
Mervyn Pinfield
Waris Hussein
Hugh David
Rodney Bennett
Alan Wareing
Julia Smith
Alan Bromly
George Spenton-Foster
Writer	Donald Wilson, Robert Holmes, Terry Nation, Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler
Producer	John Nathan-Turner, Barry Letts, Verity Lambert, Innes Lloyd, Graham Williams, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler, Philip Hinchcliffe, Peter Bryant, Mervyn Pinfield, John Wiles, Derrick Sherwin, Sue Kerr, Paul Vanezis, Steve Broster, Rex Tucker
Musician	Dudley Simpson, Tristram Cary, Norman Kay, Malcolm Clarke, Raymond Jones, Bob Baker, Terrance Dicks, Dave Martin, Brian Hayles, Kit Pedler, Philip Hinchcliffe, Peter Bryant, Mervyn Pinfield, John Wiles, Derrick Sherwin, Sue Kerr, Paul Vanezis, Steve Broster, Rex Tucker, Roger Limb, Stanley Myers, Peter Howell, Humphrey Searle, Brian Hodgson
Photography	Alan Jonas, Fintan Sheehan

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