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Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

BBC Home Video (Sep 02, 1978)
TV Series | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction
USA | English | Color | 01:39
Digital
1 disc
Region 1

The Doctor is summoned by the mysterious and powerful White Guardian, and sent on a quest to find the six segments of the Key to Time, which, once assembled, will restore balance to the universe. Joining the Doctor and K-9 is the smart and sassy Romana, a Time Lord Fresh from the Academy.

Landing on the wintry planet of Ribos to locate the first segment, the TARDIS crew quickly find themselves embroiled in a little local trouble with a pair of conmen and an unstable warlord.


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

Episodes View details

1 The Ribos Operation (1) 25 min | Sep 02, 1978

The Magellanic Clouds, the planet Ribos, an unknown time. Ordered by the White Guardian to collect the pieces of the omnipotent Key to Time, The Doctor, K-9 and his new assistant Romana arrive. Collecting the first segment is not going to be easy…

Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Robert Keegan, Paul Seed, Nigel Plaskitt, Iain Cuthbertson, Cyril Luckham, John Harmill, Oliver Maguire
2 The Ribos Operation (2) 25 min | Sep 09, 1978

Trying to obtain the first segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana are swept up in an elaborate con. The target – the homicidal Graff Vynda K.

Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Paul Seed, Nigel Plaskitt, Iain Cuthbertson, John Harmill, Oliver Maguire, Robert Keegan
3 The Ribos Operation (3) 25 min | Sep 16, 1978

Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment – even as Unstoff takes it into the most dangerous place on Ribos.

Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Timothy Bateson, Anne Tirard
4 The Ribos Operation (4) 25 min | Sep 23, 1978

Trapped in the catacombs between a mad warlord and ravenous monsters, the Doctor and Romana work desperately to obtain the segement of the Key to Time - and escape alive.

Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Guest stars: Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Timothy Bateson, Anne Tirard, Iain Cuthbertson