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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet 1978

The Doctor and Romana learn the second segment of the Key to Time is on the planet Calufrax. Yet they arrive on a planet called Zanak, which has been hollowed out and fitted with hyperspace engines, allowing its insane, half-robot Captain to materialise it around smaller planets and plunder their resources.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company BBC
Release Date 21 October 1978
100 mins