Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

Feb 23, 1984

1h 40m

★ 6.0

Overview

A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning. Among her possessions is an artefact bearing an alien symbol - the same triangular mark that Turlough has branded into his arm. The mystery deepens when Kamelion falls under the control of a powerful mind, and the TARDIS travels to the volcanic world of Sarn. As Turlough is forced to face his past, the Fifth Doctor must stop his oldest enemy from harnessing the revitalising powers of Numismaton gas...

Genres

Science Fiction

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

The Doctor

Peter Davison

Turlough

Mark Strickson

Peri Brown

Nicola Bryant

The Master

Anthony Ainley

Timanov

Peter Wyngarde

Amyand

James Bate

Professor Howard Foster

Dallas Adams

Roskal

Jonathan Caplan

Malkon

Edward Highmore

Sorasta

Barbara Shelley

Curt

Michael Bangerter

Father

Richard Simons

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