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18/01/1969 Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure 1h 40m
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Overview

The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien Krotons — crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle. The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed.

  1. David Maloney

    Director

  2. Robert Holmes

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Patrick Troughton

    The Doctor

  2. Frazer Hines

    Jamie McCrimmon

  3. Wendy Padbury

    Zoe Heriot

  4. James Copeland

    Selris

  5. James Cairncross

    Beta

  6. Gilbert Wynne

    Thara

  7. Philip Madoc

    Eelek

  8. Terence Brown

    Abu

  9. Madeleine Mills

    Vana

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-05-22
Flushed with success from their last adventure, the team arrive on a planet that's inhabited by the enslaved "Gonds". These folks spend much of their lives awaiting to be chosen by their gods so they can enter through a doorway from which they never re-emerge. Well, that is except for the fact that the "Doctor" (Patrick Troughton), "Jamie" (Frazer Hines) and "Zoe" (Wendy Padbury) just happen to espy what exactly does happen to their glorious chosen - and suffice to say there's not enough left to trouble the coroner. It doesn't take the "Doctor" long to upset the equilibria between master and s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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