Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

Movie·1984·1h 40m

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

Directed By

Peter Moffatt

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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The Story

A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.

Written By

Anthony Steven

Producer

John Nathan-Turner

Music

Malcolm Clarke

Editor

Ian McKendrick

Themes

time travelalientwinsboy genius

Production House

BBC

Audience Score

32%

6 votes

Skip24%
Timepass56%
Go for it17%
Perfection3%

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Cast

Colin Baker

Colin Baker

The Doctor

Nicola Bryant

Nicola Bryant

Peri Brown

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Edgeworth

Edwin Richfield

Edwin Richfield

Mestor

Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally

Hugo Lang

Dennis Chinnery

Sylvest

Gavin Conrad

Romulus

Andrew Conrad

Remus

Seymour Green

Chamberlain

Oliver Smith

Oliver Smith

Drak

Barry Stanton

Barry Stanton

Noma

Dione Inman

Elena

Helen Blatch

Fabian

Roger Nott

Prisoner

John Wilson

Jacondan Guard

Graham Cole

Graham Cole

Jacondan

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Crew

Anthony Steven

Writer

Peter Moffatt

Peter Moffatt

Director

John Nathan-Turner

John Nathan-Turner

Producer

Malcolm Clarke

Malcolm Clarke

Original Music Composer

Ian McKendrick

Editor

Hugh Parson

Editor

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