Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966, English. Directed by Derek Martinus.
The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A routine space mission starts going wrong. When the base personnel's suspicions are roused, the Doctor informs them that the space capsule is being affected by the gravitational pull of another planet — a tenth planet in the Solar system.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Derek MartinusDirector
- William HartnellThe Doctor (1)
- Anneke WillsPolly
- Michael CrazeBen Jackson
- Patrick TroughtonThe Doctor (2) (uncredited)
- Robert BeattyGeneral Cutler
- David DodimeadBarclay
- Dudley JonesDyson
- Alan WhiteSchultz
- Earl CameronWilliams
- Callen AngeloTerry Cutler
- John BrandonAmerican Sergeant
- Shane SheltonTito
Details
- Released
- 29 October 1966
- Written by
- Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 October 1966. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet?
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet (1966) was directed by Derek Martinus and stars William Hartnell, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze.