Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988, English. Directed by Alan Wareing.
The Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self-centred explorer named Captain Cook, his companion Mags and a biker known as Nord.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 December 1988
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Stephen Wyatt
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Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 December 1988. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy?
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988) was directed by Alan Wareing and stars Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, T. P. McKenna.