Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969, English. Directed by Michael Hart.
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the Interstella Space Corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of Space Corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta — and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Michael HartDirector
- Patrick TroughtonThe Doctor
- Frazer HinesJamie McCrimmon
- Wendy PadburyZoe Heriot
- Gordon GostelowMilo Clancey
- Lisa DanielyMadeleine Issigri
- Esmond KnightDom Issigri
- Jack MayGeneral Hermack
- Donald GeeMajor Ian Warne
- George LaytonTechnician Penn
- Nik ZaranLt. Sorba
- Anthony DonovanSpace Guard
- Dudley FosterCaven
Details
- Released
- 12 April 1969
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Robert Holmes
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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates runs 150 minutes (2h 30m).
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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 April 1969. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Space Pirates?
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates (1969) was directed by Michael Hart and stars Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury.