Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971, English. Directed by Michael E. Briant.
When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth to deal with the crisis. He and Jo arrive on the planet Uxarieus and become enmeshed in a struggle between an agrarian colony and a powerful mining corporation.
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 15 May 1971
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Malcolm Hulke
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Doctor Who: Colony in Space runs 150 minutes (2h 30m).
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Doctor Who: Colony in Space isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 May 1971. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: Colony in Space?
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971) was directed by Michael E. Briant and stars Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney.