Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978, English. Directed by Pennant Roberts.
The Doctor and Romana learn the second segment of the Key to Time is on the planet Calufrax. Yet they arrive on a planet called Zanak, which has been hollowed out and fitted with hyperspace engines, allowing its insane, half-robot Captain to materialise it around smaller planets and plunder their resources.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 21 October 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Douglas Adams
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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 October 1978. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet?
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978) was directed by Pennant Roberts and stars Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson.