

Doctor Who: Terminus
1983, English. Directed by Mary Ridge.
The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's influence, damages its controls. The Doctor and Nyssa meet two space pirates, Kari and Olvir, who have come on board the liner in search of plunder, while Tegan and Turlough get lost in the infrastructure. The liner docks with what appears to be a hulk floating in space. This is Terminus, which claims to offer a cure for Lazar's disease. It is crewed by armoured slave workers, the Vanir. The cure is administered by a huge, dog-like creature known as the Garm. Nyssa, who has contracted the disease from sufferers transported aboard the liner, discovers that the cure - involving exposure to radiation - does actually work.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 23 February 1983
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Stephen Gallagher
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Doctor Who: Terminus runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Doctor Who: Terminus isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 February 1983. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor Who: Terminus?
Doctor Who: Terminus (1983) was directed by Mary Ridge and stars Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding.