The Creature from the Pit

106 – The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byChristopher Barry
Written byDavid Fisher
Script editorDouglas Adams
Produced byGraham Williams
Executive producer(s)None
Music byDudley Simpson
Production code5G
SeriesSeason 17
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast27 October – 17 November 1979
Chronology
← Preceded by
City of Death
Followed by →
Nightmare of Eden
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Creature from the Pit is the third serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 27 October to 17 November 1979. It was the first serial to feature David Brierley as the voice of K9.

On the planet Chloris, Lady Adrasta (Myra Frances) imprisons the Tythonian ambassador Erato in a pit for fifteen years in order to maintain her control over the planet's limited metal supply. The alien time traveller the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) attempts to negotiate peace and a trade agreement with Erato.