The Twin Dilemma

136^[1] – *The Twin Dilemma*
136 – The Twin Dilemma
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Colin Baker – Sixth Doctor;
	Companion Nicola Bryant – Peri Brown;
	Others Maurice Denham – Edgeworth; Edwin Richfield – Mestor; Kevin McNally – Hugo Lang; Dennis Chinnery – Sylvest; Gavin Conrad – Romulus; Andrew Conrad – Remus; Seymour Green – Chamberlain; Oliver Smith – Drak; Barry Stanton – Noma; Dione Inman – Elena; Helen Blatch – Fabian; Roger Nott – Prisoner; John Wilson – Jacondan Guard;
Production
Directed by	Peter Moffatt
Written by	Anthony Steven
Script editor	Eric Saward
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Music by	Malcolm Clarke
Production code	6S
Series	Season 21
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	22 March 1984
Last broadcast	30 March 1984
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Caves of Androzani	Followed by →; Attack of the Cybermen
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Twin Dilemma is the seventh and final serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 22 March to 30 March 1984.

In the serial, the alien Gastropod Mestor (Edwin Richfield) plots to explode the sun of the planet Jaconda to scatter his eggs throughout the universe to conquer it.

It was the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor^[2] uniquely being the final story of the season.

^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 137. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
^ Miles, Lawrence; Wood, Tat (2005). About Time 5: 1980–1984: Seasons 18 to 21. Illinois: Mad Norwegian Press. pp. 310–22. ISBN 0975944649.

[1] From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 137. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

[at-2] Miles, Lawrence; Wood, Tat (2005). About Time 5: 1980–1984: Seasons 18 to 21. Illinois: Mad Norwegian Press. pp. 310–22. ISBN 0975944649.

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