101 – The Androids of Tara | |||
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Directed by | Michael Hayes | ||
Written by | David Fisher | ||
Script editor | Anthony Read | ||
Produced by | Graham Williams | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | 5D | ||
Series | Season 16 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 25 November – 16 December 1978 | ||
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The Androids of Tara is the fourth serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 25 November to 16 December 1978.
The serial is set on the planet Tara, which is made up of a feudal society with electronic weapons and androids. In the serial, Count Grendel of Gracht (Peter Jeffrey) kidnaps Prince Reynart (Neville Jason) and the alien time traveller Romana (Mary Tamm), along with the fourth segment of the powerful Key to Time, as part of his plot to become the legitimate King of Tara.