The Androids of Tara

101 – The Androids of Tara
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byMichael Hayes
Written byDavid Fisher
Script editorAnthony Read
Produced byGraham Williams
Executive producer(s)None
Music byDudley Simpson
Production code5D
SeriesSeason 16
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast25 November – 16 December 1978
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Stones of Blood
Followed by →
The Power of Kroll
List of episodes (1963–1989)

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.