108 – The Horns of Nimon | |||
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Directed by | Kenny McBain | ||
Written by | Anthony Read | ||
Script editor | Douglas Adams | ||
Produced by | Graham Williams | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
Production code | 5L | ||
Series | Season 17 | ||
Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 22 December 1979 | ||
Last broadcast | 12 January 1980 | ||
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The Horns of Nimon is the fifth and final broadcast 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 22 December 1979 to 12 January 1980. It is the last broadcast of David Brierley's voice as K9 (as John Leeson returned in the next season).
The serial is set on the planets Skonnos and Crinoth. In the serial, minotaur-like aliens called the Nimons plot to invade Skonnos by creating a tunnel in time and space linked between two artificial black holes.