Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A routine space mission starts going wrong. When the base personnel's suspicions are roused, the Doctor informs them that the space capsule is being affected by the gravitational pull of another planet — a tenth planet in the Solar system.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
October 29, 1966
Popularity
0
Director
Derek Martinus
Writer
Kit Pedler
Writer
Gerry Davis
Producer
Innes Lloyd
Where to Watch
Cast
William Hartnell
The Doctor (1)
Anneke Wills
Polly
Michael Craze
Ben Jackson
Patrick Troughton
The Doctor (2) (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
General Cutler
David Dodimead
Barclay
Dudley Jones
Dyson
Alan White
Schultz
Earl Cameron
Williams
Callen Angelo
Terry Cutler
John Brandon
American Sergeant
Shane Shelton
Tito
Steve Plytas
Wigner
Christopher Matthews
Radar Technician
Ellen Cullen
Geneva Technician
Christopher Dunham
R/T Technician
Glenn Beck
TV Announcer
Roy Skelton
Cybermen (voice)
Peter Hawkins
Cybermen (voice)
Harry Brooks
Cyberman
Gallery
Reviews
Jonthemantis
The Tenth Planet has great set pieces, and a great monster. I like the Cybermen in both design and ideals; the fact that they were human at one point is creepy. Plus, these are still my favourite design of the Cybermen costumes to date. The whole thing itself is a little cheesy (why wouldn't it be? It's sci-fi from the '60s), but decent character writing makes it feel more grounded and real, and the animated reconstruction of the fourth part is very neat. It kind of sucks that the Doctor is out of commission for a quarter of it, but it's still pretty solid as a whole.
