Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

5.9 / 10 1964 2h 30mNR English
Science FictionDramaAdventure

Storyline

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.

Cast & Crew

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

The Doctor

Lead
Carole Ann Ford

Carole Ann Ford

Susan Foreman

Jacqueline Hill

Jacqueline Hill

Barbara Wright

William Russell

William Russell

Ian Chesterton

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Arbitan

MC

Martin Cort

Voord / Warrior / Ice Soldier / Aydan

PS

Peter Stenson

Voord / Ice Soldier / Second Judge

GW

Gordon Wales

Voord

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Gorrie's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker