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Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
3.2 / 10• 1984• 1h 40m•NR• English
Science FictionDramaAdventure
Storyline
A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor and Peri become involved and help Jaconda's elderly former ruler Professor Edgeworth, who is really a Time Lord named Azmael, to defeat Mestor and free the planet's bird-like indigenous people from the gastropods' reign of terror. Azmael, however, sacrifices his life in the process.
Cast & Crew
Colin Baker
The Doctor
Lead
Nicola Bryant
Peri Brown
Maurice Denham
Edgeworth
Edwin Richfield
Mestor
Kevin McNally
Hugo Lang
DC
Dennis Chinnery
Sylvest
GC
Gavin Conrad
Romulus
AC
Andrew Conrad
Remus
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Moffatt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
