Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
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Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

3.2 / 10 1984 1h 40mNR 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

Colin Baker

The Doctor

Lead
Nicola Bryant

Nicola Bryant

Peri Brown

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Edgeworth

Edwin Richfield

Edwin Richfield

Mestor

Kevin McNally

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.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker