Doctor Who: Frontios
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Doctor Who: Frontios

7.8 / 10 1984 1h 40mNR English
DramaActionAdventureScience FictionTV Movie

Storyline

"Frontios buries its own dead", or so the saying goes. The Doctor, Turlough and Tegan are forced into landing on the remote planet of Frontios, a human colony where deaths go unaccounted for. What lies beneath the surface, dragging its victims down?

Cast & Crew

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

The Doctor

Lead
Janet Fielding

Janet Fielding

Tegan Jovanka

Mark Strickson

Mark Strickson

Vislor Turlough

Jeff Rawle

Jeff Rawle

Plantagenet

Peter Gilmore

Peter Gilmore

Brazen

Lesley Dunlop

Lesley Dunlop

Norna

William Lucas

William Lucas

Range

Maurice O'Connell

Maurice O'Connell

Cockerill

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ron Jones's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Doctor Who: Frontios is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker