Doctor Who - The Caves Of Androzani
BBC Home Video (1984)
TV Series  /  Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Classics
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IMDB   8.7
1 hr 39 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Peter Davison The Doctor
Nicola Bryant Peri
Christopher Gable Sharez Jek
Barbara Kinghorn Timmin
John Normington Morgus
Robert Glenister Salateen
Maurice Roeves Stotz
Martin Cochrane Chellak
Roy Holder Krelper
David Neal President
Tom Baker
Louise Jameson
William Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Carole Ann Ford
Jacqueline Hill
Christopher Gable Sharaz Jek
Maurice Roëves Stotz
Pat Gorman Soldier
Jerry Judge Soldier
Steven Wickham Soldier
Director
David Maloney
Graeme Harper
Producer John Nathan-Turner
Writer Robert Holmes
Sydney Newman


The TARDIS arrives on Androzani Minor, the source of a life-prolonging drug refined from a substance called spectrox. Production of the drug is controlled by Sharaz Jek, a facially deformed madman in self imposed exile, who blames Morgus, a powerful industrialist on Androzani Major, for all his misfortunes.

Jek is fighting government troops sent to liberate the drug. His weaponry is being supplied by gun-runners secretly employed by Morgus, who receives payment from Jek in refined spectrox. This gives Morgus a monopoly of the drug on Major.

Jek becomes infatuated with Peri, and saves her and the Doctor from being executed on Morgus's orders by government troops led by General Chellak. The two travellers escape after learning that they have contracted spectrox toxaemia, a fatal condition to which there is only one antidote - the milk from a queen bat, which the Doctor must obtain from the deep caves on Minor. Morgus, seeing his power base slipping away, travels to Minor.

In a climactic battle, Morgus, Jek and all the soldiers are killed. With moments to spare, the Doctor carries Peri back to the TARDIS, where he gives her all the milk that he has managed to collect. She recovers, but the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 25 mins    3/8/1984  1.  The Caves of Androzani (1)
The planet Androzani Minor, the distant future. In the planets' caves war rages between government troops and the android warriors of the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But what makes spectrox, the substance they battle to control, so valuable? And how far will the Doctor go to protect his companion?
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 25 mins    3/9/1984  2.  The Caves of Androzani (2)
The Doctor and Peri have been rescued from the firing squad by the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But he has his own plans for them. And why are they suddenly feeling ill?
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 25 mins    3/15/1984  3.  The Caves of Androzani (3)
The situation on Androzani Minor is building toward a violent confrontation. And the Doctor and Peri are slowly succumbing to spectrox toxemia.
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 25 mins    3/16/1984  4.  The Caves of Androzani (4)
Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Will the Doctor and Peri survive the carnage? And at what cost?
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Series Doctor Who
Distributor BBC Video
Release Date 4/2/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

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