Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984 • Science Fiction | Drama
Anthony Steven
Writer
Peter Moffatt
Director
Status
Released
Release date
March 30, 1984
Duration
100 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.239
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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
Colin Baker
Nicola Bryant
Maurice Denham
Edwin Richfield
Kevin McNally
Barry Stanton