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| 099 – The Pirate Planet | |||
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| Directed by | Pennant Roberts | ||
| Written by | Douglas Adams | ||
| Script editor | Anthony Read | ||
| Produced by | Graham Williams | ||
| Executive producer(s) | None | ||
| Music by | Dudley Simpson | ||
| Production code | 5B | ||
| Series | Season 16 | ||
| Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 30 September 1978 | ||
| Last broadcast | 21 October 1978 | ||
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The Pirate Planet is the second serial of the 16th season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 September to 21 October 1978. It forms the second serial of the Key to Time story arc. It was written by Douglas Adams and features some of his humour.
The tyrant Queen Xanxia (a dual role played by Vi Delmar and Rosalind Lloyd) and the Captain (Bruce Purchase) use the hollow planet Zanak as a spaceship that surrounds smaller planets, including Calufrax, the second segment of the powerful Key to Time in disguise, to plunder the planets' resources that help keep Xanxia alive.