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| 136[1] – The Twin Dilemma | |||
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| Directed by | Peter Moffatt | ||
| Written by | Anthony Steven | ||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Music by | Malcolm Clarke | ||
| Production code | 6S | ||
| Series | Season 21 | ||
| Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 22 March 1984 | ||
| Last broadcast | 30 March 1984 | ||
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The Twin Dilemma is the seventh and final serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 22 March to 30 March 1984.
In the serial, the alien Gastropod Mestor (Edwin Richfield) plots to explode the sun of the planet Jaconda to scatter his eggs throughout the universe to conquer it.
It was the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor[2] uniquely being the final story of the season.
- ^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 137. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
- ^ Miles, Lawrence; Wood, Tat (2005). About Time 5: 1980–1984: Seasons 18 to 21. Illinois: Mad Norwegian Press. pp. 310–22. ISBN 0975944649.