Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

Name: Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Director: John Black
Genre: TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 1981-02-21
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley

1981

1h 40m

TV Movie Adventure Science Fiction

Director: John Black

Writer: Johnny Byrne

Overview

The Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. The Keeper of Traken is nearing the end of his reign and seeks the Doctor's help in preventing the evil from taking control of the bioelectronic source that is the keystone of the Traken Union's civilisation.