Doctor Who: The Krotons

Doctor Who: The Krotons

1969
1h 40m
6.5

6.5/10

6 votes
Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Overview

The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien Krotons — crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle. The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

time travel

Quick Facts

Release Date January 18, 1969
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton

The Doctor

Frazer Hines
Frazer Hines

Jamie McCrimmon

Wendy Padbury
Wendy Padbury

Zoe Heriot

James Copeland
James Copeland

Selris

James Cairncross
James Cairncross

Beta

Gilbert Wynne
Gilbert Wynne

Thara

Philip Madoc
Philip Madoc

Eelek

Terence Brown
Terence Brown

Abu

Madeleine Mills
Madeleine Mills

Vana

Richard Ireson
Richard Ireson

Axus

Maurice Selwyn
Maurice Selwyn

Custodian

Bronson Shaw
Bronson Shaw

Student

Key Crew

David Maloney
Director
Robert Holmes
Writer
Peter Bryant
Producer