Episode
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (1)
Overview
Pluto, the distant future. The planet has been terraformed and is now orbited by artificial suns, provided by the rapacious company who ruthlessly exploit the relocated human workforce. The Doctor, Leela, and K9 arrive and befriend a luckless drone worker, but they must flee with him to the dark undercity...
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1977-11-26
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Sun Makers (1) is Episode 13 in Season 15 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1977-11-26. The runtime is 25 min.
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