Episode
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1)
Overview
The planet Traken. The Traken union is a society living in perfect harmony, watched over by the powerful but benign Keeper. But now the Keeper is dying, and he senses a great evil within his protectorate. Can the Doctor help him discover the secret of the Melkur?
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1981-01-31
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Keeper of Traken (1) is Episode 21 in Season 18 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1981-01-31. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 20: Warriors' Gate (4)
The Doctor deduces that the freighter is a slave ship loaded up with Tharils to be sold as time machine components, but the immense weight of Rorvik's damaged ship, designed to contain the Tharils, is now collapsing the fragile void of the micro-universe in which they're all stuck, pulling everything inside ever closer.
Episode 22: The Keeper of Traken (2)
Tremas claims consular privilege to protect the Doctor and Adric from execution, though it binds his fate to theirs if they're found guilty of murder. Melkur strengthens his hold over Kassia while Seron decides to have rapport with The Keeper to learn truth, and Adric finds evidence of another TARDIS in the area.
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Episode 23: The Keeper of Traken (3)
With Tremas falling under suspicion, due to his association with the Doctor, a new Keeper Nominate is named. Now, with everything in place, Melkur has only a short wait before his full malevolence can unfold.
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Episode 24: The Keeper of Traken (4)
With the merciless Melkur in control of The Source, the Doctor and his allies have only a slim chance of deposing him, which also puts the peace of the Traken Union in severe jeopardy.
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