Episode
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (3)
Overview
The Doctor arrives on Jaconda, once lush and green, to find it completely devastated by giant gastropods. Old legends about the planet's half-human/half-slugs weren't just myths after all. With or without help from the Doctor and his unpredictable mood swings, Lt. Lang is up for rescuing the twins, who are finally informed of the grand purpose they've been brought to Jaconda to accomplish.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1984-03-29
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Twin Dilemma (3) is Episode 23 in Season 21 of Doctor Who. It aired on 1984-03-29. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 22: The Twin Dilemma (2)
The Doctor takes Peri to Titan 3, a desolate hunk of rock in space where he hopes to find some solitude for a while. Instead he finds the lone but unconscious survivor of a recent spaceship crash in sight of a mound-shaped complex where no formalised structure should exist.
Episode 24: The Twin Dilemma (4)
The Doctor and Edgeworth deduce that the real plan of Mestor, the gastropod ruler of Jaconda, will not only destroy Jaconda but lead to the devastation of other planets. Together they hope to thwart him despite his formidable ability at slipping into people's minds and controlling them.
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Episode 21: The Twin Dilemma (1)
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