‘RETURN OF THE SPIDERS’
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Giant Spiders with the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9
This story called ‘Return of the Spiders’ is by Gareth Roberts. It features the Fourth Doctor, the second Romana and K-9 Mk II. There’s also the return of the giant spiders that appeared in ‘Planet of the Spiders’, the last TV story of the Jon Pertwee/Third Doctor era. This was fascinating to uncover. 🙂
Gareth Roberts is no stranger to the Season 17 era of ‘Doctor Who’, as he’s written stories in novel form set in that season like ‘The Romance of Crime’, ‘The English Way of Death’ and ‘The Well-Mannered War’. He also wrote the full-on novelization of the lost ‘Doctor Who’ story called ‘Shada’.
Apparently, after the death of the Great One in ‘Planet of the Spiders’, the spiders from Metebelis III, including their queen, teleported to High Wycombe on Earth. The Doctor, Romana and K-9 encounter the spiders when they visit High Wycombe, and they must find some way to defeat them.
The Queen Spider and her minions obtained the Fordyces, their home and their neighbours so that they can have a base of operations for the Queen to lay her eggs in preparation for taking over the universe. Pizzas have been delivered to the Fordyces’ home for the spiders to eat and regain energy.
Is the pizza delivery service from Dominos? 😀 There’s a running joke that goes on throughout the story where Romana bets the Doctor five Gallifreyan pounds that they can find something unusual. Even when the giant spiders are thwarted, the Doctor doesn’t consider them to be that unusual. 😀
‘Return of the Spiders’ rating – 8/10
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