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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

7.019771h 40mMovieActionAdventureDrama

Far in the distant future, Earth has become uninhabitable, forcing Mankind to colonise first Mars and then Pluto. No longer the coldest planet in the solar system, Pluto is now warmed by artificial suns. The Doctor, Leela and K9 arrive to…

DirectorPennant Roberts
WriterRobert Holmes
ProducerGraham Williams

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Cast · Directed by Pennant Roberts

TBTom Baker
Tom Baker
The Doctor
LJLouise Jameson
Louise Jameson
Leela
JLJohn Leeson
John Leeson
K9 Mk. I (voice)
HWHenry Woolf
Henry Woolf
The Collector
RLRichard Leech
Richard Leech
Gatherer Hade
JS
Jonina Scott
Marn
RM
Roy Macready
Cordo
DR
David Rowlands
Bisham
WSWilliam Simons
William Simons
Mandrel
AB
Adrienne Burgess
Veet
MKMichael Keating
Michael Keating
Goudry
CH
Carole Hopkin
Nurse

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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 4, 1978. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.