Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978 · 100 min · ★ 7.8 · Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Searching for the third segment to the Key to Time brings the Doctor and Romana to present-day Earth, where the travellers have to contend with stone circles, Druidic rituals and a not-so-mythical goddess known as the Cailleach.
Directed by Darrol Blake · Written by David Fisher
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Tom Baker The Doctor -
Mary Tamm Romana -
John Leeson K-9 (voice) -
Beatrix Lehmann Professor Rumford - S Susan Engel Vivien Fay
- N Nicholas McArdle De Vries
- E Elaine Ives-Cameron Martha
Make it a double feature
3h 21m togetherA close match in mood and era.
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