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Doctor Who – Meglos DVD

Doctor Who – Meglos DVD

On Tigella, two opposing factions are irrevocably divided over one fundamental issue: the Dodecahedron, a mysterious artifact which provides the entire planet’s energy.

With the Savants and the Deons locked in a crippling stalemate, and their civilization on the brink of collapse, the Tigellan leader Zastor seeks the Doctor’s help.

But the Doctor and Romana have been trapped aboard the TARDIS in a time loop by Meglos, the last of the Zolpha Thurans, who will stop at nothing to steal back the awesome power of the Dodecahedron.

Doctor Who – MeglosOriginal VHS cover (left) and synopsis

On the planet Tigella, the mysterious source of all power – the Dodecahedron – is failing. Zastor, the leader of the planet, decides to call en an old friend to help them.

An bid friend who travels the universe in a blue police box…On the nearby de^ad planet of Zolfa-Thura; a rag-tag band of space raiders form an uneasy alliance with the cactus like alien, Meglos.

Their first goal is-to preventa certain Time Lord from arriving on Tigella.

Aboard the TARD1S, the Doctor,.Romana and K.9 find themselves trapped in a Chronic Hysteresis, a time loop that keeps them captive in the same few minutes in time again, and again, and again.

And double trouble awaits them on Tigella…

This story was broadcast on BBC1 between 27th September – 18th October 1980.

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