Doctor Who: Underworld

5/20/2026

This would have gone out at the height of my ten-year-old interest in "Dr. Who" but I can't say I recall it at all. It looks as if they have cannibalised the set from the infinitely better "Robots of Death" (1977) for this weak adventure for Tom Baker and Louise Jameson. The "TARDIS" inexplicably lands on the very cusp of known space just as the "Minyon" race is facing some sort of existential crisis. A ship under the command of "Jackson" (James Maxwell) is desperately searching for a previous expedition upon which their entire genetic history was placed in two gold cannisters. After a distinctly rocky start, these intrepid explorers find themselves on a plant occupied by the "Seers" who serve the "Oracle" - but might these peoples be the "Minyon" travellers they are all seeking? The one t