Sci-fi drama

Doctor Who: The Krotons (1969): Cast

Name: Doctor Who: The Krotons
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Released: 1969-01-18
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Philip Madoc, Roy Skelton, Wendy Padbury

Doctor Who: The Krotons (1969) movie poster

Doctor Who: The Krotons is a 1969 sci-fi drama directed by David Maloney, starring Patrick Troughton as The Doctor, Frazer Hines and Philip Madoc. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.

Released: January 18, 1969
Runtime: 1h 40m (100 min)
Director: David Maloney
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Adventure
Original language: English
Studio: BBC
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Doctor Who: The Krotons About?

The premise of Doctor Who: The Krotons without spoilers.

The TARDIS lands on the nameless Gond world, where the alien Krotons—crystalline beings whose ship the Dynatrope crash‑landed millennia ago—rule through a self‑perpetuating slavery. In suspended animation as a crystal slurry, the Krotons await reconstitution by absorbing mental energy. Periodically the two brightest Gond students are invited aboard the Dynatrope, supposedly to become “companions of the Krotons,” but their intellect is drained and they are killed.

Cast & crew

Doctor Who: The Krotons Cast & Characters

Patrick Troughton leads the cast as The Doctor, with Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Philip Madoc as Eelek. Directed by David Maloney; 16 actors are credited in all.