The Creature from the Pit

106 – *The Creature from the Pit*
106 – The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Tom Baker – Fourth Doctor;
	Companions Lalla Ward – Romana; David Brierley (Voice of K9);
	Others Myra Frances – Lady Adrasta; Eileen Way – Karela; David Telfer – Huntsman; Geoffrey Bayldon – Organon; Morris Barry – Tollund; Terry Walsh – Doran; John Bryans – Torvin; Edward Kelsey – Edu; Tim Munro – Ainu; Tommy Wright – Guardsmaster; Philip Denyer, David Redgrave – Guards;
Production
Directed by	Christopher Barry
Written by	David Fisher
Script editor	Douglas Adams
Produced by	Graham Williams
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	5G
Series	Season 17
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	27 October – 17 November 1979
Chronology
← Preceded by; City of Death	Followed by →; Nightmare of Eden

The Creature from the Pit is the third serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 27 October to 17 November 1979. It was the first serial to feature David Brierley as the voice of K9.

On the planet Chloris, Lady Adrasta (Myra Frances) imprisons the Tythonian ambassador Erato in a pit for fifteen years in order to maintain her control over the planet's limited metal supply. The alien time traveller the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) attempts to negotiate peace and a trade agreement with Erato.

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