Skip to content
TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Saturday, May 29, 1965

Publisher

Kenner

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Vortis

Synopsis

Two Menopteras are seen flying. However, they land realising that flying will not free them of their Zarbi captors. Suddenly, a Zarbi arrives with a larvae gun aimed at them. They are defeated, until all of a sudden the TARDIS lands. The Zarbi leave and the Menoptera thank the First Doctor, Ian and Barbara as their strange coming saved them. However, all is not over yet.

Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat

Edit date completed

Characters

How to read On the Planet Vortis:

Reviews

Add Review Edit Review

2 reviews

This review contains spoilers!

The TARDIS prevents the death of Menoptera at the mercy of Zarbi and their larvae guns.  The various Vortis aliens are depicted faithfully but this is quite a different story to The Web Planet.  There is no suggestion the Doctor has been to Vortis prior to this story.  It's an interesting curiousity but only the first part of a two parter.


deltaandthebannermen

View profile


Decided to do all 16 stories of these I think there basically Ian 1st and Barbara stories the final 2 retell the webplanet with just those 3 but over all there not the best but I think if I was from the 1960s I’d love them


Rock_Angel

View profile


Open in new window

Statistics

AVG. Rating30 members
2.13 / 5

Member Statistics

Completed

47

Favourited

2

Reviewed

2

Saved

1

Skipped

6

Quotes

Add Quote

Submit a Quote