Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Spiders"
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"Planet of the Spiders" is a 1974 Doctor Who serial that serves as the final adventure for the Third Doctor, featuring a confrontation with powerful spider-like aliens and the Doctor’s subsequent regeneration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Spiders" canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14238965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Spiders" Context triple: [Richard Franklin, appearedIn, Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Spiders"]
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A.
Doctor Who serial "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is a 1977 six-part Doctor Who serial set in Victorian London, noted for its Sherlock Holmes-inspired atmosphere, horror elements, and Tom Baker’s acclaimed performance as the Fourth Doctor.
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B.
Doctor Who serial "The Daemons"
"The Daemons" is a highly regarded 1971 five-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Third Doctor confronting occult forces in an English village that turn out to have an alien origin.
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C.
Doctor Who serial "Pyramids of Mars"
"Pyramids of Mars" is a highly regarded 1975 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor facing the ancient and powerful alien Osiran Sutekh in a gothic, Egyptology-themed adventure.
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D.
Doctor Who serial "The Invasion"
"The Invasion" is a classic eight-part 1968 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for its modern-day Earth setting, Cybermen invasion plot, and introduction of the military organization UNIT.
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E.
Doctor Who serial "Spearhead from Space"
"Spearhead from Space" is a classic 1970 Doctor Who serial that introduced Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and marked the show's first use of colour and all-film production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Spiders" Target entity description: "Planet of the Spiders" is a 1974 Doctor Who serial that serves as the final adventure for the Third Doctor, featuring a confrontation with powerful spider-like aliens and the Doctor’s subsequent regeneration.
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A.
Doctor Who serial "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is a 1977 six-part Doctor Who serial set in Victorian London, noted for its Sherlock Holmes-inspired atmosphere, horror elements, and Tom Baker’s acclaimed performance as the Fourth Doctor.
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B.
Doctor Who serial "Doctor Who and the Silurians"
"Doctor Who and the Silurians" is a 1970 Third Doctor serial featuring the Doctor's first encounter with the reptilian Silurians in a tense story about humanity's coexistence with an ancient intelligent species.
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C.
Doctor Who serial "The Daemons"
"The Daemons" is a highly regarded 1971 five-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Third Doctor confronting occult forces in an English village that turn out to have an alien origin.
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D.
Doctor Who serial "Pyramids of Mars"
"Pyramids of Mars" is a highly regarded 1975 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor facing the ancient and powerful alien Osiran Sutekh in a gothic, Egyptology-themed adventure.
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E.
Doctor Who serial "The Invasion"
"The Invasion" is a classic eight-part 1968 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for its modern-day Earth setting, Cybermen invasion plot, and introduction of the military organization UNIT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Franklin
subject surface form:
Barry Letts