10 Iconic Alien Planets In Classic Doctor Who

The Doctor has been travelling in the TARDIS on our screens for nearly sixty years, but some of the weird and wonderful worlds they have explored in that time may be completely alien to you.

Originating in the classic 1963-1989 TV Series, some of these colourful alien planets deserve further exploration, and we think these intergalactic hotspots are some of the coolest, most influential, most dangerous, and most memorable in the Whoniverse.

From deadly, war-torn jungles to radioactive wastelands, quarry-like mining colonies to sinister circuses, Doctor Who's unique production design has captured the imagination of audiences everywhere, leaving us with these timeless marvels of sci-fi ingenuity.

Read on and take a journey with us through time and space to visit Ten Iconic Alien Planets that the TARDIS materialised on in the classic series, and discover the menaces the Doctor faced there...

During the events of 1965's The Chase, the First Doctor and his companions found themselves on the run from both the Daleks and the deadly occupants of this colony planet gone wrong - the robotic Mechonoids.

Originally a dense jungle planet, Mechanus was to be populated by Earth colonists. Their service droids, the Mechonoids, had been sent ahead by humanity to construct a city, but, instead, they revolted and claimed the planet and the rare metal deposits under it for themselves.

Mechanus' robotic uprising caused significant and potentially lethal repercussions to the Doctor and friends, who were soon imprisoned whilst on the run from the Daleks - not too far behind. Before long, the jungle and the raised city, with its gangways, space-age metal and intricate architecture, were destroyed in an epic battle between the Mechonoids and the invading Daleks

We'd love to see in NuWho if the Mechonoids are still battling the Daleks, and what happened to their impressive planet.

Intergalactic Travel Advice: avoid unless you like a barbecue and automated service.