Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
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Doctor Who: The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Second Doctor battling the robotic Yeti in the London Underground.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doctor Who: The Web of Fear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390203 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who: The Web of Fear Context triple: [Henry Lincoln, wroteEpisodeFor, Doctor Who: The Web of Fear]
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A.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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B.
Doctor Who: St Anthony’s Fire
Doctor Who: St Anthony’s Fire is a Virgin New Adventures novel in the Doctor Who franchise, featuring the Seventh Doctor in a dark, politically charged science-fiction story written by Mark Gatiss.
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C.
Doctor Who: Nightshade
Doctor Who: Nightshade is a 1992 science fiction novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures range, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in a story blending alien horror with themes of nostalgia and fading celebrity.
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D.
Doctor Who: The Movie
Doctor Who: The Movie is a 1996 television film that revived the long-running British sci-fi series by introducing Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in an American co-produced adventure.
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E.
Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene
Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene is a BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel featuring the Third Doctor and UNIT, blending classic 1970s-style alien invasion and conspiracy themes within the Doctor Who universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who: The Web of Fear Target entity description: Doctor Who: The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Second Doctor battling the robotic Yeti in the London Underground.
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A.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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B.
Doctor Who: St Anthony’s Fire
Doctor Who: St Anthony’s Fire is a Virgin New Adventures novel in the Doctor Who franchise, featuring the Seventh Doctor in a dark, politically charged science-fiction story written by Mark Gatiss.
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C.
Doctor Who: Nightshade
Doctor Who: Nightshade is a 1992 science fiction novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures range, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in a story blending alien horror with themes of nostalgia and fading celebrity.
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D.
Doctor Who: The Movie
Doctor Who: The Movie is a 1996 television film that revived the long-running British sci-fi series by introducing Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in an American co-produced adventure.
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E.
Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene
Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene is a BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel featuring the Third Doctor and UNIT, blending classic 1970s-style alien invasion and conspiracy themes within the Doctor Who universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1960s television serial
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Doctor Who serial ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Douglas Camfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCompanion |
Jamie McCrimmon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victoria Waterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDoctor | Second Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | UNIT (implied proto-UNIT military presence) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
television drama ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
Great Intelligence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yeti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| hasMonster | robotic Yeti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
episodes recovered in 2013
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partially missing for many years ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the London Underground
ⓘ
reintroduction of the Great Intelligence ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 6 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastFormat | 25-minute episodes ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| partOf |
Doctor Who
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Season 5 of Doctor Who ⓘ |
| precededBy | Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | QQ ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptEditor | Derrick Sherwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
London Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Deborah Watling
NERFINISHED
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Frazer Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Henry Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Mervyn Haisman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Doctor Who: The Web of Fear Description of subject: Doctor Who: The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Second Doctor battling the robotic Yeti in the London Underground.
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