Season 22 (1985)

Vengeance on Varos: Part One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Marcus

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7.20 Million

Part One

Series Episode Number: 629

First Broadcast: Sat 19 Jan 1985 - 05:21:54pm
Running Time: 44 minutes 42 seconds

Appreciation Index: 63

Chart Position: 110

Needing Zeiton 7 ore urgently for the TARDIS, the Doctor takes Peri to Varos. They quickly become part of the sadistic programming that entertains the populace.

Characters
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Chief Officer		Forbes Collins
Jondar		Jason Connery
Governor		Martin Jarvis
Sil		Nabil Shaban
Areta		Geraldine Alexander
Quillam		Nicolas Chagrin
Bax		Graham Cull
Etta		Sheila Reid
Rondel		Keith Skinner
Maldak		Owen Teale
Arak		Stephen Yardley

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Philip Martin
Director		Ron Jones
Studio Lighting		Dennis Channon
Incidental Music		Jonathan Gibbs
Costume Designer		Anne Hardinge
Make-up Designer		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Make-up Designer		Dorka Nieradzik
Designer		Tony Snoaden
Studio Sound		Andy Stacey
Production Unit Manager		Sue Anstruther
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Production Assistant		Pat Greenland
Visual Effects Designer		Charles Jeanes
Assistant Floor Manager		Sophie Neville
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Production Assistant		Jane Whittaker
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton

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