Last updated 24 March 2024


Part One

Series Episode Number: 562

World Premiere: Mon 1 Feb 1982 - 6:57pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 8 May 1983 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 50 seconds

8.40 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 78 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 29 Jul 1981 in Television Centre 8



While Nyssa rests, Adric and the Doctor discover a military expedition on Deva Loka. Tegan falls asleep in the forest watched by the Kinda, but they cannot stop her dreams.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterChristopher Bailey
DirectorPeter Grimwade
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerMalcolm Thornton
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerBarbara Kidd
Make-up ArtistSuzan Broad
Studio LightingMike Jefferies
Studio SoundAlan Machin
Vision MixerJames Gould
Videotape EditorSteve Murray
Technical ManagerDavid Hare
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Visual Effects DesignerPeter Logan
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Production ManagerAnn Faggetter
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Production AssistantRosemary Parsons
Assistant Floor ManagerVal McCrimmon
Incidental MusicPeter Howell
Special SoundDick Mills
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created byJohnny Byrne (uncredited)
Grams OperatorAndy Stacey (uncredited)
Production AssistantSue Plumb (uncredited)
Floor AssistantCharles Beeson (uncredited)
Prop BuyerChris Faraday (uncredited)
Scene CrewChick Hetherington (uncredited)
Scene CrewMike Jennings (uncredited)
Design AssistantMartin Methven (uncredited)