Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Four

Series Episode Number: 587

World Premiere: Wed 26 Jan 1983 - 6:44pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 28 Apr 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 29 seconds

7.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 74 () (UK)




The Doctor and the original snakedancer Dojeen work to rid the planet of the malign Mara once and for all, but it has the whole of Manussa in its psychic grip now

Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
TeganJanet Fielding
NyssaSarah Sutton
AmbrilJohn Carson
TanhaColette O'Neil
DojjenPreston Lockwood
LonMartin Clunes
ChelaJohnathon Morris
DugdaleBrian Miller
Megaphone ManBrian Grellis
Lon's BodyguardBob Mills (uncredited)
Tanha's BodyguardBarney Lawrence (uncredited)
Ambril's AttendentChris Holmes (uncredited)
SnakedancerRay Lavender (uncredited)
(extra)Derek Holt (uncredited)
(extra)Fred Redford (uncredited)
(extra)Jean Channon (uncredited)
(extra)Sheila Vivian (uncredited)
(extra)Derek Hunt (uncredited)
(extra)Brian Moorhead (uncredited)
(extra)John Beardmore (uncredited)
(extra)Derek Suthern (uncredited)
(extra)Douglas Auchterlonie (uncredited)
(extra)Stephen Whyment (uncredited)
(extra)Geoffrey Whitestone (uncredited)
(extra)April Love (uncredited)
(extra)Lionel Sansby (uncredited)
(extra)Peter Roy (uncredited)
(extra)Terry Sartain (uncredited)
(extra)Delphine (uncredited)
(extra)Linda Carroll (uncredited)
(extra)Victor Reynolds (uncredited)
(extra)Tina Winter (uncredited)
(extra)Sally Gardener (uncredited)
(extra)Karen Burch (uncredited)
(extra)Kenneth Goodfellow (uncredited)
(extra)Monique Briant (uncredited)
(extra)Nancy Adams (uncredited)
(extra)Pamela Dale (uncredited)
(extra)Mary Rennie (uncredited)
(extra)Patricia Roy (uncredited)
(extra)Mark Allington (uncredited)
(extra)Gaenor Rees (uncredited)
(extra)Angela Delaney (uncredited)
ChildJamie Farrar (uncredited)
ChildCye Humphries (uncredited)
(extra)Patrick Shephard (uncredited)
(extra)Lee Fyles (uncredited)
(extra)Paul de Gallier (uncredited)
(extra)Hazel Cave (uncredited)
(extra)Alan Talbot (uncredited)
(extra)Elaine Hopkins (uncredited)
(extra)Dale Warren (uncredited)
(extra)Rosemary Smith (uncredited)
(extra)Robert Smythe (uncredited)
(extra)Penny Lambirth (uncredited)
(extra)Alison Neil (uncredited)
Production Teamhide uncredited
WriterChristopher Bailey
DirectorFiona Cumming
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerJan Spoczynski
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerKen Trew
Makeup ArtistMarion Richards
LightingHenry Barber
SoundMartin Ridout
Technical Manager (TM2)Derek Thompson
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorRod Waldron
Visual Effects DesignerAndrew Lazell
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerCarol Johnson
Film CameramanJohn Baker
Film SoundRon Blight
Film EditorAlastair Mackay
Production ManagerMargot Heyhoe
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Production AssistantRita Dunn
Assistant Floor ManagerMaggy Campbell
Incidental MusicPeter Howell
Special SoundDick Mills
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created byJohnny Byrne (uncredited)
Production Unit ManagerJune Collins