Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Two

Series Episode Number: 608

World Premiere: Fri 20 Jan 1984 - 6:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 12 May 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 47 seconds

6.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)

Chart Position: 84 () (UK)




The Malus's influence is asserting itself all over the village and the games take a deadly turn. The Doctor and his friends rush back to the TARDIS, but what will they find within?


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
TeganJanet Fielding
TurloughMark Strickson
Jane HampdenPolly James
Sir GeorgeDenis Lill
Colonel WolseyGlyn Houston
Joseph WillowJack Galloway
Andrew VerneyFrederick Hall
Will ChandlerKeith Jayne
TrooperChristopher Saul
DrummerDrummer Tuite (uncredited)
DrummerSergeant Cooney (uncredited)
Face and TorsoJimmy Mac (uncredited)
Phantom TrooperScott Free (uncredited)
Phantom TrooperSean McCabe (uncredited)
TrooperBob Tarff (uncredited)
TrooperNigel Tisdall (uncredited)
TrooperPeter Dukes (uncredited)
VillagerBarry Lindsay (uncredited)
VillagerBeryl Lindsay (uncredited)
VillagerBryan Godfrey (uncredited)
VillagerDean Lindsay (uncredited)
VillagerDenis Costello (uncredited)
VillagerDenise Harland (uncredited)
VillagerDiana Beames (uncredited)
VillagerDouglas Thorne (uncredited)
VillagerJeanette Walton (uncredited)
VillagerJoan Hulton (uncredited)
VillagerMavis Linter (uncredited)
VillagerRay Sargent (uncredited)
VillagerRuth Stewart (uncredited)
VillagerShirley Morgan (uncredited)
VillagerSusan Lyle (uncredited)
VillagerVaughan Collins (uncredited)
Production Team include uncredited
WriterEric Pringle
DirectorMichael Owen Morris
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerBarry Newbery
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerJackie Southern
Make-up ArtistAnn Ailes
Studio LightingPeter Catlett
Studio SoundMartin Ridout
Technical ManagerAlan Arbuthnott
Camera SupervisorAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorHugh Parson
Visual Effects DesignerTony Harding
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Video EffectsDave Jervis
Vision MixerPaul Wheeler
Film CameramanPaul Wheeler
Film SoundBryan Showell
Film EditorM A C Adams
Production ManagerMike Hudson
Production ManagerLiz Trubridge
Production AssociateJune Collins
Production AssistantRosemary Parsons
Assistant Floor ManagerMarcus D F White
Title MusicRon Grainer
Incidental MusicPeter Howell
Special SoundDick Mills
Special Sound BBC Radiophonic Workshop