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Part One

Series Episode Number: 526

World Premiere: Sat 30 Aug 1980 - 6:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 15 Nov 1981 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 33 seconds

5.90 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 77 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 03 Apr 1980 in Television Centre 1



The Doctor and Romana visit the Leisure Hive on Argolis. The Argolins, survivors of a war, run the Hive as a tourist attraction but its future is jeopardised by a series of deaths.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoTom Baker
RomanaLalla Ward
MenaAdrienne Corri
MorixLaurence Payne
BrockJohn Colin
PangolDavid Haig
HardinNigel Lambert
VargosMartin Fisk
GuideRoy Montague
KloutIan Talbot
Voice of K-9John Leeson
Tannoy VoiceHarriet Reynolds
Squash PlayerGraham Cole (uncredited)
Squash PlayerMitchell Horner (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageEileen Brady (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageNorman Bradley (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageDerek Chafer (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageMartin Clark (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageNick Joseph (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageDouglas Roe (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageDavid Rolfe (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageRoy Seeley (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageReg Woods (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageBrian Massey (uncredited)
Tachyon ImageJoe Phillips (uncredited)
ArgolinMaurice Connor (uncredited)
ArgolinJulia Gaye (uncredited)
ArgolinTimothy Oldroyd (uncredited)
ArgolinAnnette Peters (uncredited)
ArgolinJenny Roberts (uncredited)
ArgolinDouglas Stark (uncredited)
ArgolinDerek Suthern (uncredited)
FoamasiDavid Korff (uncredited)
FoamasiJames Muir (uncredited)
Earth Visitor LomanFred Reford (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Inga Daley (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Emmanuel Josiah (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Pauline Lewis (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Ranjit Nakara (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Patti Patience (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Ansley Pollard (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)John Salpeas (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Huntley Young (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Hi Ching (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Willow Wipp (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Ina Claire (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Sarah Gardner (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Pearl Gilham (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Maureen Stevens (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Anna Van Karina (uncredited)
Visitor (Argolis)Ling Tai (uncredited)