Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Two

Series Episode Number: 641

World Premiere: Sat 13 Sep 1986 - 5:46pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 9 Jun 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 44 seconds

4.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 75 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 25 Apr 1986 in Television Centre 6



The Doctor has an appointment with the Immortal, while Peri finds herself caught up with Glitz and the Tribe of the Free. Meanwhile, Merdeen begins to question all he believes.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterRobert Holmes
DirectorNicholas Mallett
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerJohn Anderson
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerKen Trew
Make-up DesignerDenise Baron
Studio LightingMike Jefferies
Studio SoundBrian Clark
Technical CoordinatorAlan Arbuthnott
Studio Camera SupervisorAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorStephen Newnham
Visual Effects DesignerMike Kelt
Video EffectsDanny Popkin
Vision MixerJim Stephens
OB LightingJohn Wiggins
OB SoundBill Whiston
Production ManagerClare Graham
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Production AssistantJoy Sinclair
Assistant Floor ManagerStephen Jeffery-Poulter
Title MusicRon Grainer
Incidental MusicDominic Glynn
Special SoundDick Mills
Title Music ArrangerDominic Glynn (uncredited)
Title SequenceTerry Handley (uncredited)
Floor AssistantYvonne O'Grady (uncredited)
Props BuyerPaul Schrader (uncredited)
Studio EngineerDan Shaw (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantMike Ellis (uncredited)