Doctor Who Guide: The Trial of a Time Lord (Terror of the Vervoids)

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part Ten

Series Episode Number: 649

World Premiere: Sat 8 Nov 1986 - 5:45pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 15 Jun 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 18 seconds

4.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 93 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 17 Jul 1986 in Television Centre 1

The Vervoids begin to attack the crew and passengers, while someone kills a Mogarian who isn't really a Mogarian at all, but an old friend of the Doctor's

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Melanie		Bonnie Langford
The Valeyard		Michael Jayston
The Inquisitor		Lynda Bellingham
Professor Lasky		Honor Blackman
Commodore		Michael Craig
Rudge		Denys Hawthorne
Doland		Malcolm Tierney
Bruchner		David Allister
Janet		Yolande Palfrey
Grenville/Enzu		Tony Scoggo
Kimber		Arthur Hewlett
Atza		Sam Howard
Ortezo		Leon Davis
Duty Officer		Mike Mungarvan
Guard/First Guard		Hugh Beverton
Second Guard		Martin Weedon
Mutant/Ruth Baxter		Barbara Ward

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Pip Baker
Writer		Jane Baker
Director		Chris Clough
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Dinah Walker
Costume Designer		Andrew Rose
Make-up Designer		Shaunna Harrison
Studio Lighting		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Brian Clark
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Kevin Molloy
Video Effects		Danny Popkin
Production Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Karen Little
Production Manager		Ian Fraser
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Associate		Jenny Doe
Incidental Music		Malcolm Clarke
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Script Editor		John Nathan-Turner (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Dominic Glynn (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Terry Handley (uncredited)

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