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.


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorColin Baker
PeriNicola Bryant
The ValeyardMichael Jayston
The InquisitorLynda Bellingham
KatrycaJoan Sims
GlitzTony Selby
DrathroRoger Brierley
MerdeenTom Chadbon
Broken ToothDavid Rodigan
DibberGlen Murphy
BalazarAdam Blackwood
HumkerBilly McColl
TandrellSiƓn Tudor Owen
GrellTimothy Walker
CrewmanRobert Goodman (uncredited)
Native GuardLance Walton (uncredited)
Native GuardNigel Davies (uncredited)
Native GuardAndy Knight (uncredited)
Native GuardDavid Foster (uncredited)
Native GuardPerry Evans (uncredited)
Native GuardGlen Ford (uncredited)
Native GuardDean Lindsay (uncredited)
Native GuardBrian Cornish (uncredited)
Native GuardGary Clasby (uncredited)
Native GuardRobert Bicknell (uncredited)
TribesmanDave Carson (uncredited)
TribesmanGordon Williams (uncredited)
TribesmanRichard Olley (uncredited)
TribesmanAlex Reid (uncredited)
TribesmanStephen Butler (uncredited)
TribesmanBlue Brattle (uncredited)
TribesmanRay Bennett (uncredited)
TribesmanNeville Denton (uncredited)
TribesmanRalph Harvey (uncredited)
TribesmanJohn Jones (uncredited)
Tribeswoman (Tribe of the Free)Jane Thorne (uncredited)
Tribeswoman (Tribe of the Free)Beryl Lindsay (uncredited)
Child (Tribe of the Free)Ray Cresswell (uncredited)
Child (Tribe of the Free)Cindy Locke (uncredited)
Elder (Tribe of the Free)Barry Lindsay (uncredited)
Elder (Tribe of the Free)John Lewery (uncredited)
TribesmanAndrew Bolpitt (uncredited)
TribesmanDerek Tomson (uncredited)
Child (Tribe of the Free)Alys Dyer (uncredited)
Child (Tribe of the Free)Lucy Dyer (uncredited)
Elder (Tribe of the Free)Kathleen Bidmead (uncredited)
Elder (Tribe of the Free)Muriel Wellesley (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Malcolm Ross (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Verdi Stewart (uncredited)
Time LordAlan Butler (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Barry Jacobs (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Oscar Peck (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Paul Ellison (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Rhett Stevens (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Eric Corlett (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Derek Holt (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Ian Johns (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Tony McEvoy (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)David Wild (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Laurie Goode (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Dave Hanson (uncredited)
Train GuardJohn Emms (uncredited)
Train GuardMark Kirby (uncredited)
Court ClerkGeoff Whitestone (uncredited)
Time LordGuy Matthews (uncredited)
Time LordKen Pritchard (uncredited)
Time LordKenneth Thomas (uncredited)
Time LordLew Hooper (uncredited)
Time LordDerek Hunt (uncredited)
Time LordDavid Eynon (uncredited)
Time LordDavid Bache (uncredited)
Time LordBob Hargreaves (uncredited)
Time LordJack Horton (uncredited)
Time LordLeslie Weekes (uncredited)
Time LordJohn Buckmaster (uncredited)
Time LordLeslie Fry (uncredited)
Time LordJim Delaney (uncredited)
Time LordLlewellyn Williams (uncredited)
Time LordRoy Seeley (uncredited)
Time Lord GuardJonny Lee-Harris (uncredited)
Time Lord GuardRodney Cardiff (uncredited)
Time Lord GuardPeter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
Time Lord GuardJohn Capper (uncredited)
Time Lord GuardGary Forecast (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Peter Dukes (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Christopher Holmes (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Paul Le Comber (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)David Hampson (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Richard Aldridge (uncredited)
Train DriverStewart Newton (uncredited)
DrathroPaul McGuiness (uncredited)
TribesmanDerek Tomson (uncredited)
Native (Mysterious Planet)Alan Richards (uncredited)
TribesmanT Melbourne (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Darren Mango (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Steve Ritchie (uncredited)
Worker (Mysterious PLanet)Wilbert Johnson (uncredited)
Train GuardGlen McLaughlan (uncredited)
L1 Robot (operator)Mike Ellis (uncredited)