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Part Two

Series Episode Number: 577

World Premiere: Tue 23 Mar 1982 - 7:05pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 21 Apr 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 58 seconds

8.50 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 48 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 20 Jan 1982 in Television Centre 8



After an encounter with the Plasmatons, Nyssa is possessed by strange aliens while the Doctor, joined by Professor Hayter, investigates Kalid's inner sanctum.


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
NyssaSarah Sutton
TeganJanet Fielding
Professor HayterNigel Stock
The MasterAnthony Ainley
Captain StapleyRichard Easton
Flight Engineeer ScobieKeith Drinkel
AdricMatthew Waterhouse
First Officer BiltonMichael Cashman
Angela CliffordJudith Byfield
BusinessmanJim Morris (uncredited)
BusinessmanLeslie Adama (uncredited)
BusinessmanLeslie Weekes (uncredited)
BusinessmanRichard Atherton (uncredited)
Female PassengerHazel Cave (uncredited)
Female PassengerMaggie Pilleau (uncredited)
Plane extraAnn Higgins (uncredited)
Plane extraClark Stephens (uncredited)
Plane extraGary Dean (uncredited)
Plane extraGeorge Romanov (uncredited)
Plane extraMykel Mills (uncredited)
Plane extraNigel Tisdall (uncredited)
Plane extraPaul Heasman (uncredited)
Plane extraSylvia Holmes (uncredited)
Plane extraTimothy Oldroyd (uncredited)
PlasmatonChris Holmes (uncredited)
PlasmatonGiles Melville (uncredited)
PlasmatonMartin Grant (uncredited)
PlasmatonSteve Fideli (uncredited)
StewardBarney Laurence (uncredited)
MelkurGraham Cole (uncredited)Info
TerileptilChris Bradshaw (uncredited)
PuppeteerRichard Gregory (uncredited)