Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Three

Series Episode Number: 656

World Premiere: Mon 21 Sep 1987 - 7:35pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 19 Jun 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 23 seconds

4.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 81 () (UK)

Recorded on Sun 03 May 1987 in Television Centre 1



The furious Rani begins to slaughter the Lakertyans, so Mel rallies the survivors. The Doctor is readied to donate his mind to the Rani's grotesque experiment


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorSylvester McCoy
MelanieBonnie Langford
The RaniKate O'Mara
IkonaMark Greenstreet
BeyusDonald Pickering
FaroonWanda Ventham
UrakRichard Gauntlett
LanishaJohn Segal
Special VoicePeter Tuddenham
Special VoiceJacki Webb
TetrapChris Chering (confirmed)
LakertyanPenny Rigden (uncredited)
LakertyanTrisha Clarke (uncredited)
LakertyanSara Wishart (uncredited)
LakertyanMandy Lesley (uncredited)
LakertyanSuzanne Britten (uncredited)
LakertyanAmanda Grey (uncredited)
LakertyanJune Bishop (uncredited)
LakertyanChristine Charlesworth (uncredited)
LakertyanAmanda J Beard (uncredited)
LakertyanDebbie Lamb (uncredited)
LakertyanHelena Richards (uncredited)
LakertyanCheryl Carroll (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiSteve Rome (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiMike Mungarvan (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiJoseph Arland (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiPaul Cottingham (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiRussell Brook (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiDaryl Brook (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiRoss Murray (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiOscar Peck (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiAndrew Woodman (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiRicardo Mulhall (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiLea Derek (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiPaul Page-Hanson (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiMark Caroll (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiPaul Goddard (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiHayden Andrews (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiMicky Max (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiChristopher Mosque (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiChris Rainbow (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiPeter Fenton (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiJosh Elwell (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiPhilip Babut (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiJames Woodward (uncredited)
Tetrap/Lakertyan/GeniiTony White (uncredited)
Production Team
WriterPip Baker
WriterJane Baker
DirectorAndrew Morgan
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerGeoff Powell
Script EditorAndrew Cartmel
Graphic DesignerOliver Elmes
Costume DesignerKen Trew
Make-up DesignerLesley Rawstorne
Studio LightingHenry Barber
Studio SoundBrian Clark
Technical CoordinatorRichard Wilson
Studio Camera SupervisorAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorHugh Parson
Video Effects DesignerColin Mapson
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerSue Thorne
OB LightingIan Dow
OB SoundDoug Whittaker
OB CamermanAlisdair Mitchell
OB CamermanJohn Hawes
Production ManagerTony Redston
Production AssociateAnn Faggetter
Production AssistantJoy Sinclair
Assistant Floor ManagerJoanna Newbery
Assistant Floor ManagerChristopher Sandeman
Title MusicRon Grainer
Title Music ArrangerKeff McCulloch
Incidental MusicKeff McCulloch
Special SoundDick Mills