Doctor Who Guide: Vengeance on Varos

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 629

World Premiere: Sat 19 Jan 1985 - 5:21pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 30 Mar 1986 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 44 minutes 42 seconds

7.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)

Chart Position: 110 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 18 Jul 1984 in Television Centre 6
BBC Genome Project: see entry

Needing Zeiton 7 ore urgently for the TARDIS, the Doctor takes Peri to Varos. They quickly become part of the sadistic programming that entertains the populace.

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Governor		Martin Jarvis
Sil		Nabil Shaban
Quillam		Nicolas Chagrin
Jondar		Jason Connery
Chief Officer		Forbes Collins
Arak		Stephen Yardley
Etta		Sheila Reid
Areta		Geraldine Alexander
Bax		Graham Cull
Maldak		Owen Teale
Rondel		Keith Skinner

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Philip Martin
Director		Ron Jones
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Tony Snoaden
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Anne Hardinge
Make-up Designer		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Make-up Designer		Dorka Nieradzik
Lighting Director		Dennis Channon
Sound		Andy Stacey
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Vision Mixer		Jayne Beckett
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Charles Jeanes
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Production Manager		Margot Eavis
Production Associate		Sue Anstruther
Production Assistant		Jane Whittaker
Assistant Floor Manager		Sophie Neville
Incidental Music		Jonathan Gibbs
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)

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