Doctor Who Guide: Vengeance on Varos

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 630

World Premiere: Sat 26 Jan 1985 - 5:21pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 44 minutes 43 seconds

7.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 108 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 01 Aug 1984 in Television Centre 6
BBC Genome Project: see entry

As Peri and Areta begin to transform into a bird and a reptile, the Doctor faces Sil, who has negotiated mining rights on Varos, depriving the Time Lord of what he needs

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Governor		Martin Jarvis
Sil		Nabil Shaban
Jondar		Jason Connery
Chief Officer		Forbes Collins
Arak		Stephen Yardley
Etta		Sheila Reid
Areta		Geraldine Alexander
Maldak		Owen Teale
Bax		Graham Cull
Quillam		Nicolas Chagrin
Priest		Hugh Martin
Attendent		Anthony Wellington (uncredited)
Attendent		Kwabena Monso (uncredited)
Attendent		Ronnie Cush (uncredited)
Body		David Wilde (uncredited)
Executioner		Bob Tarff (uncredited)
Guard (Varos)		Les Conrad (uncredited)
Guard (Varos)		Peter Garvie-Adams (uncredited)
Guard (Varos)		Ray Knight (uncredited)
Guard (Varos)		Robert Smythe (uncredited)
Guard (Varos)		Wayne Thistleton (uncredited)
Madman		Alan Troy (uncredited)
Madman		Jack McGuire (uncredited)
Monk		Charles Rayford (uncredited)
Monk		Sam Scott (uncredited)
Mortuary Attendent		Gareth Milne (uncredited)
Mortuary Attendent		Roy Alon (uncredited)
Technician		Peter Dukes (uncredited)
Technician		Trevor Wedlock (uncredited)

Production Teamhide 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
Makeup Designer		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Makeup Designer		Dorka Nieradzik
Lighting Director		Dennis Channon
Sound		Andy Stacey
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Vision Mixer		Jayne Beckett
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Manager (TM2)		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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