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story 119 : season 19 : serial 5Y : 4 episodes

Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Peter Grimwade
Writer: Christopher Bailey
Script Editor: Eric Saward
Designer: Malcolm Thornton

cast information

Peter Davison (The Doctor); Matthew Waterhouse (Adric); Sarah Sutton (Nyssa); Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka); Nerys Hughes (Todd); Richard Todd (Sanders); Simon Rouse (Hindle); Mary Morris (Panna); Sarah Prince (Karuna); Adrian Mills (Aris); Anna Wing (Anatta); Roger Milner (Anicca); Jeffrey Stewart (Dukkha); Lee Cornes (Trickster);

crew information

Val McCrimmon (Assistant Floor Manager); Barbara Kidd (Costumes); Peter Howell (Incidental Music); Suzan Broad (Make-Up); Sue Plumb (Production Assistant); Rosemary Parsons (Production Assistant); Angela Smith (Production Associate); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Mike Jefferies (Studio Lighting); Alan Machin (Studio Sound); Peter Howell (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Logan (Visual Effects);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One 1 February 1982 at 18:55 24'50" 8.4mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
2 Part Two 2 February 1982 at 19:05 24'58" 9.4mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
3 Part Three 8 February 1982 at 18:55 24'17" 8.5mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
4 Part Four 9 February 1982 at 19:05 24'48" 8.9mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
  1. Part One
    » Always held by the FVTL
  2. Part Two
    » Always held by the FVTL
  3. Part Three
    » Always held by the FVTL
  4. Part Four
    » Always held by the FVTL

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Kinda
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 084 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1984 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Photo
ISBN: 0 491 03121 1
15 March 1984 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Photo
ISBN: 0 426 19529 9
February 1992 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 19529 9

plot synopsis

After collapsing in the console room, Nyssa remains on board the TARDIS, while the Doctor explores the jungle world of Deva Loka with Tegan and Adric. Sleeping in a forest clearing, Tegan's mind is invaded by an evil force called the Mara. The Doctor and Adric become trapped in an earth colony base, where one of the crew has become power crazed and dangerous, and when they escape with the base's scientist, Todd, they meet Panna, a prophet, who speaks of the Mara's return. Tegan passes the Mara on to a young member of the primitive, but peaceful Kinda tribe, who tries to lead them in a rebellion. The Doctor manages to defeat the power, which manifests itself as a vast snake but Tegan is fearful that some element of the force may still be in her mind.

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