UK, 23 February 1984-2 March 1984
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
Next Serial: The Caves of Androzani (1984)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 21, episode 13-16
A British television science fiction serial directed by Fiona Cumming. It was the last story to feature the companion Turlough and the first for Peri.
Premise
The TARDIS is drawn to Lanzarote on Earth where Turlough rescues Peri, a young American woman on holiday. She is aboard the TARDIS when it is brought to the planet Sarn where The Master is attempting to rejuvenate himself using a gas found only on Sarn.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Fiona Cumming [parts 1-4]
© BBC MCMLXXXIII [1983] [parts 1-4]
Producer: John Nathan-Turner [parts 1-4]
Production Manager: Corinne Hollingworth [parts 1-4]
[Written] By: Peter Grimwade [parts 1-4]
Script Editor: Eric Saward [parts 1-4]
Lighting Director: John Summers [parts 1-4]
Camera Supervisors: Alec Wheal [parts 1-4], Geoff Clark [parts 1-4]
Film Cameraman: John Walker [parts 1, 2, 4]
Technical Co-Ordinator: Alan Arbuthnott [parts 1-4]
Videotape Editor: Hugh Parson [parts 1-4]
Film Editor: Alastair Mitchell [parts 1, 2, 4]
Vision Mixer: Dinah Long [parts 1-4]
Title Music Composed by: Ron Grainer [parts 1-4]
Title Music Arranger: Peter Howell *
Incidental Music: Peter Howell [parts 1-4]
Sound: Scott Talbott [parts 1-4]
Film Sound: John Tellick [parts 1, 2, 4]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [parts 1-4], BBC Radiophonic Workshop [parts 1-4]
Costume Designer: John Peacock [parts 1-4]
Make-Up Designer: Elizabeth Rowell [parts 1-4]
Visual Effects Designer: Christopher Lawson [parts 1-4]
Video Effects: Dave Chapman [parts 1-4]
Title Sequence: Sid Sutton [parts 1-4]
Designer: Malcolm Thornton [parts 1-4]
Production Associate: June Collins [parts 1-4]
Production Assistant: Claire Hughes Smith [parts 1-4]
Assistant Floor Manager: Rob Evans [parts 1-4]
Locations: [[:Category:Lanzarote|Lanzarote, Spain
Cast
Part One
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Mark Strickson (Turlough)
Peter Wyngarde (Timanov)
Anthony Ainley (The Master)
Nicola Bryant (Peri)
Barbara Shelley (Sorasta)
James Bate (Amyand)
Dallas Adams (Professor Howard Foster)
Gerald Flood (Kamelion)
Edward Highmore (Malkon)
Jonathan Caplan (Roskal)
Michael Bangerter (Curt)
Simon Sutton (lookout)
Part Two
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Mark Strickson (Turlough)
Peter Wyngarde (Timanov)
Anthony Ainley (The Master)
Nicola Bryant (Peri)
Barbara Shelley (Sorasta)
James Bate (Amyand)
Dallas Adams (Professor Howard Foster)
Gerald Flood (Kamelion)
Edward Highmore (Malkon)
Jonathan Caplan (Roskal)
Simon Sutton (lookout)
Max Arthur (Zuko)
Part Three
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Mark Strickson (Turlough)
Peter Wyngarde (Timanov)
Anthony Ainley (The Master)
Nicola Bryant (Peri)
Barbara Shelley (Sorasta)
James Bate (Amyand)
Dallas Adams (Professor Howard Foster)
Edward Highmore (Malkon)
Jonathan Caplan (Roskal)
Part Four
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Mark Strickson (Turlough)
Peter Wyngarde (Timanov)
Anthony Ainley (The Master)
Nicola Bryant (Peri)
Barbara Shelley (Sorasta)
James Bate (Amyand)
Dallas Adams (Professor Howard Foster)
Edward Highmore (Malkon)
Jonathan Caplan (Roskal)
John Alkin (Lomand)
Uncredited
Anthony Ainley, Dallas Adams [Kamelion
Miguel Ange Lopez, Severino Reye Perdoni [boatmen]
Mrs Bangerter and two children [customers at cafe]
Enrique Ramiles Lubgauwa, Migua Aoyes Perdoma, Carmelo de Leon Thursado, Dominez Hernandez Tornedo [passersby]
Ray Knight [voice of Trion of radio]
Steven Arnely, Robin Bond, Derek Hunt, David Rogue [guards]
Andy Andreas, Paul Barton, Barbara Burnell, Ian Marshall Fisher, Jill Goldstone, Rosalind Kendal, Penny Lamberth, Valero Martinez, Stewart Myers, David Payne, Jenny Piper, Brychen Powell, Mary Rennie, Bob Smythe [citizens]
Cast Gallery
References
Periodicals
- Doctor Who Magazine no.630 (June 2026) pp.16-18 – illustrated interview with Mark Strickson (Blunt… aggressive… but engaging! by David Richardson)
Books
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.456-458 – credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
