Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Jan 26, 1985

1h 30m

★ 7.3

Overview

When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV.

Genres

Adventure

Science Fiction

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

The Doctor

Colin Baker

Peri Brown

Nicola Bryant

The 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

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