Peter Davison
Season Twenty

6D. Snakedance

Writer: Christopher Bailey
Director: Fiona Cumming
Designer: Jan Spoczynski
Incidental Music: Peter Howell

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

584. Part One                Tue   18.01.83   6.50pm - 7.15pm   6.7M/95th/65%
585. Part Two                Wed   19.01.83   6.45pm - 7.10pm   7.7M/75th/66%
586. Part Three                    25.01.83   6.50pm - 7.15pm   6.6M/98th/67%
587. Part Four                     26.01.83   6.45pm - 7.10pm   7.4M/78th/66%

CAST:

AMBRIL: John Carson; TAHNA: Colette O'Neil; LON: Martin Clunes; DUGDALE: Brian Miller; DOJJEN: Preston Lockwood (1,3,4); FORTUNE TELLER: Hilary Sesta (1-2); HAWKER: George Ballantine (1); CHELA: Jonathon Morris (2-4); PUPPETEER: Barry Smith (3); MEGAPHONE MAN: Brian Grellis (4). UNCREDITED: LON'S BODYGUARD: Bob Mills; ATTENDANTS: Barney Lawrence, Chris Holmes; SNAKEDANCER: Ray Lavender; DEMONS: Derek Holt, Fred Redford; WORTHY: Jean Channon, Derek Hunt, Brian Moorhead, Sheila Vivian

STORY:

Tegan is once again under the control of the Mara. This time she takes control of the TARDIS and materialises it on the planet Manussa where the Mara also takes over the Federator's son, Lon.

The Mara uses Lon and Tegan to obtain the Great Cyrstal from the Director of Historical Research. A ceremony is being planned on Manussa to celebrate the exile of the Mara 500 years earlier. The Mara plans to use the ceremony to bring about a corporeal existence.

The Doctor meets with Dojjen who tells him that the only way to destroy the Mara is to find the still point within himself. With the aid of a replica of the Great Crystal thr Doctor is able to find the still point and repel the Mara forever. The Doctor tells Tegan that she is now completely free of the Mara.

STUDIOS:

Television Centre Studio 6, Ealing Film Studios

NOVELISATION:

Snakedance Terrance Dicks

VIDEO:

Snakedance

Peter DavisonSeason Twenty