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Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Starring: Nicola Bryant
Directed by: Ron Jones
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Philip Martin
On the planet Varos, prisoners and guards alike are subject to severest forms of punishment, which are then broadcast to the masses as entertainment. For the Doctor the only hope for him is to locate a rare mineral to power his ailing TARDIS.
Item Number: 11326
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 1 1/2 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Closed Captions / Subtitles:
- This Product contains Closed Captions.
- Special Features:
Commentary by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Nabil Shaban
Extended/Deleted Scenes
Production Note Option
Photo Gallery
Behind-the-Scenes featurette
Trailers
On the planet Varos, prisoners and guards alike are subject to severest forms of punishment, which are then broadcast to the masses as entertainment.
For the Doctor, Varos is the only hope for him to locate the rare mineral Zeiton-7 to power his ailing TARDIS. Arriving on Varos, he and Peri are soon caught up in events beyond their control.
Freeing the rebel leader Jandar (Jason Connery) and incurring the wrath of the sinister alien Sil are just the beginnings of their ordeal. Hunted through the concealed terrors of the Punishment Dome, the Doctor becomes the subject of Varos’s latest TV entertainment. This is one show where he is may not survive beyond the cliffhanger.
The Doctor visits the planet Varos to obtain supplies of a rare ore called zeiton 7, vital to the functioning of the TARDIS. Varos was once a colony for the criminally insane and the descendants of the original guards still rule, while the poverty-stricken people are kept entertained by screenings of public torture from the Punishment Dome.
Their Governor has been trying to negotiate a better export price for zeiton ore from Sil, an envoy of the Galatron Mining Corporation, whose reptilian body is supported and kept cool by a mobile water tank.
The Doctor and Peri meet two rebels, Jondar and Areta. Peri and Areta are captured and almost reshaped into beast-like creatures by Quillam, the Dome's sadistic commandant, but the Doctor saves them and tells the Governor the true value of zeiton 7.
Quillam and Varos's Chief Officer, who are in the pay of the Corporation, try to kill the Doctor and the Governor but are themselves despatched. Sil plans an invasion of Varos by a force from his home world, Thoros-Beta, but the Corporation veto this and instruct him to buy the zeiton ore at any price.
| The Doctor | --- | Colin Baker |
| Peri | --- | Nicola Bryant |
| Arak | --- | Stephen Yardley |
| Areta | --- | Geraldine Alexander |
| Bax | --- | Graham Cull |
| Chief Officer | --- | Forbes Collins |
| Etta | --- | Sheila Reid |
| Governor | --- | Martin Jarvis |
| Jondar | --- | Jason Connery |
| Maldak | --- | Owen Teale |
| Priest | --- | Hugh Martin |
| Quillam | --- | Nicolas Chagrin |
| Rondel | --- | Keith Skinner |
| Sil | --- | Nabil Shaban |
Directed by Ron Jones
Written by Philip Martin
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Eric Saward
Visual Effects by Charles Jeanes
Incidental Music by Jonathan Gibbs
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Costumes by Anne Hardinge
Jason Connery, son of James Bond star Sean Connery and the lead in the HTV/Goldcrest series Robin of Sherwood, appears here as Jondar.
