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Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
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Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

1985-01-26 · 90 min · ★ 7.4

Adventure · Science Fiction · Drama · TV Movie

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.

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Directors
Ron Jones
Production companies
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Colin BakerColin BakerThe Doctor
Nicola BryantNicola BryantPeri Brown
Martin JarvisMartin JarvisThe Governor
Nabil ShabanNabil ShabanSil
Nicolas ChagrinNicolas ChagrinQuillam
Jason ConneryJason ConneryJondar
Forbes CollinsForbes CollinsChief Officer
Stephen YardleyStephen YardleyArak
Sheila ReidSheila ReidEtta
Geraldine AlexanderGeraldine AlexanderAreta
Graham CullBax
Owen TealeOwen TealeMaldak
Keith SkinnerKeith SkinnerRondel
Hugh MartinPriest

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