This article is about the Doctor Who serial. For the American school homecoming tradition, see Snake dance. For other uses, see Snake dance (disambiguation).
1983 Doctor Who serial
124[1] – Snakedance
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Doctor
Peter Davison – Fifth Doctor
Companions
Sarah Sutton – Nyssa
Janet Fielding – Tegan Jovanka
Guest
Martin Clunes – Lon
Colette O'Neil – Tanha
John Carson – Ambril
Preston Lockwood – Dojjen
Jonathon Morris – Chela
Brian Miller – Dugdale
George Ballantine – Hawker
Brian Grellis – Megaphone Man
Barry Smith – Puppeteer
Hilary Sesta – Fortune Teller
Production
Directed by
Fiona Cumming
Written by
Christopher Bailey
Script editor
Eric Saward
Produced by
John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)
None
Music by
Peter Howell
Production code
6D
Series
Season 20
Running time
4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast
18 January–26 January 1983
Chronology
← Preceded by Arc of Infinity
Followed by → Mawdryn Undead
List of episodes (1963–1989)
Snakedance is the second serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 18 to 26 January 1983.
The serial is set on the planet Manussa 500 years after the serial Kinda (1982). In the serial, the Mara takes over the bodies of the Doctor's companion Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Lon (Martin Clunes), the ruler's son, while seeking to manifest itself by using a crystal.
^From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 125. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
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