DOCTOR WHO: VENGEANCE ON VAROS

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Science-Fiction
• Plot: 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.; ; ;
• Cast: Ralph Carrigan, William Hartnell, Mike Mungarvan, Clare Jenkins, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Ainley, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Sheard, Anneke Wills, Derek Ware, John Abineri, Terry Walsh, Mark Strickson, Gordon Stothard, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, Richard Beale, Michael Jayston, Stuart Fell, Roy Skelton, Harry Fielder, Cy Town, John Leeson, Janet Fielding, Christopher Benjamin, Graham Leaman, Pamela Salem, Bernard Kay, Richard Franklin, Mary Tamm, Kevin Manser, Peter Miles, Murray Grumbar, Frazer Hines, Hubert Rees, Nicholas Courtney, John Scott Martin, Jack Pitt, John Levene, Michael Craze, Ian Fairbairn, Katy Manning, Maureen O'Brien, Sonny Caldinez, Rex Robinson, Jackie Lane, Robert Jewell, Derek Suthern, Caroline John, Steve Peters, David Brierly, Bernard Archard, Kevin Stoney, David Graham, Patrick Troughton, Walter Randall, Louise Jameson, Barry Summerford, Lalla Ward, Jean Marsh, Sophie Aldred, David Savile, Valentine Dyall, Carole Ann Ford, Peter Davison, Roger Delgado, Robert Sidaway, Reg Whitehead, Gerald Taylor, Ian Marter, Milton Johns, Jacqueline Hill, John Ringham, Tom Baker, Peter Purves, Sarah Sutton, Peter Halliday, Nicola Bryant, Sheila Dunn, Colin Baker, Peter Hawkins, Alan Bennion, Philip Madoc, William Russell, Michael Wisher, David Collings, Jon Pertwee, Dallas Cavell, Monique Bryant, Matthew Waterhouse, Peter Roy, Tony Harwood, Ian Elliot, Wendy Padbury, Edward Brayshaw, Pat Gorman, James Muir, Derek Newark, Dave Carter, Bonnie Langford, Graham Harper
• Director: Graham Harper
• Runtime: 1:29
• Company: BBC Video
• Media Format: Series