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castrovalva

story 117 : season 19 : serial 5Z : 4 episodes

Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Fiona Cumming
Writer: Christopher H Bidmead
Script Editor: Eric Saward
Designer: Janet Budden

cast information

Peter Davison (The Doctor); Matthew Waterhouse (Adric); Sarah Sutton (Nyssa); Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka); Anthony Ainley (The Master / Portreeve); Frank Wylie (Ruther); Derek Waring (Shardovan); Michael Sheard (Mergrave); Dallas Cavell (Head of Security); Souska John (Child);

crew information

Renny Tasker (Assistant Floor Manager); Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Costumes); John Baker (Film Cameraman); Mike Houghton (Film Editor); Robin Jackman (Film Editor); Paddy Kingsland (Incidental Music); Marion Richards (Make-Up); Olivia Cripps (Production Assistant); Angela Smith (Production Associate); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Ron Bristow (Studio Lighting); Laurie Taylor (Studio Sound); Peter Howell (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Simon McDonald (Visual Effects);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One 4 January 1982 at 18:55 24'14" 9.1mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
2 Part Two 5 January 1982 at 19:00 24'13" 8.6mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
3 Part Three 11 January 1982 at 18:55 23'35" 10.2mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
4 Part Four 12 January 1982 at 19:05 24'12" 10.4mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
  1. Part One
    » Always held by the FVTL
  2. Part Two
    » Always held by the FVTL
  3. Part Three
    » Always held by the FVTL
  4. Part Four
    » Always held by the FVTL

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Castrovalva
Written by: Christopher H. Bidmead
Number 076 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1983 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Photo
ISBN: 0 491 03330 3
16 June 1983 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Photo
ISBN: 0 426 19326 1
20 June 1991 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 19326 1

plot synopsis

Tegan and Nyssa help the newly regenerated Doctor back to the TARDIS, but the Master kidnaps Adric, who uses the boy's mental abilities to project a fake Adric on board and programme the Doctor's time machine to head back to the Hydrogen inrush that created the universe, which will destroy the craft. The Doctor starts to recover, and tells Tegan how to escape. When the TARDIS lands on Castrovalva, the local inhabitants are all too happy to help with the Doctor's recovery but he realises something is wrong. The whole city is another one of Adric's projections. .

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