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survival

story 159 : season 26 : serial 7P : 3 episodes

Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: Rona Munro
Script Editor: Andrew Cartmel
Designer: Nick Somerville

cast information

Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor); Sophie Aldred (Ace); Anthony Ainley (The Master); Julian Holloway (Paterson); Lisa Bowerman (Karra); William Barton (Midge); Sakuntala Ramanee (Shreela); Norman Pace (Harvey); Gareth Hale (Len); David John (Derek); Sean Oliver (Stuart); Kate Eaton (Ange); Kathleen Bidmead (Woman); Adele Silva (Squeak); Michelle Martin (Neighbour);

crew information

Stephen Garwood (Assistant Floor Manager); Leigh Poole (Assistant Floor Manager); Ken Trew (Costumes); Dominic Glynn (Incidental Music); Joan Stribling (Make-Up); Paul Harding (OB Cameraman); Alan Jessop (OB Cameraman); Valerie Whiston (Production Assistant); June Collins (Production Associate); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Paul Heasman (Stunt Arranger); Tip Tipping (Stunt Arranger); Keff McCulloch (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Malcolm James (Visual Effects);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One 22 November 1989 at 19:35 24'14" 5.0mil PAL 1 inch colour videotape
2 Part Two 29 November 1989 at 19:35 24'13" 4.8mil PAL 1 inch colour videotape
3 Part Three 6 December 1989 at 19:35 24'20" 5.0mil PAL 1 inch colour videotape
  1. Part One
    » Always held by the FVTL
    » A 71-edit exists also
  2. Part Two
    » Always held by the FVTL
    » A 71-edit exists also
  3. Part Three
    » Always held by the FVTL
    » A 71-edit exists also

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Survival
Written by: Rona Munro
Number 150 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
18 October 1990 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20352 6

plot synopsis

The TARDIS arrives back in Ace's old home of Perivale, and all of her old friends seem to have disappeared. A strange cheetah-like creature appears from nowhere and pursues her on horseback, transporting her to its home planet as it catches her, Humans are being transported there, where the Cheetah People hunt them down for sport, and the Doctor finds that the Master is controlling them. The longer you stay on the world, the more feline and savage you become, and with the Master and Ace already showing signs, the Doctor has to race to get the humans back to Earth as he begins to become affected as well. At the end, with everything back as it should be, the Doctor and Ace head off towards the TARDIS, and on to new adventures... perhaps?

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