Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)

Vengeance on Varos
Script release:	online here
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Peri
Main setting:	Remembered TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Phil Ford
Director:	Joshua M.G. Thomas
Producer:	Scott Handcock
Release details
Genre:	Science fiction
Story number:	3
Number of parts:	1
Premiere broadcast:	1 November 2023
Premiere network:	BBC iPlayer
Format:	1x95 minute episode
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You may wish to consult Vengeance on Varos (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Vengeance on Varos was the third episode in the Tales of the TARDIS series, released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Phil Ford and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas.

This story consists of two newly recorded scenes bookending the omnibus version of the TV story Vengeance on Varos, and ties in with the events of The Eternal Mystery, covering Peri's life following the events of Mindwarp and The Ultimate Foe.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Peri meet to remember their first conflict with Sil on the planet Varos.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
• Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant

Crew

Executive Producers   Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson

Written by Phil Ford	Produced by Scott Handcock	Directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas	Director of Photography Ryan Eddleston	Production Designer Phil Sims	Visual Effects Painting Practice
Make-up Designer Julie Kendrick	Casting Director Andy Pryor	Music Sam Watts	Costume Designer Pam Downe	Edited by Emily Lawrence
Original theme music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop  •  Titles by Painting Practice

General production staff Executive Producer for the BBC - Rebecca Ferguson Production Executive - Steffan Morris Line Producer - Medyr Llewelyn Location Assistant - Joe Coombes Production Co-ordinator - Florence Boyd-Gorst Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Jamie McKee Unit Driver - Paul Watkins Production Accountant - Sean Kenneally Script department Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Michael Williams 2nd Assistant Director - Lauren Pate 3rd Assistant Director - Micah Joshua Brown Floor Runner - Devante Fleming Script Supervisor - Ines Mayorga Camera Operator - Martin Stephens Camera Trainee - Ben Bellingham Focus Puller - Cai Thompson Key Grip - Ken Hodgson Clapper Loader - Josh Greenway Gaffer - Jon Down Best Boy - Matt Hutchings Electricians - Chris Hughes, Benji Hutchings	Art department Supervising Art Director - Robyn Paiba Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Standby Props - Phillip Bull Standby Carpenter - Phil Sharrocks Prop Hands - Atiff Tahir, Ingo Hans, Jason White, John Thomas, Mathew Shrimpton, Stuart Rankmore Standby Art Director - Nikki Joseph Standby Rigger - Elliot Williams Prop Master - Nick Thomas Graphics - Stephen Fielding Costume department Costume Supervisor - Laura Baker Assistant Costume Designer - Pandora Ellis Costume Assistant - Ellie Finch Costume Standby - Charlotte Woods	Make-up and prosthetics Casting Casting Associate - Becky Rossmaur Casting Assistant - Kristian Wall General post-production staff Post-production Producer - Ceres Doyle Post-production Supervisor - Liv Duffin On-line Editor - Geraint Pari Huws Special and visual effects Visual Effects Co-ordinator - Siân Reynish Colourists - Gareth Spensley, Christine Kelly Sound Re-recording Mixer - Emilie Thomson Audio Post-production - Bang Post Production

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor reads a novel called Lost Locket.
• Peri has had songs written about her as a Warrior Queen, with the Doctor having heard minstrels sing them in the Scorpion Nebula and the outer rings of the Medusa Cascade. According to him, some of them are "very catchy".
• When Peri travelled to 21st century Earth, she noticed that it "[felt] like Varos".
• The Sixth Doctor wears a salmon suit with a dog pin.

Notes

Official BBC iPlayer thumbnail for the story.

to be added

Continuity

• Peri mentions coming from Fell's Point. (AUDIO: The Reaping)
• The Doctor mentions first meeting Peri on Lanzarote. (TV: Planet of Fire)
• The Doctor reminds Peri of their encounters with Sil (TV: Vengeance on Varos) and Kiv. (TV: Mindwarp)
• Peri asks the Doctor to take her back to Yrcanos's memorial once a year to keep an eye on the people of Krontep. (WC: The Eternal Mystery)