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Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 22, 1986

Original Title:
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

Alternate Titles:
Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord, Parts Nine to Twelve
Terror of the Vervoids
The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids

Genres:
Adventure | Drama | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
BBC

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer named Mel. Answering a mysterious distress call from the space liner Hyperion III, they find that the passengers aboard include unscrupulous scientists, secret agents, saboteurs, thieves and a murderer. And lurking in the shadows are the Vervoids, the product of sinister botanical experiments, who will stop at nothing to destroy all non-plant life.

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Production

Camera Supervisor:
Alec Wheal

Costume Design:
Andrew Rose

Director:
Chris Clough

Editor:
Hugh Parson

Lighting Director:
Don Babbage

Makeup Artist:
Shaunna Harrison

Original Music Composer:
Malcolm Clarke

Producer:
John Nathan-Turner

Production Assistant:
Jane Wellesley

Production Design:
Dinah Walker

Production Manager:
Ian Fraser

Script Editor:
John Nathan-Turner

Sound:
Brian Clark

Special Sound Effects:
Dick Mills

Visual Effects:
Kevin Molloy
Danny Popkin

Writer:
Jane Baker
Pip Baker

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