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Doctor Who: Snakedance

Doctor Who: Snakedance

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 1983

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

User Score

43%

Original Title

Doctor Who: Snakedance

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Fiona Cumming

Description

Tegan falls once more under the influence of the Mara and directs the TARDIS to the planet Manussa. There, the Federator's son Lon and his mother Tanha are preparing for a ceremony to celebrate the banishment of the Mara five hundred years earlier. The Mara takes control of Lon and uses him and Tegan to obtain from Ambril, the Director of Historical Research, the 'Great Crystal' - the large blue stone that originally brought it into being by focusing energy from the minds of the planet's one-time inhabitants. The Mara now plans to use the crystal during the ceremony to bring about its return to corporeal existence.