FREE DOCTOR WHO: VENGEANCE ON VAROS PDF Philip Martin | 208 pages | 26 Jul 2016 | Ebury Publishing | 9781785940408 | English | London, United Kingdom Vengeance on Varos (TV story) | Tardis | Fandom Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? Check out our picks for family friendly movies movies that transcend all ages. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. See the full list. The TARDIS makes an emergency landing on Varos, a planet that used to be a Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos colony, and where the native Varosians are presently entertained by broadcasts of real violence and death. Written by Daniel Williamson. What is so unutterably good about this Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos, is the ability the writer had to see how the world was changing, that as a society we were becoming TV obsessed, ratings obsessed, and insensitive to those close to us. I personally rate this very highly, it's well made, fast paced, highly imaginative, and boasts some truly exceptional characters and performances. Geraldine Alexander and Sheila Reid are great, but the standout has to be Nabil Shaban, who's Sil was just terrific, and would gladly return the following season, and should have returned again in the one to follow. Those who dismiss Colin's Doctor, do so wrongly I think, he is very good indeed here. It gets my vote. Looking for something to watch? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos. Doctor Who — Rate This. Season 22 Episode 3. All Episodes Director: Ron Jones. Writer: Philip Martin by. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. Doctor Who Episode List. Underrated Doctor Who Stories. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos Add Image. Edit Cast Episode complete credited cast: Colin Baker The Doctor Nicola Bryant Peri Martin Jarvis Governor Nabil Shaban Sil Nicolas Chagrin Quillam Jason Connery Jondar Forbes Collins Chief Officer Stephen Yardley Arak Sheila Reid Etta Geraldine Alexander Areta Graham Cull Bax Owen Teale Maldak Keith Skinner Edit Storyline The TARDIS makes an emergency landing on Varos, a planet that used to be a penal colony, and where the native Varosians are presently entertained by broadcasts of real violence and death. Edit Did You Know? Trivia The first appearance of Sil played by Nabil Shabanwho became one of the most popular monsters from this era of the series. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English. Runtime: 45 min. Sound Mix: Mono. Color: Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. Clear your history. Chief Officer. Vengeance on Varos - Wikipedia Vengeance on Varos was the second serial of season 22 of Doctor Who. It introduced the alien Sil and the Mentor species. Seeking the rare mineral Zeiton-7 to repair his TARDISthe Doctor arrives on Varosa world where political prisoners and their guards are all subjected to sadistic tortures and executions which the colony's inhabitants view and vote on through interactive television. Accused of being alien infiltrators helping the colony's rebel factions, the Doctor and Peri find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV. On Varosa planet in the constellation of Cetusthe public torture of the rebel Jondar is broadcast throughout the planet. Citizens Arak and Etta watch the event from their room. Arak complains that they never show anything new to watch. In addition to the lack of new programming, the two must also deal with food rationing. Also, that night will be a punch-in vote ordered by the Governorand voting is mandatory. Peri complains that the Doctor has caused three electrical fires, a power failure, nearly collided with a storm of asteroids, got lost in the TARDIS corridors twice, wiped the memory banks of the flight computer, jettisoned three quarters of Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos storage hold and burned her "cold dinner", all since the time- travellers left Telos. It has stalled in the middle of deep space and the Doctor can do nothing to fix it. Silthe Mentor representative of the Galatron Mining Corporationis negotiating with the Governor over the price of Varos' Zeiton-7 ore. Their discussion, like many others, ends in stalemate. For many years, the Galatron Mining Corporation has swindled Varos by paying far less for the ore than its market value. To make matters worse, the Chief Officer is in league with Sil. The Governor moves on to conduct the night's vote. He addresses the people, asking for their vote on Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos they should hold out longer for a fair price on the ore. The process slowly kills the target and is carried out because this is the third time his recommendations have failed to pass. The guard Bax recommends that the Governor Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos Jondar to please the citizens so he can recuperate before the next vote. He quickly dismisses it. He says that he knows perfectly well what has caused their dilemma. The transitional elements within the TARDIS have stopped producing orbital energy and they need Zeiton-7 ore to realign the power systems. The Doctor explains Zeiton-7 is Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos rare and only comes from one planet: Varos. They arrive right before the execution of Jondar is to take place. With some help from the chained Jondar, the guard is incapacitated. They are rescued by Rondel. He has defected after speaking with Areta and decided to help them. But he is killed shortly thereafter by pursuing guards. During a run-in with another group of guards, the Doctor is separated from the others, who are arrested. He enters a corridor that appears a desert. A mirage of Peri taunts him as he suffers. With all of Varos watching, he succumbs to the heat and collapses with his end as a close-up. During the ordeal, Peri has been brought to the control centre in the company of Sil and Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos other officers. They question her as she watches them bring the Doctor's body to an acid bath for disposal. It turns out he is not dead; his mind was influenced to make him believe he was dying of thirst in a desert. The Doctor suddenly stands up and walks over to the attendants while their backs are turned. The surprise makes the first attendant jump, pushing the second into the bath. A struggle ensues. The first attendant is pulled into the acid bath by the second attendant. The Doctor strolls out, saying, "You'll forgive me if I don't join you. After making his way from the acid baths, the Doctor is cornered by QuillamVaros' chief scientist, and taken away. Back in the control centre, it is decided the Doctor and Jondar will be executed in a good "old-fashioned" way, while Peri and Areta will be Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos with a cell mutator. The Doctor and Jondar are Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos in the nooses while the Governor and Sil watch. At the last moment, the Doctor asks the Governor about Sil and his extortion. Sil's bodyguards rush the platform and pull the lever. The two simply fall through the holes, the rope coming right off the support. As it turns out, there was to be no execution — it was all to get information out of the Doctor. The Doctor suspected this when he noticed that they were not being filmed. The group tries to stop the cell mutator on Peri and Areta, but they are told it's at too advanced a stage. The Doctor and Jondar grab the weapons of nearby guards to intimidate Quillam to deactivate the mutator, but it fails. The Doctor resorts to shooting the entire control panel. The process has stopped in the nick of time and Peri and Areta return to their original form. The four escape back into the depths of the Punishment Dome towards a possible escape route. Peri, still in a stupor from the mutator, is recaptured and taken to the control centre. The Chief and Sil make their final move on the Governor, hoping he will be killed in the next vote, securing their control of Varos and the Zeiton-7 ore. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Jondar and Areta make their way into the End Zone of the Dome, where the exit is supposed to be. The vote starts and the bombardment begins, but the guard Maldak has a change of heart and shoots the device to stop the bombardment, saving the Governor and Peri. The three make their way through the ventilation ducts to meet with the Doctor. The Doctor's group is chased by two cannibals and loses them in some poisonous tendrils. The Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos, Quillam, and two guards arrive on the scene but are ambushed and entangled in the tendrils, killing them. The Doctor's group meet with Peri, the Governor and Maldak. They all make their way back to the control centre and put an end to Sil's plans of controlling Varos. The Galatron Mining Corporation also began to side with Varos; a second source of Zeiton-7 ore has been found and Sil is ordered to obtain the Varosian ore at any price.