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Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

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DramaScience FictionAdventure

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

22 November 1986

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Colin Baker

Colin Baker

The Doctor

Bonnie Langford

Bonnie Langford

Mel Bush

Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

The Valeyard

Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham

The Inquisitor

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Professor Sarah Lasky

Michael Craig

Michael Craig

Commodore Travers

Denys Hawthorne

Denys Hawthorne

Rudge

Yolande Palfrey

Yolande Palfrey

Janet

Malcolm Tierney

Malcolm Tierney

Doland

David Allister

David Allister

Bruchner

Tony Scoggo

Tony Scoggo

Grenville

Arthur Hewlett

Arthur Hewlett

Kimber

Simon Slater

Simon Slater

Edwardes

Sam Howard

Sam Howard

Atza

Leon Davis

Leon Davis

Ortezo

Hugh Beverton

Hugh Beverton

First Guard

Barbara Ward

Barbara Ward

Mutant / Ruth Baxter

Mike Mungarvan

Mike Mungarvan

Duty Officer

Martin Weedon

Martin Weedon

Second Guard

Peppi Borza

Peppi Borza

First Vervoid

Bob Appleby

Bob Appleby

Second Vervoid

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