Doctor Who: Terminus (1983)
DramaActionAdventureScience FictionTV Movie
The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's influence, damages its controls. The Doctor and Nyssa meet two space pirates, Kari and Olvir, who have come on board the liner in search of plunder, while Tegan and Turlough get lost in the infrastructure. The liner docks with what appears to be a hulk floating in space. This is Terminus, which claims to offer a cure for Lazar's disease. It is crewed by armoured slave workers, the Vanir. The cure is administered by a huge, dog-like creature known as the Garm. Nyssa, who has contracted the disease from sufferers transported aboard the liner, discovers that the cure - involving exposure to radiation - does actually work.
Director: Mary Ridge
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Peter Davison as The Doctor |
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Sarah Sutton as Nyssa |
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Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka |
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Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough |
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Valentine Dyall as Black Guardian |
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Liza Goddard as Kari |
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Dominic Guard as Olvir |
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Andrew Burt as Valgard |
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Tim Munro as Sigurd |
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Martin Potter as Eirak |
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Rachael Weaver as Inga |
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Peter Benson as Bor |
| Directing | Mary Ridge | Director |
| Writing | Stephen Gallagher | Writer |
| Writing | Eric Saward | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Robson | Costume Design |
| Art | Dick Coles | Production Design |
| Camera | Remi Adefarasin | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Frances Parker | Editor |
| Sound | Graham Hare | Sound |
| Sound | Roger Limb | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Stribling | Makeup Artist |
| Production | John Nathan-Turner | Producer |
| Production | Rena Butterwick | Production Assistant |
| Production | June Collins | Production Assistant |
| Production | Steve Goldie | Production Manager |
| Camera | Alec Wheal | Camera Supervisor |
| Crew | Dick Mills | Special Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Sam Barclay | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Scott Talbott | Sound |
| Sound | Peter Howell | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Dave Chapman | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Rod Waldron | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Peter Pegrum | Visual Effects Designer |
| Crew | John Waller | Fight Choreographer |