Kinda (Doctor Who)

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*The working title for this story was "The Kinda".
*This was the first story to feature Eric Saward as script editor.
*In the ancient language Sanskrit, "Deva Loka" means "Celestial Region".
*Nyssa makes only brief appearances at the start of episode 1, and at the end of 4, because the script had largely been developed at a time when only two companions for the Doctor were envisioned. When it was known a third companion would also be present, rather than write Nyssa into the entire storyline it was decided she would remain in the TARDIS throughout and be absent through most of the narrative. To account for this absence Nyssa was scripted to collapse at the end of the previous story, "Four to Doomsday". In this story she remains in the Tardis, resting. Sarah Sutton's contract was amended to account for this two-episode absence.
*For the scene in episode 2 in which the two Tegans talk to each other about which of them is real, John Nathan-Turner allowed Janet Fielding to write her own dialogue.

Outside references

*Writer Christopher Bailey based this story heavily on Buddhist philosophy. He used many Buddhist words and ideas in writing "Kinda"; most of the Kinda and dream-sequence characters have names with Buddhist meanings, including Mara (temptation — also personified as a demon), Dukkha (pain), Panna (wisdom), Karuna (compassion), Anicca (impermanence) and Anatta (egolessness). Additionally, Jhana (also spelt Jana in the scripts) refers to meditation.
*This serial was examined closely in the 1983 media studies volume "Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text" by John Tulloch and Manuel Alvarado. This was the first major scholarly work dedicated to "Doctor Who". Tulloch and Alvarado compare Kinda with Ursula K. Le Guin's 1976 novel "The Word for World is Forest", which shares several themes with "Kinda" and may have been a template for its story. "The Unfolding Text" also examines the way "Kinda" incorporates Buddhist and Christian symbols and themes, as well as elements from the writings of Carl Jung. [cite book | author=Tulloch, John; and Alvarado, Manuel | year=1983 | title=Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text | publisher=St. Martin's Press | id=ISBN 0-312-21480-4]
*KINDA is also the name of a monthly Doctor Who fan gathering held in Cardiff.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Kinda
series=Target novelisations
number=84
featuring=


writer=Terrance Dicks
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=
isbn=0 426 19393 8
set_between=
pages=
date=15 March 1984
preceding=Mawdryn Undead
following=Snakedance|A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in December 1983.

In 1997 the novel was also issued by BBC Audio as an audio book, read by Peter Davison.

Broadcast and VHS release

*This story was released on VHS in October 1994.

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=kinda|title=Kinda
*Brief | id=5y | title=Kinda
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_5y | title=Kinda
* [http://www.doctorwhoforum.com/showthread.php?p=5387625#post5387625 "KI'n'DA" - Cardiff Doctor Who group]

Reviews

*OG review | id=5y | title=Kinda
*DWRG | id=kind | title=Kinda

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1984/kinda/84kinda.htm On Target — "Kinda"]