Vengeance on Varos

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*This story was written as a replacement for a serial called "Song of the Space Whale" by comics writer Pat Mills .
*Working titles for this story included "Domain" and "Planet of Fear" (the latter being vetoed for being too similar to the previous season's "Planet of Fire") Brief | id=6v | title=Vengeance on Varos] .
*The story was first written for the 1982 season, but was repeatedly pushed back and re-written. In its final draft, the story had a number of comedic sequences, most of which wound up being cut, and one of which, the acid bath sequence, was played seriously. The result was that the final story was much darker than originally intended. The more grim acid bath sequence was much criticized for its tone and for the Doctor's flippant remark at the end of the scene.
*During the first recording of the noose execution scene, part of the set collapsed under the weight of the actors. Fortunately, this did not happen when Baker and Connery actually had their necks in the nooses (although in that case, for safety reasons the nooses were not actually tied up). ["The Colin Baker Years", BBC Video 1994, at 34 minutes from beginning of video]

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Vengeance on Varos
series=Target novelisations
number=106
featuring=


writer=Philip Martin
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=David McAllister
isbn=0 426 20291 0
set_between=
pages=
date=21st January 1988 (Hardback)16th June 1988 (Paperback)
preceding=Time and the Rani
following=The Underwater Menace|A novelisation of this serial, written by Philip Martin, was published by Target Books in January 1988. It was originally planned to be released 2 years earlier, but was pushed back after delays in the delivery of the manuscript by Philip Martin. However it kept its original number of 106. In addition, although Target had launched a new cover design format for the books with the previous volume, "Time and the Rani", reflecting the new series logo of the Sylvester McCoy era, "Vengeance on Varos" was published with the earlier book cover format using the neon-tube logo of the Baker-Davison era.

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

Broadcast, VHS and DVD releases

*This story was released on VHS in the UK in 1993 as part of the Doctor Who 30th Anniversary celebrations.
*It was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2001.
*The DVD commentary is provided by actors Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), and Nabil Shaban (Sil).

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=vengeancevaros|title=Vengeance on Varos
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_6v | title=Vengeance on Varos
*OG|6v|Vengeance on Varos
* [http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv41/sts-varos.html "Script to Screen: Vengeance on Varos", by Jon Preddle ("Time Space Visualiser" issue 41, October 1994)]

Reviews

*OG review | id=6v | title=Vengeance on Varos
*DWRG | id=veng | title=Vengeance on Varos

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1988/vengeanc/88vengea.htm On Target — "Vengeance on Varos"]