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Synopsis

In the great maze of the Power Complex dwells the dreaded Nimon, a fearsome monster with immense scientific powers. The Nimon has promised to restore the Skonnan Empire to its former glory. But first it demands sacrifice - youths and maidens from the peaceful planet Aneth. The TARDIS collides with the space ship delivering the victims, and the captured Romana is condemned to be sacrificed to the Nimon. Aided by the faithful K-9, the Doctor goes to the rescue - and confronts the horned Nimon at the heart of the maze. The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS (from the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space). ... Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... K-9, or K9 is the name of several robot dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Plot

Dressed to impress, Romana even has her own sonic screwdriver at hand

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Cast

• Doctor Who - Tom Baker
• Romana – Lalla Ward
• Voice of K-9 – David Brierley
• Soldeed – Graham Crowden
• Sorak – Michael Osborne
• Co-Pilot – Malcolm Terris
• Pilot – Bob Hornery
• Seth – Simon Gipps-Kent
• Teka – Janet Ellis
• Sezom – John Bailey
• Nimons – Robin Sherringham, Bob Appleby, Trevor St John Hacker
• Voice of the Nimon – Clifford Norgate

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Notes

1. This was the final televised serial to use the original 1963 arrangement Doctor Who theme (which had been revised slightly in the late 1960s). Also making its final appearance is the diamond-shaped series logo introduced during the Jon Pertwee era.
2. The ending of the serial includes a notorious televised blooper in which Graham Crowden (Soldeed) can be seen breaking into laughter during his death scene. The story was produced on a rehearse/record basis, with each scene being rehearsed in the studio immediately before being recorded. Crowden thought that the scene was a rehearsal rather than a recording and so corpsed his final line, only to find out later that Kenny McBain had decided to keep his performance in the finished episode.
3. Like the earlier Underworld and The Time Monster, elements of this serial have much in common with Greek mythology, in particular the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur.
4. The Nimon return in the Big Finish Productions audio play Seasons of Fear.

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External links

• Cast and Crew list, on the BBC website