143c Terror of the Vervoids (A+)

November 1, 1986 at 10:03 pm · Filed under A+ Shows, Mel

Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mel
Featuring:	The Inquisitor
Main enemy:	The Valeyard The Vervoids Rudge The Mogarians
Main setting:	Time Lord space station The Hyperion III,2986

Writer:	Pip & Jane Baker
Director:	Chris Clough
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner

In Terror of the Vervoids the distraught Doctor gives the court his evidence for the defense. He chooses an incident from his own future, in which he and his companion Melanie Bush arrive on the space liner Hyperion III in 2986 in response to a distress call. There they battle against and ultimately destroy a hostile race of alien plants, the Vervoids, while also helping to thwart a mutiny by the ship’s security officer, Rudge.

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