Snakedance
Joe Siegler
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Snakedance
This Story: Season 20, Story 2. Production Code 6D
Overall: Story 125, Episodes 590-593
Airdates: 18 Jan 1983 – 26 Jan 1983
Written by Christopher Bailey
Directed by Fiona Cumming
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- The second and final appearance of the Mara in Doctor Who, although there were a few mention since. In the Blu-Ray trailer for Season 20, the Mara appeared in a trailer video with new footage. The Mara was also mentioned as the “God of Beasts” in the 2024 episode “The Legend of Ruby Sunday“.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 590 - Snakedance 1/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 18 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2023
A sequel to the previous season's "Kinda". Brings back the Mara, who immediately takes over Tegan for a second time. This was another I did not like originally, but given I changed my pic.twitter.com/lLfqTPN4jp
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 590 - Snakedance 1/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 18 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2023
tune on Kinda before, I wonder if I'll feel differently here. Nyssa finally gets a new outfit just two stories before she's off the show. :) @jfmouthonlegs is quite good in this ep. pic.twitter.com/fSAgXoEzbK
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 591 - Snakedance 2/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 19 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 10, 2023
Possessed Tegan is fun. The Doctor tries to get a celebration of the destruction of the Mara stopped while Tegan runs around causing problems. The Mara is trying to do the same thing pic.twitter.com/beiEquwcjN
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 591 - Snakedance 2/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 19 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 10, 2023
as in Kinda - resurrect itself in a corporeal form. Tegan internally battles it, and again Janet Fielding is quite good here. The Doctor is a bit panicky in this episode, I thought. pic.twitter.com/QJLTXeczoF
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 592 - Snakedance 3/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 25 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023
The Doctor is behind bars during most of this ep. Lon has become one with the Mara and Tegan and they're looking for the great crystal, which the Mara needs to manifest itself. Same pic.twitter.com/HfawL9HLM5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 592 - Snakedance 3/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 25 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023
old Mara story ;) This ep feels more like an ep1 than an ep3, the penultimate one usually is where the shit hits the fan. This was a pretty slow ep. Tegan is mostly in the background. pic.twitter.com/DFHnr1GMr8
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 593 - Snakedance 4/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 26 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023
In the past, I actively disliked Snakedance. Don't feel this way on this watch, however, it still feels off - can't put my finger on it. I did enjoy Kinda much more a few weeks back. pic.twitter.com/JADT8hKg8T
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 593 - Snakedance 4/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 26 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023
@JFMouthOnLegs was excellent here, best thing in the story. Ep4 was more interesting than the others though, but was the only one I really enjoyed outside of Janet's performance. pic.twitter.com/rYTL4E8rrn
