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Snakedance

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on February 12, 2023April 14, 2025
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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

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 590 - Snakedance 1/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 18 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 9, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 591 - Snakedance 2/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 19 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 10, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 591 - Snakedance 2/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 19 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 10, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 592 - Snakedance 3/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 25 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 592 - Snakedance 3/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 25 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 593 - Snakedance 4/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 26 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2

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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 593 - Snakedance 4/4 (Serial 6D Story 125) - 26 Jan 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
@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

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 12, 2023

Love that the girls’ outfits from Black Orchid are shown on a rack here.

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