A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation - and puts them at the mercy of a maniac...

But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes closest to the real danger that threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet...
 

Nothing could disturb the serene peace of the planet Deva Loka - or could it? An expeditionary force from Earth is dangerusly out of control, and everything - not just the peaceful race of Kinda - is at risk.

A gentle stroll in th elush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation and puts them at the mercy of a maniac. But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes the closest to the real danger that threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the entire planet.

First broadcast in 1982, Kinda was written by Christopher Bailey. This adaptation is by Terrance Dicks, who was the script editor of the series for five years and who is also the author of Timewyrm: Exodus.

A beautiful, paradise planet, Deva Loka. Its inhabitants, the Kinda, are a gentle and seemingly primative people. On the surface, a perfect place to colonise. But if it is so perfect, why are the colonisation team disappearing one by one?

Unaware of this the Doctor and his companions choose to rest on Deva Loka. Enchanted by the beautiful chimes, "the place of dreams", Tegan sleeps and falls prey to the Mara, a malevolant force out to steal her mind. But just what are its ultimate evil intentions?

Meanwhile the Doctor and Adric are captured by the surviving colonisation team's officers, Sanders and unstable Hindle. When Sanders disappears, Hindle collapsesinto a world of paranoid delusions and suddenly the security of the entire base is at risk. Can the Doctor rescue Tegan from the Mara and defeat it - before it pushes Hindle over the edge? And who is the mysterious blind woman who appears in visions? Will she help the Doctor or ultimately impede him?

Running Time: 98 mins approx
Produced by John Nathan-Turner, Directed by Peter Grimwade
 

Members of an Earth Survey team are disappearing one by one. Those that are left suspect the Kinda, a peaceful native tribe. But the Doctor suspects a far more deadly influence is at work...

Tegan, the Doctor's companion, is taken over by a sinister force known as the Mara that seeks to plunge Deva Loka into destruction and chaos - a particularly nasty snake in this garden of Eden...

Peter Davison - the fifth Doctor - reads this abridged version of the novel by Terrance Dicks.