Black Orchid
Book

On a lazy June afternoon in 1925 the TARDIS materialises at the tiny railway station of Cranleigh Halt. Warmly welcomed by the local gentry, the time-travellers look forward to a well-deserved rest from their adventures.

After a stunniung performance at a friendly cricket match, the Doctor, together with Tegan, Adric and Nyssa, is invided to a splendid masked ball by Lady Cranleigh and her son, Charles.

But a dark menace haunts the secret corridors of Cranleigh Hall. And before the ball is over, the quiet summer will be shattered by the shocking discovery of a brutal murder ...

This is a novelisation by Eric Saward of his own television story, first broadcast in 1982.
 

Doctor Who - Black Orchid
Number 113 in the Target Doctor Who Library
1987 Paperback Edition
Writer:  Terence Dudley
Cover Illustration:  Tony Masero
Released:  1987
Publisher:  W. H. Allen
 ISBN  0 426 20254 6 
Pages:  143
Doctor Who - Black Orchid
1986 Hardback Edition
Writer:  Terence Dudley
Cover Illustration:  Tony Masero
Released:  1986
Publisher:  W. H. Allen
 ISBN  0 491 03823 2
Pages:  unknown

Video

The Visitation
by Eric Saward

Starring Peter Davison

The Tereleptils have come to Earth in the 17th century and are responsible for the spread of the Great Plague. Their explosive attempts to return home won't endear them to humanity either...

Originally transmitted 15-23 February 1982

Black Orchid
by Terence Dudley

Starring Peter Davison

Heroic exploits on the cricket field and murderous events off it test the Doctor
as the TARDIS team get involved with the Cranleigh family in 1925 England.
The attic hides a dark family secret and Nyssa sees double (this was the first
purely historical story since The Highlanders in 1966)

Originally transmitted 1-2 March 1982
 

Doctor Who - The Visitation / Black Orchid
VHS PAL Video Cassette 
UK Release
Writers:  Eric Saward, Terence Dudley
Cover Illustration:  Colin Howard(?)
Running Time:  unknown
Released:  unknown
Publisher:  BBC Enterprises Ltd.
 Code:  unknown
Price:  unknown

 
Technical Details

Black Orchid

Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Andric and Nyssa

Writer: Terence Dudley

Serial 6A (2 Episodes)
Season: 19
Original Screening: 1 March 1982 to 2 March 1982
Writer: Terence Dudley
Director: Ron Jones
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Script Editor: Eric Saward

Cast:
Template (The Doctor),
 

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Also by Terence Dudley
 

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