When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV.
| Sound | Jonathan Gibbs | Music |
| Writing | Philip Martin | Writer |
| Writing | Eric Saward | Script Editor |
| Directing | Ron Jones | Director |
| Production | John Nathan-Turner | Producer |
| Art | Tony Snoaden | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Hardinge | Costume Design |
| Camera | Alec Wheal | Camera Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cecile Hay-Arthur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorka Nieradzik | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jane Whittaker | Production Assistant |
| Production | Pat Greenland | Production Assistant |
| Production | Margot Eavis | Production Manager |
| Crew | Dick Mills | Special Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Dennis Channon | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Andy Stacey | Sound |
| Editing | Hugh Parson | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Dave Chapman | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Charles Jeanes | Visual Effects Designer |
