| 124[1] – Snakedance | |||
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| Directed by | Fiona Cumming | ||
| Written by | Christopher Bailey | ||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Executive producer(s) | None | ||
| Music by | Peter Howell | ||
| Production code | 6D | ||
| Series | Season 20 | ||
| Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 18 January–26 January 1983 | ||
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Snakedance is the second serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 18 to 26 January 1983.
The serial is set on the planet Manussa 500 years after the serial Kinda (1982). In the serial, the Mara takes over the bodies of the Doctor's companion Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Lon (Martin Clunes), the ruler's son, while seeking to manifest itself by using a crystal.