Arc of Infinity

123[1]Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byRon Jones
Written byJohnny Byrne
Script editorEric Saward
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)None
Music byRoger Limb
Production code6E
SeriesSeason 20
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast3 January–12 January 1983
Chronology
← Preceded by
Time-Flight
Followed by →
Snakedance
List of episodes (1963–1989)

Arc of Infinity is the first 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 3 to 12 January 1983.

The serial is set in Amsterdam and on the planet Gallifrey. In the serial, the Time Lord traitor Hedin (Michael Gough) seeks to bring the founder of the Time Lords Omega (Ian Collier) out of the universe of antimatter by making him bond with the body of the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) in the universe of matter.

  1. ^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 124. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.