The Androids of Tara

101 – *The Androids of Tara*
101 – The Androids of Tara
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Tom Baker – Fourth Doctor;
	Companions Mary Tamm – Romana; John Leeson (Voice of K9);
	Others Neville Jason – Prince Reynart; Peter Jeffrey – Count Grendel; Simon Lack – Zadek; Paul Lavers – Farrah; Lois Baxter – Lamia; Martin Matthews – Kurster; Declan Mulholland – Till; Cyril Shaps – Archimandrite;
Production
Directed by	Michael Hayes
Written by	David Fisher
Script editor	Anthony Read
Produced by	Graham Williams
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	5D
Series	Season 16
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	25 November – 16 December 1978
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Stones of Blood	Followed by →; The Power of Kroll
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Androids of Tara is the fourth serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 25 November to 16 December 1978.

The serial is set on the planet Tara, which is made up of a feudal society with electronic weapons and androids. In the serial, Count Grendel of Gracht (Peter Jeffrey) kidnaps Prince Reynart (Neville Jason) and the alien time traveller Romana (Mary Tamm), along with the fourth segment of the powerful Key to Time, as part of his plot to become the legitimate King of Tara.