Classic Who S20 • Serial 2 · (4 episodes) Snakedance Sets: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Fifth Doctor 3.62/ 5 249 votes Watch on iPlayer Novelisation: "Doctor Who: Snakedance" TARDIS Wiki Share this page {{ shareFeedback }} Copy link {{ copyFeedback }} Overview Reviews (3) Transcript Quotes (1) Quotes Spoiler warning! NYSSA: But there would be records. A people eight hundred years ago capable of molecular engineering? DOCTOR: Not necessarily. I suspect that when they built the Great Crystal they overlooked one vital factor. The nature of the mental energy would determine the nature of the matter created. The Great Crystal absorbed what was in their minds. The restlessness, the hatred, the greed. Absorbed it, amplified it, reflected it. NYSSA: And created the Mara. DOCTOR: Indeed. And in the reign of evil which followed they must have forgotten the most important thing of all, that the Mara was something they themselves had blindly brought into being. — Snakedance Login to track and rate! View Rating Distribution Ratings are from TARDIS Guide members only. Characters Fifth Doctor Tegan Jovanka Nyssa Mara Related Stories: Classic Who S19 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes) Kinda Average. Rating: 70% Average rating: ★ 3.75 Watch Watched? 0.017168998718262 Main Range 138. The Cradle of the Snake Average. Rating: 62% Average rating: ★ 3.75 Listen Listened? 0.013593912124634 Other adaptations of this story: Target Collection Snakedance Average. Rating: 62% Average rating: ★ 3.43 Read Read? 0.011340141296387 Where to watch Snakedance: The Collection – Season 20 Blu-Ray Average. Rating: 67% Collected Unowned ⊖Saved to Wishlist ⊕Save to Wishlist Mara Tales (Kinda / Snakedance) DVD Average. Rating: 69% Collected Unowned ⊖Saved to Wishlist ⊕Save to Wishlist Snakedance (VHS) Collected Unowned ⊖Saved to Wishlist ⊕Save to Wishlist