A tribe of peaceful humanoids who lived a tranquil existence in the forests of the planet Deva Loka. This world was visited by a military-scientific survey team which had come to evaluate the planet for potential colonisation. They took two of the Kinda as hostages after some members of their team failed to return from their explorations. Science Officer Todd informed the Doctor that they were mute, with telepathic abilities. Though they lacked any form of technology they must once have been a highly advanced people as a necklace they wore was a copy of a DNA sequence, and some wind chimes in a forest glade were arranged in perfect musical scale. They also possessed a small wooden box which was actually an advanced healing device, using ultrasonics.
The Kinda never dreamed alone, as to do so could allow a malevolent entity called the Mara to enter into the real world. The Mara were destined to destroy the tribe time and time again.
A crazed member of the survey team - Hindle - found he could manipulate the hostages after they saw their image captured in a mirror.
The Doctor and Todd encountered two female members of the tribe who dwelt apart - an old woman named Panna and her young acolyte Karuna. They could both talk.
When Panna died, her spirit merged with that of Karuna.
After Tegan Jovanka had accidentally allowed the Mara to cross over, it possessed a male Kinda named Aris.
The Doctor helped to destroy the Mara, freeing the Kinda from the cycle of destruction, whilst the survey team elected not to nominate Deva Loka for colonisation.
Played by: Aris (Adrian Mills), Panna (Mary Morris), Karuna (Sarah Prince), Michael Mungarven, Barney Lawrence (hostages), Lee Cornes (Trickster). Appearances: Kinda (1982).
- Adrian Mills is best known as a TV presenter, who came to prominence on That's Life.
- One of the younger Kinda children is played by Jonathan Miller, who is better known today as Jonny Lee Miller.
- Lee Cornes was a regular on Grange Hill.
- Mary Morris was one of the No.2's in The Prisoner. She previously starred in the classic BBC sci-fi drama A For Andromeda.
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