Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 (1965)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 September 1965 - 2 October 1965
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity Lambert

SCRIPT
Script: William Emms
Story Editor: Donald Tosh

DIRECTION
Director: Derek Martinus

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Derek Hobday, Ralph Walton

MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire

SOUND
Studio Sound: George Prince
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Richard Hunt

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Angela Gordon
Assistant Floor Manager: Marjorie Yorke, Sue Willis

CAST
EPISODE 1: Four Hundred Dawns
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Stephanie Bidmead (Maaga)
Marina Martin (Drahvin One)
Susanna Carol (Drahvin Two)
Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three)
Jimmy Kaye (Chumblies)

EPISODE 2: Trap Of Steel
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Stephanie Bidmead (Maaga)
Marina Martin (Drahvin One)
Susanna Carol (Drahvin Two)
Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three)

EPISODE 3: Air Lock
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Stephanie Bidmead (Maaga)
Marina Martin (Drahvin One)
Susanna Carol (Drahvin Two)
Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three)
William Shearer, Angelo Muscat, Pepi Poupee (Chumblies)
Robert Cartland (Rill voice)

EPISODE 4: The Exploding Planet
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Stephanie Bidmead (Maaga)
Marina Martin (Drahvin One)
Susanna Carol (Drahvin Two)
Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three)
William Shearer, Angelo Muscat, Pepi Poupee, Tommy Reynolds (Chumblies)
Robert Cartland (Rill voice)
Barry Jackson (Garvey)

UNCREDITED PERFORMERS
David Brewster, Peter Holmes, Brian Madge, Bill McAllister (Rills)

EPISODES

1. Four Hundred Dawns (11 September 1965)
2. Trap Of Steel (18 September 1965)
3. Air Lock (25 September 1965)
4. The Exploding Planet (2 October 1965)

PLOT SUMMARY

On an arid planet, the crew of the TARDIS encounter the crew of crashed spaceship. There are two factions, the beautiful Drahvians and the repulsive Rills. But The Doctor and his companions quickly learn that appearances can be deceptive and that there's more to the Drahvians than meets the eye.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC

1965
June
21: UK - studio filming at Ealing, London, UK

July
9: UK - studio recording at BBC Television Centre TC4, London, UK
16: UK - studio recording at BBC Television Centre TC4, London, UK
23: UK - studio recording at BBC Television Centre TC4, London, UK
30: UK - studio recording at BBC Television Centre TC3, London, UK

September
11: UK - Four Hundred Dawns television broadcast (on BBC1)
18: UK - Trap of Steel television broadcast (on BBC1)
25: UK - Air Lock television broadcast (on BBC1)

October
2: UK - The Exploding Planet television broadcast (on BBC1)

BOOKS

Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First Doctor pp.106-108
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker)

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.66-68
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)

KEYWORDS

aliens, monsters, other planets, robots, spaceships, spacewrecks, time travel

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009