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Who: The Savages (1966)
Date(s) of Broadcast: 28 May 1966 - 18
June 1966
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Innes
Lloyd
SCRIPT
Script: Ian Stuart Black
Story Editor: Gerry
Davis
DIRECTION
Director: Christopher Barry
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Graham Sothcott
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Raymond Jones
SOUND
Studio Sound: Norman Greaves
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Stuart Walker
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Norman Stewart
Assistant Floor Manager: Gareth Gwenlan
CAST
Episode 1
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Jackie Lane (Dodo)
Ewen Solon (Chal)
Patrick Godfrey (Tor)
Peter Thomas (Captain Edal)
Geoffrey Frederick (Exorse)
Frederick Jaeger (Jano)
Robert Sidaway (Avon)
Kay Patrick (Flower)
Clare Jenkins (Nanina)
Norman Henry
(Senta)
Edward Caddick (Wylda)
Episode 2
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Jackie Lane (Dodo)
Ewen Solon (Chal)
Patrick Godfrey (Tor)
Peter Thomas (Captain Edal)
Frederick Jaeger (Jano)
Robert Sidaway (Avon)
Kay Patrick (Flower)
Clare Jenkins (Nanina)
Norman Henry
(Senta)
Edward Caddick (Wylda)
Andrew Lodge (1st assistant)
Christopher Denjam (2nd assistant)
Tony Holland (3rd assistant)
Episode 3
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Jackie Lane (Dodo)
Ewen Solon (Chal)
Patrick Godfrey (Tor)
Peter Thomas (Captain Edal)
Geoffrey Frederick (Exorse)
Frederick Jaeger (Jano)
Clare Jenkins (Nanina)
Norman Henry
(Senta)
Edward Caddick (Wylda)
Andrew Lodge (assistant)
John Dillon (savage)
Tim Goodman (guard)
Episode 4
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Jackie Lane (Dodo)
Ewen Solon (Chal)
Patrick Godfrey (Tor)
Peter Thomas (Captain Edal)
Geoffrey Frederick (Exorse)
Frederick Jaeger (Jano)
Clare Jenkins (Nanina)
Norman Henry
(Senta)
UNCREDITED CAST
John Raven (savage extra)
Tony Douglas, Nicholas Edwards, Royston Farrell, Fiona Fraser, Lynn
Howard, Bartlett Mullins, Christine Wass, Lionel Wheeler Children Peter
Baldwin, Denise Brown, Frances Machin (elders)
Non-Speaking Artists: Keith Ashley, David Billa, Bill Burridge, Joan
Gennele Dixon, Alex Donald, Tony Douglas, Michael Earl, Nicholas Edwards,
Keith Goodman, Scot Hamilton, David Harford, Lyn Howard, Gordon Lang,
Tony Madison, Olive McNeil, Nina Ovenden, Robert Pitt, Martin Tozer
PLOT SUMMARY
The TARDIS arrives on an apparently idyllic world. But it isn't long
before the Doctor and his companions discover a terrible secret - the
planet's Elders are draining lifeforce from savages to keep themselves
alive. The Doctor is unable toprevent the Elder's leader, Jano, from
absorbing some of his lifeforce but it gives Jano some of the Doctor's
own personality, including his conscience...
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1966
May
28: UK - episode 1 television broadcast (on BBC1)
June
4: UK - episode 2 television broadcast (on BBC1)
11: UK - episode 3 television broadcast (on BBC1)
18: UK - episode 4 television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The White Savages - working title
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.91-93
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
KEYWORDS
aliens, lifeforce, other planets, savages, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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