UK, 1 March 1982-2 March 1982
average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
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Next Serial: Earthshock (1982)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 19, episodes 17-18
A British science fiction television serial directed by Ron Jones from scripts by Terence Dudley. It was the first story since The Highlanders (1966) to feature no science fiction elements other than the TARDIS and the alien origins of some of its main characters.
Premise
At a country house in 1925 England The Doctor and his companions become embroiled in a murder mystery and Nyssa encounters a lookalike.
Credits
Crew
Director: Ron Jones [parts 1-2]
© BBC MCMLXXXI [1981] [parts 1-2]
Producer: John Nathan-Turner [parts 1-2]
Production Manager: Jim Capper [parts 1-2]
[Written] By: Terence Dudley [parts 1-2]
Script Editor: Eric Saward [parts 1-2]
Studio Lighting: Fred Wright [parts 1-2]
Senior Cameraman: Alec Wheal [parts 1-2]
Film Cameraman: Peter Chapman [parts 1-2]
Technical Manager: Alan Jeffery [parts 1-2]
Film Editor: Mike Houghton [parts 1-2]
Vision Mixer: Carol Johnspn [parts 1-2]
Videotape Editor: Rod Waldron [parts 1-2]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop *
Title Music Arranged by: Peter Howell *
Incidental Music: Roger Limb [parts 1-2]
Studio Sound: Alan Machin [parts 1-2]
Film Sound: Ron Blight [parts 1-2]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [parts 1-2]
Costume Designer: Rosalind Ebbutt [parts 1-2]
Make-Up Artist: Lisa Westcott [parts 1-2]
Visual Effects Designer: Tony Auger [parts 1-2]
Video Effects: Dave Chapman [parts 1-2]
Title Sequence: Sid Sutton [parts 1-2]
Designer: Tony Burrough [parts 1-2]
Production Associate: Angela Smith [parts 1-2]
Production Assistant: Juley Harding [parts 1-2]
Assistant Floor Manager: Val McCrimmon [parts 1-2]
Choreographer: Gary Downie *
Cast
Part One
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa/Ann [Talbot])
Janet Fielding (Tegan [Jovanka])
Matthew Waterhouse (Adric)
Barbara Murray (Lady Cranleigh)
Moray Watson (Sir Robert Muir)
Michael Cochrane (Lord [Charles] Cranleigh)
Brian Hawksley (Brewster)
Timothy Block (Tanner)
Ahmed Khalil ([Dittar] Latoni)
Gareth Milne (the unknown)
Part Two
Peter Davison (The Doctor)
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa/Ann [Talbot])
Janet Fielding (Tegan [Jovanka])
Matthew Waterhouse (Adric)
Barbara Murray (Lady Cranleigh)
Moray Watson (Sir Robert Muir)
Michael Cochrane (Lord [Charles] Cranleigh)
Ivor Salter (Sergeant Markham)
Ahmed Khalil ([Dittar] Latoni)
Brian Hawksley (Brewster)
Andrew Tourell (Constable Cummings)
Gareth Milne (George Cranleigh)
Uncredited
Derek Hunt [James the footman]
David Wilde [Raymond Digby]
Vanessa Paine [double for Ann/Nyssa]
Caron Heggie [Ann’s maid]
Jim Morris [stationsmaster]
John Asquith, Adrian Gibbs, Mitchell Horner, Nick Joseph, Fernando Monast, Stuart Myers, Kevin O’Brien, Rory O’Connor, Gus Roy, Lionel Sansby, Douglas Stark, Derek Suthern, Alan Talbot [cricketers]
Lisa Clifton, Lindy Salmon, Jane Sherborne, Sheila West [spectators]
James Muir [police driver]
John Asquith, Lisa Clifton, Adrian Gibbs, Nola Haines, Christine Kendall, Rosemary Lyford, Annette Lyons, Fernando Monast, Rory O’Connor, Gus Roy, Lindy Salmon, Jane Sherborne, Sheila West [dancers]
Amanda Carlson, Charles Milward, Brychan Powell, Frederick Woold [walk-ons]
Alternative Titles
The Beast – working title
The Black Orchid – working title
References
Books
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.415-417 – credits, synopsis, review
