UK, 10 April 1971-15 May 1971
average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: The Claws of Axos (1971)
Next Serial: The Dæmons (1971)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 8, episodes 15-20
A British television science fiction serial directed by Michael Briant from scripts by Malcolm Hulke.
Premise
The Time Lords give The Doctor use of his TARDIS but only to retrieve the secrets of a Doomsday Weapon stolen by the Master and sent to a desolate planet in the future. There The Doctor is embroiled in a dispute between Colonists and Miners over land ownership. When The Master arrives the nature of The Doomsday Weapon is revealed.
Credits
* =- uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Michael Briant [episodes 1-6]
© [not given on screen] [episodes 1-6]
BBC TV [episodes 1-6]
Producer: Barry Letts [episodes 1-6]
[Written] By: Malcolm Hulke [episodes 1-6]
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks [episodes 1-6]
Studio Lighting: Ralph Walton [episodes 1, 6]
Film Cameraman: Peter Hall [episodes 1-6]
Film Editor: William Symon [episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-6]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson [episodes 1-6]
Sound: David Hughes, Tony Millier [episodes 1, 6]
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson and BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-6]
Costumes: Michael Burdle [episodes 1, 6]
Make-up: Jan Harrison [episodes 1, 6]
Visual Effects: Bernard Wilkie [episodes 1-6]
Designer: Tim Gleeson [episodes 1-6]
Production Assistant: Nicholas John
Assistant Floor Manager: Graeme Harper
Cast
Episode One
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
David Webb ([Eric] Leeson)
Sheila Grant (Jane Leeson)
Roy Skelton ([Wilfred] Norton)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
John Line (Martin)
Mitzi Webster (Mrs Martin)
Pat Gorman (primitive and voice)
John Scott Martin (robot)
Peter Forbes-Robertson, John Baker, Graham Leaman (Time Lords)
Episode Two
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Bernard Kay (Caldwell)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
Morris Perry (Captain Dent)
Tony Caunter ([First Officer] Morgan)
Roy Skelton ([Wilfred] Norton)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
John Herrington ([Jim] Holden)
Pat Gorman (primitive and voice)
John Scott Martin (robot)
Episode Three
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Bernard Kay (Caldwell)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
Morris Perry (Captain Dent)
Tony Caunter ([First Officer] Morgan)
Roy Skelton ([Wilfred] Norton)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
Stanley McGeagh (Allen)
Pat Gorman (Long)
John Scott Martin (robot)
Episode Four
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Bernard Kay (Caldwell)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
Morris Perry ([Captain] Dent)
Tony Caunter ([First Officer] Morgan)
Roy Skelton ([Wilfred] Norton)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
John Tordoff (Alec Leeson)
Norman Atkyns (guardian)
Pat Gorman (primitive)
Roy Heymann (alien priest)
Episode Five
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Bernard Kay (Caldwell)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
Morris Perry ([Captain] Dent)
Tony Caunter ([First Officer] Morgan)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
Pat Gorman (colonist)
Episode Six
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Bernard Kay (Caldwell)
Nicholas Pennell ([David] Winton)
John Ringham ([Robert] Ashe)
Morris Perry ([Captain] Dent)
Tony Caunter ([First Officer] Morgan)
Helen Worth (Mary Ashe)
Norman Atkyns (guardian)
Pat Gorman (primitive)
Roy Heymann (alien priest)
Uncredited
Stewart Anderson, Derek Chafer, Les Clarke, Emmet Henessy, John McGrath, Alan Peters, Greg Powell [primitives]
Stanley Mason, Antonia Moss [alien priests]
Bob Blaine, Monique Briant, John Caeser, Les Conrad, Ian Elliott, Charles Finch, Brian Gilmar, Ken Halliwell, Clay Hunter, Jay McGrath, Alan Peters, Charles Pickess [colonists]
Bob Blaine, Les Clarke, Brian Gilmar, Brian Justice, Keith Simon, Mike Stephens, Stewart Stephens, Terry Walsh [IMC guards]
L.W. Clark, Max Diamond, Billy Horrigan, Mike Horsburgh, Alf Joint, Valentino Musetti, Jay Neill, Dinny Powell, Barry Stephens, Walter Turner, Terry Walsh [extras]
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.36 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.208-211 – credits, synopsis, review
