UK, 24 February 1973-3 March 1973
6 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Next Serial: Planet of the Daleks (1973)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 10, episode 9-14
A British television science fiction serial directed by Paul Bernard from scripts by Malcolm Hulke.
Premise
The TARDIS landed on a spaceship in the future which is attacked. The regal Draconians are blamed but the Doctor realises it is an old enemy the Ogrons. But behind it all lurks The Master.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Paul Bernard [episodes 1-6], David Maloney [uncredited – final moments of episode six only]
© BBC 1973 [episodes 1-6]
BBC [episodes 1-6]
Producer: Barry Letts [episodes 1-6]
[Written] By: Malcolm Hulke [episodes 1-6]
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks [episodes 1-6]
Lighting: Ralph Walton [episodes 1, 6]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-6]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music by: Dudley Simpson [episodes 1-6]
Sound: Brian Hiles [episodes 1, 6]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [episodes 1-6]
Costume Designer: Barbara Kidd [episodes 1, 6]
Make-up: Sandra Shepherd [episodes 1, 6]
Masks by: John Friedlander [episodes 1, 6]
Visual Effects Designers: Bernard Wilkie [episodes 1, 6], Rhys Jones [episodes 1, 6]
Designer: Cynthia Klujco [episodes 1-6]
Production Assistant: Nicholas John *
Assistant Floor Manager: John Bradburn *
Cast
Episode One
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Vera Fusek (President of Earth)
Michael Hawkins (General Williams)
Peter Birrel (Draconian prince)
Roy Lonnen (Gardiner)
Barry Ashton (Kemp)
John Rees (Hardy)
James Culliford (Stewart)
Louis Mahoney (newscaster)
Roy Pattison (Draconian space pilot)
Karol Hagar (secretary)
Episode Two
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Vera Fusek (President of Earth)
Michael Hawkins (General Williams)
Peter Birrel (Draconian prince)
Roy Lonnen (Gardiner)
Barry Ashton (Kemp)
John Rees (Hardy)
James Culliford (Stewart)
Louis Mahoney (newscaster)
Roy Pattison (Draconian space pilot)
Karol Hagar (secretary)
Episode Three
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Vera Fusek (President of Earth)
Michael Hawkins (General Williams)
Harold Goldblatt (Professor Dale)
Madhav Sharma (Patel)
Dennis Bowen (prison governor)
Richard Shaw (Cross)
Luan Peters (Sheila)
Caroline Hunt (technician)
Karol Hagar (secretary)
Laurence Harrington (lunar guard)
Episode Four
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Harold Goldblatt (Professor Dale)
Dennis Bowen (prison governor)
Richard Shaw (Cross)
Bill Wilde (Draconian captain)
Episode Five
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Vera Fusek (President of Earth)
Michael Hawkins (General Williams)
John Woodnutt (Draconian emperor)
Peter Birrel (Draconian prince)
Bill Wilde (Draconian captain)
Ian Frost (Draconian messenger)
Clifford Elkin (Earth cruiser captain)
Stephen Thorne (first Ogron)
Michael Kilgarriff (second Ogron)
Rick Lester (third Ogron)
Episode Six
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Vera Fusek (President of Earth)
Michael Hawkins (General Williams)
Peter Birrel (Draconian prince)
Ramsay Williams (Congressman Brook)
Bill Mitchell (second newscaster)
Stanley Price (pilot of space ship)
Stephen Thorne (first Ogron)
Michael Kilgarriff (second Ogron)
Rick Lester (third Ogron)
John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Murphy Grumbar (Daleks)
Michael Wisher (Dalek voice)
Uncredited
Bill Burridge [The Doctor as Draconian]
Dennis Plenty [battle cruiser guard]
Lawrence Davison [Draconian first secretary]
Timothy Craven [cell guard]
David Billa, Terry Denville, Emmett Hennessey, Derek Hunt, Ray Millar, Kevin Moran, Brian Nolan, Dennis Plenty, George Ribitt, Terry Sartain, Ken Wade, Geoff Witherick [Earth prison guards]
Bill Burridge, Terry Sartain [Draconian guards at embassy]
John Hughman, David Layton, Fred Looker, George McFarlane, John Moore, Clinton Morris, Michael Mulcaster, John St Louis, Steve Tierney, Wolf Van Jurgen, Ian Yardley [lunar guards and prisoners]
Nancy Gabrielee, Nelly Griffiths, Monika [female lunar prisoners]
Leslie Bates, Gary Dean, Laurence Held, Richard King [lunar guards]
Andy Devine, Bill Matthews [Draconian guards]
Pat Gorman [Sea Devil]
Leslie Bates, Richard King, Steve Tierney, David Waterman [Earth guards on Ogron planet]
Terry Walsh [Double for the Doctor]
Terry Denville, Jamie Griffin, Emmett Hennessey, Geoff Witherick [Presidential guards]
Maurice Bush, Steve Kelly, Maurice Purvis, Chris Stevens, Geoff Todd, Bruce Wells [Ogrons]
Leslie Bates, Rodney Cardiff, Jim Delaney, Pat Gorman, Jamie Griffin, Steve Ismay, Richard King, Clinton Morris, Stewart Myers, Steve Tierney,
Wolf Van Jurgen, Ken Wade [Draconians and Earth guards]
Alternative Titles
Frontiers in Space – working title
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.40 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.241-244 – credits, synopsis, review
