UK, 27 September 1975-18 October 1975
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Terror of the Zygons (1975)
Next Serial: Pyramids of Mars (1975)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 13, episode 5-8
A British television science fiction serial directed by David Maloney from scripts by Louis Marks.
Premise
After receiving a distress signal The Doctor and Sarah Jane discover that a survey team on Zeta Minor have all been killed bar its leader. A military group arrive to investigate and are embroiled as the killer is revelealed as an anti-matter monster that infects humans.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: David Maloney [part 1-4]
© BBC 1975 [parts 1-4]
BBC [part 1-4]
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe [part 1-4]
Production Unit Manager: Janet Radenkovic [parts 1-4]
[Written] By: Louis Marks [part 1-4]
Script Editor: Robert Holmes [part 1-4]
Studio Lighting: Brian Clemett [parts 1-4]
Film Cameramen: Kenneth MacMillan [parts 1, 2, 3], Stan Speel [parts 1-4]
Film Editor: M.A.C. Adams|Mike Adams [parts 1] [parts 2-4 (as M.A.C. Adams)]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer & BBC Radiophonic Workshop [parts 1-4]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music by: Dudley Simpson [parts 1-4]
Studio Sound: Tony Millier [parts 1-4]
Film Sound: Colin March [parts 1, 2]
Special Sound: Peter Howell [parts 1-4]
Costume Designer: Andrew Rose [parts 1-4]
Make-up: Jenny Shircore [parts 1-4]
Visual Effects Designer: Dave Havard [parts 1-4]
Title Sequence: Bernard Lodge [parts 1-4]
Designer: Roger Murray-Leach [parts 1-4]
Production Assistant: Malachy Shaw Jones [parts 1-4]
Assistant Floor Manager: Karilyn Collier *
Cast
Part One
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Frederick Jaeger (Sorenson)
Ewen Solon (Vishinsky)
Prentis Hancock (Salamar)
Graham Weston (De Haan)
Louis Mahoney (Ponti)
Michael Wisher (Morelli)
Terence Brook (Braun)
Tony McEwan (Baldwin)
Haydn Wood (O’Hara)
Part Two
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Frederick Jaeger (Sorenson)
Ewen Solon (Vishinsky)
Prentis Hancock (Salamar)
Louis Mahoney (Ponti)
Graham Weston (De Haan)
Michael Wisher (Morelli)
Haydn Wood (O’Hara)
Part Three
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Frederick Jaeger (Sorenson)
Ewen Solon (Vishinsky)
Prentis Hancock (Salamar)
Graham Weston (De Haan)
Michael Wisher (Morelli)
Melvyn Bedford (Reig)
Part Four
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Frederick Jaeger (Sorenson)
Ewen Solon (Vishinsky)
Melvyn Bedford (Reig)
Uncredited
Mike Lee Lane [monster]
Tony McEwan [Baldwin]
Michael Wisher [Crewleader Ranjit]
Ray Knight, Douglas Stark [Sorenson monsters]
Alfred Coster, Richard Eden, Max Faulkner, Julian Hudson, David Rolfe, Terry Walsh [Morestrans]
Terry Walsh [double for The Doctor and Sorenson]
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.48 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.289-292 – credits, synopsis, review
