UK, 30 August 1975-20 September 1975
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Next Serial: Planet of Evil (1975)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 13, episode 1-4
A British television science fiction serial directed by Douglas Camfield from scripts by Robert Banks Stewart.
Premise
The Brigadier contacts The Doctor requesting his help as there have been a number of attacks on North Sea oil rigs.The attacks are controlled by alien invaders, the Zygons who plan to take over the world from their base in Loch Ness.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Douglas Camfield [parts 1-4]
© BBC 1975 [parts 1-4]
BBC [parts 1-4]
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe [parts 1-4]
Production Unit Manager: George Gallaccio [parts 1-4]
[Written] By: Robert Banks Stewart [parts 1-4]
Script Editor: Robert Holmes [parts 1-4]
Studio Lighting: John Dixon [parts 1-4]
Film Cameraman: Peter Hall [parts 1-4]
Film Editor: Ian McKendrick [parts 1-4]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer & BBC Radiophonic Workshop [parts 1-4]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music by: Geoffrey Burgon [parts 1-4]
Studio Sound: Michael McCarthy [parts 1-4]
Film Sound: John Tellick [parts 1-4]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [parts 1-4]
Costume Designer: James Acheson (I) [parts 1-4]
Make-up: Sylvia James [parts 1-4]
Visual Effects Designer: John Horton [parts 1-4]
Title Sequence: Bernard Lodge [parts 1-4]
Designer: Nigel Curzon [parts 1-4]
Production Assistant: Edwina Craze [parts 1-4]
Assistant Floor Manager: Rosemary Webb *
Cast
Part One
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
John Woodnutt (Duke of Forgill)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
John Levene (RSM Benton)
Lillias Walker (Sister Lamont)
Robert Russell (The Caber)
Angus Lennie (Angus [Ferguson McRannald])
Tony Sibbald (Huckle)
Hugh Martin (Munro)
Bruce Wightman (radio operator)
Keith Ashley (Zygon)
Part Two
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
John Woodnutt (Duke of Forgill)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
John Levene (RSM Benton)
Lillias Walker (Sister Lamont)
Robert Russell (The Caber)
Tony Sibbald (Huckle)
Bernard G. High (corporal)
Keith Ashley, Ronald Gough (Zygons)
Part Three
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
John Woodnutt (Duke of Forgill)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Lillias Walker (Sister Lamont)
Robert Russell (The Caber)
John Levene (RSM Benton)
Angus Lennie (Angus [Ferguson McRannald])
Peter Symonds (soldier)
Keith Ashley, Ronald Gough (Zygons)
Part Four
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan)
John Woodnutt (Duke of Forgill)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Lillias Walker (Sister Lamont)
Robert Russell (The Caber)
John Levene (RSM Benton)
Keith Ashley, Ronald Gough (Zygons)
Uncredited
Alan Clements, Roland Geall, Patrick Ginter, James Muir, David Selby, Barry Summerford [soldiers]
Robert Russell, Lillias Walker [additional Zygon voices]
Alternative Titles
Loch Ness – working title
The Loch Ness Monster – working title
The Loch Ness Terror – working title
Secret of Loch Ness – working title
The Secret of Loch Ness – working title
The Zygons – working title
Links
Extracts included in
The Lively Arts: Whose Dr. Who (1977)
This Is Your Life: Tom Baker (2000)
References
Periodicals
- Shivers no.53 p.48 – illustrated laserdisc review
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.47 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.286-289 – credits, synopsis, review
