UK, 28 December 1968-18 January 1969
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous serial: The Invasion (1968)
Next serial: The Seeds of Death (1969)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 6, episodes 19-22
A British television science fiction serial directed by David Maloney from scripts by Robert Holmes.
Premise
On an alien world The Doctor and his companions encounter the Gonds, a race controlled by the crystalline Krotons, who exist in suspended animation. The Krotons need superior mental energy to reconstitute and The Doctor and Zoe can provide it.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: David Maloney [episodes 1-4]
© [not given on screen] [episodes 1-4]
BBC TV [episodes 1-4]
Producer: Peter Bryant [episodes 1-4]
[Written] By: Robert Holmes [episodes 1-4]
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks [episodes 1-4]
Lighting: Howard King [episode 4]
Film Cameraman: Alan Jonas [episode 4]
Film Editor: Martyn Day [episode 4]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-4]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Sound: John Holmes [episode 4]
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson, BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episode 4]
Costumes: Bobi Bartlett [episodes 1, 4]
Make-up: Sylvia James [episode 4]
Special Effects Designed by: Bill King (Trading Post) [episode 4]
Designer: Raymond London [episodes 1-4]
Production Assistant: Edwina Verner *
Assistant Floor Manager: David Tilley *
Cast
Episode One
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
James Copeland (Selris)
Terence Brown (Abu)
Madeleine Mills (Vana)
Gilbert Wynne (Thara)
Philip Madoc (Eelek)
Richard Ireson (Axus)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
James Cairncross (Beta)
Bronson Shaw (student)
Maurice Selwyn (custodian)
Roy Skelton (Kroton voices)
Episode Two
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
James Copeland (Selris)
Gilbert Wynne (Thara)
Madeleine Mills (Vana)
Robert La’Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons)
Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton voices)
Episode Three
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Robert La’Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
James Cairncross (Beta)
Philip Madoc (Eelek)
James Copeland (Selris)
Gilbert Wynne (Thara)
Madeleine Mills (Vana)
Richard Ireson (Axus)
Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton voices)
Episode Four
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Gilbert Wynne (Thara)
Madeleine Mills (Vana)
James Copeland (Selris)
Philip Madoc (Eelek)
Richard Ireson (Axus)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Robert La’Bassiere, Miles Northover (Krotons)
James Cairncross (Beta)
Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull (Kroton voices)
Uncredited
Keith Ashton, Ronnie Chance, Roger Charles, Justine Elliott, Robert Haywood, Alex Hood, Nick Hunter, Mark Johnson, Patricia Matthews, David Melbourne, Reg Nardi, Peter Rann, Nick Rutter, Sylvia Steele, Wendy Wilson [Gonds]
Links
Extracts included in
The Lively Arts: Whose Dr. Who (1977)
References
Periodicals
- Radio Times 4-10 January 1969 pp.4, 5 – illustrated credits, synopsis
Books
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.162-165 – credits, synopsis, review
