UK, 25 January 1969-1 March 1969
6 episodes, average 25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous serial: The Krotons (1968)
Next serial: The Space Pirates (1969)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 6, episodes 23-28
A British television science fiction serial directed by Michael Ferguson from scripts by Brian Hayles. Terrance Dicks rewrote the last four episodes though was not credited on screen.
Premise
The Doctor and his companions land on Earth in the future where all matter can be transmitted instantly anywhere in the world via T-Mat. The T-Mat is malfunctioning and The Doctor pilots a rocket to the moon to investigate. He encounters the Ice Warriors who are using T-Mat to send Martian pods to Earth to poison the atmosphere.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Michael Ferguson [episodes 1-6]
© [not given on screen] [episodes 1-6]
BBC [episodes 1-6]
Producer: Peter Bryant [episodes 1-6]
[Written] By: Brian Hayles [episodes 1-6], Terrance Dicks *
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks [episodes 1-6]
Studio Lighting: Howard King [uncredited 1Fred Wright is incorrectly credited on Episode Six]
Film Cameraman: Peter Hall [episode 6]
Film Editor: Martyn Day [episode 6]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-6]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music by: Dudley Simpson [episodes 1-6]
Sound: Bryan Forgham [episode 6]
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson [episode 6]
Costumes: Bobi Bartlett [episodes 1, 6]
Make-up: Sylvia James [episode 6]
Visual Effects Designed by: Bill King [episode 6], Trading Post [episode 6]
Designer: Paul Allen [episodes 1-6]
Production Assistant: Fiona Cumming *
Assistant Floor Manager: Trina Cornwell *
Technical Coordinator: Fred Wright *
Cast
Episode One
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
John Witty (computer voice)
Ric Felgate (Brent)
Harry Towb (Harry Osgood)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
Terry Scully (Fewsham)
Christopher Coll (Phipps)
Martin Cort (Locke)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Alan Bennion (Slaar)
Steve Peters (Ice Warrior)
Episode Two
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Alan Bennion (Slaar)
Martin Cort (Locke)
Christopher Coll (Phipps)
Terry Scully (Fewsham)
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
John Witty (computer voice)
Ric Felgate (Brent)
Tony Harwood, Steve Peters (Ice Warriors)
Episode Three
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Christopher Coll (Phipps)
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
Terry Scully (Fewsham)
Alan Bennion (Slaar)
Ric Felgate (Brent)
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
John Witty (computer voice)
Tony Harwood, Steve Peters (Ice Warriors)
Episode Four
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Ric Felgate (Brent)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Terry Scully (Fewsham)
Alan Bennion (Slaar)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
Christopher Coll (Phipps)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
John Witty (computer voice)
Derrick Slater (security guard)
Sonny Caldinez, Tony Harwood, Steve Peters (Ice Warriors)
Episode Five
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Terry Scully (Fewsham)
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Hugh Morton (Sir James Gregson)
Alan Bennion (Slaar)
John Witty (computer voice)
Graham Leaman (Grand Marshall)
Sonny Caldinez, Tony Harwood, Steve Peters (Ice Warriors)
Episode Six
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
John Witty (computer voice)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ([Commander Julian] Radnor)
Philip Ray ([Professor Daniel] Eldred)
Louise Pajo (Gia Kelly)
Graham Leaman (Grand Marshall)
Sonny Caldinez, Tony Harwood, Steve Peters (Ice Warriors)
Uncredited
Peter Whitaker [weather station operator]
Tommy Laird [double for The Doctor]
Monique Bryant, Derek Chafer, Alan Cuntz, Ernie Claydon, Edward Cogdell, Ron Conrad, Royston Farrell, Pat Gorman, Jimmy Haswell, Eric Kent, Crawford Lyle [technicians]
John Crease, Fred Clemson, Keith Goodman, Tony Hutchins, Phil Lundgren, Douglas Roe, Peter Roy, Derrick Slater [guards]
Alternative Titles
The Lords of the Red Planet – working title
Links
Extracts included in
Shades of Grey (2009)
The Doctor’s Composer: Dudley Simpson: Part One 1964-69 (2009)
The Lively Arts: Whose Dr. Who (1977)
Syvia James in Conversation (2009)
References
Books
- Doctor Who Program Guide 25th Anniverary Edition by James C. Armstrong Jr, Michael L. Brown p.29 – credits, episode list
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.165-168 – credits, synopsis, review
