UK, 8 March 1969-12 April 1969
4 episodes, average 25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous serial: The Seeds of Death (1969)
Next serial: The War Games (1969)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 6, episodes 29-32
A British television science fiction serial directed by Michael Hart from scripts by Robert Holmes. Only one episode, the second, is know to have survived.
Premise
A space beacon launched by Earth in the future is attacked by space pirates. The Doctor and his companions become trapped in a sealed off section which is taken by the pirates as plunder. The pirates are pursued by the interstellar space corps.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Michael Hart
BBC
Producer: Peter Bryant
Script: Robert Holmes
Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin
Studio Lighting: Peter Winn
Film Camera: Peter Hall
Film Editor: Martyn Day
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
Vocals: Mary Thomas
Sound: David Hughes
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson
Costumes: Nicholas Bullen
Make-up: Sylvia James, Sallie Evans
Visual Effects: John Wood
Designer: Ian Watson
Production Assistant: Snowy Lidiard-White
Assistant Floor Manager: Liam Foster
Cast
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie [McCrimmon])
Wendy Padbury (Zoe [Heriot])
Jack May (General Nicolai Hermack)
Donald Gee (Major Ian Warne)
George Layton (Technician Penn)
Dudley Foster (Maurice Caven)
Brian Peck (Dervish)
Nik Zaran (Lt Sorba)
Anthony Donovan (space guard)
Gordon Gostelow (Milo Clancey)
Lisa Daniely (Madelein Issigri)
Steve Peters (pirate guard)
Esmond Knight (Dom Issigri)
Uncredited
Tom Laird [double for the Doctor]
Valerie Stanton [Issigri HQ secretary]
John Caeser, Edward Cogdell, Leslie Conrad, Bill Richards [pirate guards]
Terry Nelson, Tom Segal, Neville Simons [Space Corps technicians]
Alf Coster, Tony Hutchins, Clive Rogers, Peter Roy, Neville Simons, Ray Turton [Space Corps guards]
Derek Chafer, James Haswell, Paul Kirby [walks-ons and non-speaking artists]
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.168-70 – credits, synopsis, review
