UK, 20 May 1972-24 June 1972
6 episodes, average 25m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Previous serial: The Mutants (1972)
Next serial: The Three Doctors (1972)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 9, episodes 21-26
A British television science fiction serial directed by Paul Bernard from scripts by Robert Sloman and an uncredited Barry Letts.
Premise
Posing as Professor Thascalos, The Master builds a device called TOMTIT (Transmission of Matter Through Interstitial Time) and uses it to try to gain control over Kronos, a creature that lives outside time. He uses timeslips created by TOMTIT to attack UNIT and flees back in time to Atlantis in search of the Crystal of Kronos. The Doctor and Jo give chase, hoping to prevent The Master from destroying Atlantis and capturing Kronos.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Paul Bernard [episodes 1-6]
© BBC 1972 [episodes 1-6]
BBC [episodes 1-6]
Producer: Barry Letts [episodes 1-6]
[Written] By: Robert Sloman [episodes 1-6]; Barry Letts *
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks [episodes 1-6]
Studio Lighting: Derek Hobday [episodes 1, 6]
Film Cameraman: Peter Hamilton [episodes 1-4, 6]
Film Editor: Martyn Day [episodes 1-4, 6]
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop [episodes 1-6]
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Music: Dudley Simpson [episodes 1-6]
Studio Sound: Tony Millier [episodes 1, 6]
Film Sound: Derek Medus [episodes 1-4, 6]
Special Sound: Dick Mills [episodes 1-6]
Costumes: Barbara Lane [episodes 1, 6]
Makeup: Joan Barrett [episodes 1, 6]
Visual Effects Designer: Michealjohn Harris [episodes 1-6]
Designer: Tim Gleeson [episodes 1-6]
Production Assistant: Marion McDougall *
Assistant Floor Manager: Rosemary Hester *
Cast
Episode One
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Wanda Moore (Dr Ruth Ingram)
Ian Collier (Stuart Hyde)
John Wyse (Dr Percival)
Neville Barber (Dr Cook)
Barry Ashton (Proctor)
Terry Walsh (window cleaner)
Episode Two
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Wanda Moore (Dr Ruth Ingram)
Ian Collier (Stuart Hyde)
John Wyse (Dr Percival)
Neville Barber (Dr Cook)
Barry Ashton (Proctor)
Donald Eccles (Krasis)
Aidan Murphy (Hippias)
Keith Dalton (Neophite)
Episode Three
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Wanda Moore (Dr Ruth Ingram)
Ian Collier (Stuart Hyde)
John Wyse (Dr Percival)
Simon Legree (Unit sergeant)
Donald Eccles (Krasis)
Marc Boyle (Kronos)
George Cormack (Dalios)
Aidan Murphy (Hippias)
Gregory Powell (knight)
Dave Carter (roundhead officer)
Episode Four
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Wanda Moore (Dr Ruth Ingram)
Ian Collier (Stuart Hyde)
Donald Eccles (Krasis)
Marc Boyle (Kronos)
George Lee (farmworker)
Simon Legree (Unit sergeant)
Episode Five
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
George Cormack (Dalios)
Ingrid Pitt (Galleia)
Donald Eccles (Krasis)
Aidan Murphy (Hippias)
Derek Murcott (Crito)
Susan Penhaligon (Lakis)
Michael Walker (Miseus)
Dave Prowse (minotaur)
Melville Jones (guard)
Episode Six
Jon Pertwee (Dr Who)
Roger Delgado (Master)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier [Alistair] Lethbridge Stewart)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Wanda Moore (Dr Ruth Ingram)
Ian Collier (Stuart Hyde)
George Cormack (Dalios)
Donald Eccles (Krasis)
Ingrid Pitt (Galleia)
Aidan Murphy (Hippias)
Derek Murcott (Crito)
Susan Penhaligon (Lakis)
Ingrid Bower (face of Kronos)
Marc Boyle (Kronos)
Dave Prowse (minotaur)
Michael Walker (Miseus)
Melville Jones (guard)
Uncredited
Darren Plant [baby Benton]
Richard Eden, Laurie Goode, Nick Hobbs, Christopher Holmes, Jonas Kerr, Geoffrey Morgan [guards]
Andrew Dempsey, Jamie Griffiths, Jeremy Higgins, Marc Landers [trumpeters/guards]
Yinka Abebiyi, George Gregney, Peter Johnson, Francis Williams [sedan carriers]
Edmund Bailey, Wilfred Boyle, Colin Cunningham, Reg Lloyd, Peter Penny, Bill Whitehead [elders]
Yvonne Ashley, Alison Daumler, Susan Patrice [serving girls]
Terry Walsh [double for the Minotaur]
Derek Allen, Bernard Barnsley, Stuart Barry, Paul Barton, Bob Blaine, Geoff Brighty, Les Conrad, Michael Deacon, Sylvia De La Mare, Ian Elliott, Brian Gilmar, Anthony Hennessey, Nick Hobbs, Eric Kent, Richard Kirk, James Muir, Valentino Musetti, R. Rickford, Mike Stephens, Reg Turner, Constance Williams, Nigel Winder [extras]
Links
Extracts included in
The Lively Arts: Whose Dr. Who (1977)
References
Periodicals
- Five Hundred Eyes no.5 (Summer 1990) – review (by Jonathan Burt)
- Oracle vol.3 no.9 (May 1981) – review (by J. Jeremy Bentham)
Books
- Doctor Who: The Handbook: The Third Doctor pp.111-115 – credits, synopsis, review
- Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.229-233 – credits, synopsis, review
