UK, 27 April 1968-1 June 1968
25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Previous Serial: Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (1968)
Next Serial: Doctor Who: The Dominators (1968)
Series: Doctor Who (1963-1989) – series 5, episodes 35-40
A British television science fiction serial directed by Tristran de Vere Cole. It marks the first appearance of new companion Zoe Heriot played by Wendy Padbury. Although her predecessor, Victoria Waterfield had left at the end of the previous story, Fury from the Deep (1968), actress Deborah Watling is still credited in episode 1 as she appears in a recap of the previous episode. Jamie refers to The Doctor as “John Smith”, the first time the pseudonym is used. Only two episodes are thought to have survived.
Plot Summary
The TARDIS materialises on board the spaceship Silver Carrier. After being attacked by a servo robot, Jamie contacts a nearby space station, The Wheel and he and The Doctor are rescued. But the Cybermen are lurking nearby, dispatching Cybermats into The Wheel which they hope to seize and use as a beacon for their invasion fleet heading towards the Earth.
Credits
Crew
Director: Tristran de Vere Cole
BBC
Producer: Peter Bryant
Script: David Whitaker
Story: Kit Pedlar
Story Editor: Derrick Sherwin
Studio Lighting: Michael Jefferies
Film Camera: Jimmy Court
Film Editor: Ron Fry
Title Music by: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged by: Delia Derbyshire *
Incidental Music: Brian Hodgson, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Studio Sound: John Holmes
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson
Costumes: Martin Baugh
Make-up: Sylvia James
Designer: Derek Dodd
Production Assistant: Ian Strachan
Assistant Floor Manager: Marcia Wheeler
Cast
Episode 1
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Freddie Foote (servo robot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Anne Riddler (Dr Gemma Corwyn)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Episode 2
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Anne Riddler (Dr Gemma Corwyn)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Kenneth Watson (Bill Duggan)
Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)
Derrick Gilbert (Armand Vallance)
Kervork Malikyan (Kemel Rudkin)
Peter Laird (Chang)
James Mellor (Sean Flannigan)
Jerry Holmes (Cyberman)
Episode 3
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Anne Riddler (Dr Gemma Corwyn)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Kenneth Watson (Bill Duggan)
Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)
Derrick Gilbert (Armand Vallance)
Kervork Malikyan (Kemel Rudkin)
Peter Laird (Chang)
James Mellor (Sean Flannigan)
Jerry Holmes, Gordon Stothard (Cybermen)
Peter Hawkins, Roy Skelton (Cybermen voices)
Episode 4
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Anne Riddler (Dr Gemma Corwyn)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Kenneth Watson (Bill Duggan)
Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)
Derrick Gilbert (Armand Vallance)
Peter Laird (Chang)
James Mellor (Sean Flannigan)
Jerry Holmes, Gordon Stothard (Cybermen)
Peter Hawkins, Roy Skelton (Cybermen voices)
Episode 5
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Anne Riddler (Dr Gemma Corwyn)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Michael Goldie (Elton Laleham)
Derrick Gilbert (Armand Vallance)
James Mellor (Sean Flannigan)
Jerry Holmes, Gordon Stothard (Cybermen)
Peter Hawkins, Roy Skelton (Cybermen voices)
Episode 6
Patrick Troughton (Dr Who)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon)
Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot)
Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan)
Clare Jenkins (Tanya Lernov)
Michael Turner (Jarvis Bennett)
Donald Sumpter (Enrico Casali)
Derrick Gilbert (Armand Vallance)
James Mellor (Sean Flannigan)
Jerry Holmes, Gordon Stothard (Cybermen)
Peter Hawkins, Roy Skelton (Cybermen voices)
Uncredited
Chris Jeffries [double For The Doctor]
Dorothy Ford [Gemma Corwyn's corpse]
Yinka Adbeyi, Harry Fielder, Ken Gibson, Tony Harwood, Chris Konyils, Angela March, Gordon Pitt, Kenn Senton, Dorothy Su, John Taylor [extras]
Alternative Titles
The Space Wheel – working title
Links
Extracts included in
Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils (2008)
References
Periodicals
Doctor Who: The Complete History vol.12 pp.48-89 – illustrated article (by Andrew Pixley et al)
Books
Doctor Who: The Handbook: The Second Doctor by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker pp.136-143 – credits, synopsis, review
Doctor Who: The Television Companion by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker pp.146-150 – credits, synopsis, review
