Season 7 (1970)

The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 6

Last Updated 28 Feb 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Episode 6

6.90 Million

Episode 6

Series Episode Number: 270

First Broadcast: Sat 25 Apr 1970 - 05:16:17pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 31 seconds

Appreciation Index: 61

Chart Position: 70
Recorded on Fri 20 Mar 1970 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: PAL Restor

On board a vast spacecraft, the Doctor meets the alien captain who demands the return of the three ambassadors sent to Earth or he will destroy the world.

Characters
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw		Caroline John
Ralph Cornish		Ronald Allen
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Carrington		John Abineri
Control Room Assistant		Carl Conway
Alien Space Captain		Peter Noel Cook
Reegan		William Dysart
Van Lyden		Ric Felgate
Alien		Ric Felgate
Alien Voice		Peter Halliday
Alien		Steve Peters
Alien		Steve Peters
Control Room Assistant		Joanna Ross
Michaels		Neville Simons
Alien		Neville Simons
UNIT Soldier		Max Faulkner

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Barry Letts
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Studio Sound		Brian Hiles
Designer		David Myerscough-Jones
Costumes		Christine Rawlins
Make-up		Marion Richards
Studio Lighting		Geoff Shaw
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Editor		Don Goddard
Assistant Floor Manager		Margot Hayhoe
Production Assistant		Nicholas John
Visual Effects Designer		Ian Scoones

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