Season 9 (1972)

Day of the Daleks: Episode One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Marcus

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Episode One

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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 304

First Broadcast: Sat 01 Jan 1972 - 05:52:41pm
Running Time: 23 minutes 36 seconds

Chart Position: 36
Recorded on Mon 04 Oct 1971 in TC4
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

When Sir Reginald Styles claims to have seen a ghost, UNIT is called in. The Doctor and Jo spend the night at Styles' house and become the target of an assassin.

Characters
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Controller		Aubrey Woods
Anat		Anna Barry
Girl Technician		Deborah Brayshaw
Sir Reginald Styles		Wilfrid Carter
Guerilla		Tim Condren
Boaz		Scott Fredericks
Dalek Voice		Oliver Gilbert
UNIT Radio Operator		Gypsie Kemp
Miss Paget		Jean McFarlane
Dalek Voice		Peter Messaline
Shura		Jimmy Winston
Ogron		Maurice Bush
Dalek Operator		Murphy Grumbar
Ogron		Rick Lester
Dalek Operator		Ricky Newby
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Louis Marks
Director		Paul Bernard
Producer		Barry Letts
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Studio Lighting		Alan Horne
Costumes		Mary Husband
Fight Arranger		Rick Lester
Studio Sound		Tony Millier
Designer		David Myerscough-Jones
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Make-up		Heather Stewart
Visual Effects Designer		Jim Ward
Film Cameraman		Fred Hamilton
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden
Film Editor		Dan Rae
Production Assistant		Norman Stewart

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