Season 9 (1972)

The Mutants: Episode One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Episode One

9.10 Million

Episode One

Series Episode Number: 318

First Broadcast: Sat 08 Apr 1972 - 05:51:21pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 25 seconds

Chart Position: 29
Recorded on Mon 28 Feb 1972 in TC4
Archive State: RSC conver

The Time Lords send the Doctor to a Skybase above the planet Solos in the 30th Century. The Marshal of the Skybase is determined to prevent Solos achieving independence from Earth.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Marshal		Paul Whitsun-Jones
Stubbs		Christopher Coll
Ky		Garrick Hagon
Cotton		Rick James
Varan		James Mellor
Administrator		Geoffrey Palmer
Varan's Son		Jonathan Sherwood

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Barry Letts
Costumes		James Acheson
Make-up		Joan Barrett
Designer		Jeremy Bear
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Studio Lighting		Frank Cresswell
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Visual Effects Designer		John Horton
Studio Sound		Tony Millier
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Fight Arranger		Terry Walsh
Production Assistant		Fiona Cumming
Film Cameraman		Fred Hamilton
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden
Film Editor		Dave King

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