Season 12 (1974-1975)

Robot: Part One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Marcus

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Part One

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 382

First Broadcast: Sat 28 Dec 1974 - 05:35:17pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 11 seconds

Appreciation Index: 53

Chart Position: 25
Recorded on Sat 01 Jun 1974 in TC3

UNIT are called in when top secret plans and valuable equipment is stolen from high security establishments. The newly regenerated Doctor suggests that the thief may not be human.

Characters
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Harry Sullivan		Ian Marter
Miss Winters		Patricia Maynard
Professor Kettlewell		Edward Burnham
Robot		Michael Kilgarriff
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Jellicoe		Alec Linstead
(extra)		David Melbourne
(extra)		John Scott Martin

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Barry Letts
Costume Designer		James Acheson
Make-up		Judy Clay
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Studio Sound		John Holmes
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Designer		Ian Rawnsley
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Studio Lighting		Nigel Wright
Production Assistant		Peter Grimwade
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Assistant Floor Manager		David Tilley

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