Season 21 (1984)

Planet of Fire: Part One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Marcus

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Part One

7.40 Million

Part One

Series Episode Number: 615

First Broadcast: Thu 23 Feb 1984 - 06:41:16pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 26 seconds

Chart Position: 71

On the planet Sarn, the truth about the god Logar is being sought, while on Earth, Peri wants a break from her stepfather. But the Master has other plans for everyone...

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Perpugilliam Brown		Nicola Bryant
Turlough		Mark Strickson
Professor Howard Foster		Dallas Adams
Voice of Kamelion		Gerald Flood
Malkon		Edward Highmore
Timanov		Peter Wyngarde
Kamelion		Anthony Ainley
Curt		Michael Bangerter
Amyand		James Bate
Roskal		Jonathan Caplan
Sorasta		Barbara Shelley
Lookout		Simon Sutton

Production Team include uncredited
Production Unit Manager		June Collins
Assistant Floor Manager		Robert Evans
Writer		Peter Grimwade
Production Assistant		Claire Hughes Smith
Visual Effects Designer		Chris Lawson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Director		Fiona Cumming
Incidental Music		Peter Howell
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Costume Designer		John Peacock
Make-up Designer		Elizabeth Rowell
Studio Lighting		John Summers
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Designer		Malcolm Thornton
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Film Editor		Alastair Mitchell
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton

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