Season 3 (1965-1966)

The Daleks' Master Plan: Day of Armageddon

Last Updated 28 Feb 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Day of Armageddon

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Day of Armageddon

Series Episode Number: 92

First Broadcast: Sat 20 Nov 1965 - 05:50:18pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 25 seconds

Appreciation Index: 52

Chart Position: 31
Recorded on Fri 29 Oct 1965 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Disguised as one of the members of the Dalek alliance, the Doctor discovers that the Daleks have built a deadly weapon known as the Time Destructor.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Katarina		Adrienne Hill
Steven		Peter Purves
Mavic Chen		Kevin Stoney
Trantis		Roy Evans
Zephon		Julian Sherrier
Dalek Voice		David Graham
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		John Wiles
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Designer		Raymond P. Cusick
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Film Editor		Keith Raven
Production Assistant		Viktors Ritelis
Fight Arranger		Derek Ware

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