Last updated 09 January 2020


Part One

Part One



World Premiere: Fri 12 Mar 1999 - 9:00pm CET [BBC Entertainment (Europe)] (Europe)
First Broadcast: Fri 12 Mar 1999 - 8:11pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 5 minutes 40 seconds

9.80 Million (UK)



Recorded in Pinewood Studios
BBC Genome Project: see entry



Doctor Who and The Curse of Fatal Death was originally broadcast as part of the 1999 Comic Relief charity evening on BBC1, shown in four short segments over the evening. Subsequently it was released on VHS simply as The Curse of Fatal Death, and was compiled into two parts.

Production Team
DirectorJohn Henderson
WriterSteven Moffat
ContinuityLorraine Anderson
EditorNick Arthurs
Incidental MusicMark AyresInfo
ElectricianPaul Barlow
RunnerCharlotte Browne
Assistant CameraStuart Clayton
ElectricianDick Crane
Stunt coordinatorGabe Cronnelly
Executive ProducerRichard Curtis
Makeup ArtistJulie Dartnall
Props MasterPaul Emerson
Camera OperatorMartin Foley
Makeup ArtistMandy Gold
WardrobeClare Grant
Costume DesignerRebecca Hale
Key GripRay Hall
Camera OperatorJamie Harcourt
Assistant CameraDavid Hedges
Director of PhotographyChris Howard
Standby CarpenterPhil John
DesignerSimon Kimmel
1st Assistant DirectorTim Lewis
Production ManagerAlison MacPhail
GafferColin McCarthy
Special EffectsAndy McVean
Sound EditorPhilip Meehan
Sound RecordistJohn Midgley
Art DirectorSarah Milton
Boom OperatorClive Osbourne
ElectricianMartin Plumley
Boom OperatorJune Prinz
GripDarren Quinn
Second Assistant DirectorSharon Ricketts
Makeup DesignerJan Sewell
Production AccountantDebbie Somerville
Casting DirectorSamantha Taylor
Visual Effects Designer The Mill
ProducerSue Vertue
Production BuyerBobby Warrans