Last updated 23 March 2024


Part One

Series Episode Number: 682

World Premiere: Wed 6 Sep 1989 - 7:35pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 6 Jul 2015 - 10:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 6 seconds

3.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 102 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 31 May 1989 in Television Centre 3



As UNIT are transporting a nuclear warhead around Carbury, knights in armour arrive to continue waging a war that began thousands of years ago, but in a wholly different dimension.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterBen Aaronovitch
DirectorMichael Kerrigan
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerMartin Collins
Script EditorAndrew Cartmel
Production Unit ManagerJune Collins
Costume DesignerAnushia Nieradzik
Make-up DesignerJuliette Mayer
Studio LightingDavid Lock
Studio SoundScott Talbott
Technical CoordinatorRichard Wilson
Camera SupervisorGeoff Clark
Videotape EditorHugh Parson
Props BuyerSara Richardson
Visual Effects DesignerDave Bezkorowajny
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerDiana Long
Graphic DesignerOliver Elmes
OB LightingIan Dow
Technical Manager(TM2)Brian Jones
OB SoundMartin Broadfoot
OB CamermanPaul Harding
OB CamermanAlan Jessop
Production ManagerRiitta Lynn
Production AssistantRosemary Parsons
Assistant Floor ManagerMatthew Purves
Assistant Floor ManagerJulian Herne
Title MusicRon Grainer
Incidental MusicKeff McCulloch
Special SoundDick Mills
Stunt ArrangerAlf Joint
Title Music ArrangerKeff McCulloch (uncredited)
Special PropsStephen Mansfield (uncredited)
Special PropsSusan Moore (uncredited)