Doctor Who Guide: Destiny of the Daleks

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 506

World Premiere: Sat 1 Sep 1979 - 6:13pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 11 Oct 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 3 seconds

13.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 02 Jul 1979 in Television Centre 3

The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro where the Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana discover that someone is digging deep beneath the planet's surface.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Tyssan		Tim Barlow
Commander Sharrel		Peter Straker
Agella		Suzanne Danielle
Lan		Tony Osoba
Dalek Operator		Cy Town
Dalek Operator		Mike Mungarvan
Dalek Voice		Roy Skelton

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Ken Grieve
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Ken Ledsham
Design Assistant		Rob Harris (uncredited)
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Costume Designer		June Hudson
Make-up Artist		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Make-Up Assistant		Margaret McGreen (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Susan O'Mahony (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Catherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Lesley Bond (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Caroline Becker (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Logan
Visual Effects Assistant		Ken Bomphray (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Steve Lucas (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Barbara Horne (uncredited)
K9 Operator		Steve Cambden (uncredited)
Electronic Effects		Dave Jervis
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Video-tape Editor		Alan Goddard
Studio Lighting		John Dixon
Studio Sound		Clive Gifford
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Technical Manager		John Dean
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Film Cameraman		Phil Law
Film Cameraman		Kevin Rowley
Steadycam		Fred Hamilton
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Roger Twyman (uncredited)
Lighting Gaffer		Monty Smart (uncredited)
Grips		Ian McNally (uncredited)
Film Recordist		Graham Bedwell
Film Op Chargehand		John Richardson (uncredited)
Film Editor		Dick Allen
Production Assistant		Henry Foster
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Director's Assistant		Roz Berrystone
Assistant Floor Manager		David Tilley
Assistant Floor Manager		Antony Root (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Barbara Jones (uncredited)
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)