Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Three

Series Episode Number: 532

World Premiere: Sat 11 Oct 1980 - 5:42pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Sep 2017 - 5:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 21 minutes 19 seconds

4.70 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 129 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 10 Jul 1980 in Television Centre 3



Meglos escapes with the Dodecahedron and the Doctor is mistakenly held responsible for the theft. He is sentenced to a gruesome death as punishment for his crime.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterJohn Flanagan
WriterAndrew McCulloch
DirectorTerence Dudley
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive ProducerBarry Letts
DesignerPhilip Lindley
Script EditorChristopher H Bidmead
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerJune Hudson
Make-up ArtistCecile Hay-Arthur
Studio LightingBert Postlethwaite
Studio SoundJohn Holmes
Technical ManagerBrendan Carr
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorSam Upton
Visual Effects DesignerSteven Drewett
Video EffectsDavid Jervis
Vision MixerGraham Giles
Production AssistantMarilyn Gold
Production Unit ManagerAngela Smith
Director's AssistantHermione Stewart
Director's AssistantKaren Loxton (uncredited)Info
Assistant Floor ManagerVal McCrimmon
Assistant Floor ManagerAlex Bridcut (uncredited)Info
Incidental MusicPeter Howell
Special SoundDick Mills
K9 OperatorSteve Cambden (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Floor AssistantAlan Sandbrook (uncredited)
Grams OperatorAndrew Hunter (uncredited)
Show Working SupervisorChick Hetherington (uncredited)
Costume AssistantSarah Leigh (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantCatherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantMargaret Magee (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJan Lee (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJanet Philips (uncredited)
Design AssistantMary Greaves (uncredited)