Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Five

Series Episode Number: 380

World Premiere: Sat 1 Jun 1974 - 5:36pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 12 Dec 2014 - 8:00pm EST [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 1 seconds

9.20 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 19 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 30 Apr 1974 in TC1 TC6 TC8
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor in the TARDIS.There they meet K'anpo,the Doctor's Time Lord guru who has the Metebelis crystal.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterRobert Sloman
WriterBarry Letts (uncredited)
DirectorBarry Letts
ProducerBarry Letts (uncredited)
DesignerRochelle Selwyn
Script EditorTerrance Dicks
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Special SoundDick Mills
Title MusicRon Grainer
Title Music BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title SequenceBernard Lodge
Studio LightingRalph Walton (uncredited)
Studio SoundJohn Holmes (uncredited)
Costume DesignerL Rowland-Warne (uncredited)
Make-upDeanne Turner (uncredited)
Visual Effects DesignerBernard Wilkie (uncredited)
Production Unit ManagerGeorge Gallaccio (uncredited)
Technical ManagerTommy Dawson (uncredited)
Vision MixerNick Lake (uncredited)
Grams OperatorAndrew Hunter (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerGraeme Harper (uncredited)
Production AssistantMarion McDougall (uncredited)
Floor AssistantGeoffrey Posner (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantIan Scoones (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantRichard Conway (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantSteve Bowman (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantMat Irvine (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantSheelagh Wells (uncredited)
Director's AssistantHeather Dunthorne (uncredited)
Inlay OperatorDave Chapman (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)