Doctor Who Guide: The Ambassadors of Death

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode 5

Chart Position: 57 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 13 Mar 1970 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL Restor

The Doctor prepares to pilot the Recovery 7 ship into space, but Reegan sabotages the fuel supply which will send the Doctor into the sun.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw		Caroline John
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Quinlan		Dallas Cavell
Reegan		William Dysart
Ralph Cornish		Ronald Allen
Carrington		John Abineri
Lennox		Cyril Shaps
Astronaut		Ric Felgate
Astronaut		Steve Peters
Astronaut		Neville Simons
Flynn		Tony Harwood
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Private Parker		James Clayton
Control Room Assistant		Joanna Ross
Control Room Assistant		Carl Conway
Technician		Roy Scammell
(extra)		Geoffrey Brighty (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Barbara Faye (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Clive Rogers (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Dennis Hayward (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Keith Simons (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Paul Gilman (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Sally Avory (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		David Aldridge (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Douglas Roe (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		David Myerscough-Jones
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Action by		HAVOC
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Day
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Editor		Don Godden
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop