Doctor Who Guide: The Chase - The Planet of Decision

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The Planet of Decision

Series Episode Number: 77

World Premiere: Sat 26 Jun 1965 - 5:40pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 5 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 26 minutes 29 seconds

9.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 7 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 04 Jun 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor and his friends are taken prisoner by the Mechonoids. There they meet fellow prisoner, Steven Taylor. The Daleks break into the Mechonoid city and a battle commences.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Mechonoid Voice		David Graham
Mechonoid		Murphy Grumbar
Mechonoid		Jack Pitt
Mechonoid		John Scott Martin
with		Ken Tyllsen

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Richard Martin
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Designer		John Wood
Story Editor		Dennis Spooner
Lighting		Howard King
Studio Sound		Ray Angel
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham
Film Cameraman		Charles Parnell
Film Editor		Norman Matthews
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production Assistant		Alan Miller (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Clive Gifford (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Dickie Ashman (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Ian Strachan (uncredited)
Props Buyer		June Gillespie (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Patricia Dove (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)
Male Dresser		Bob Gale (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Barbara Cannell (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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