Doctor Who Guide: The Daleks' Master Plan

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Coronas of the Sun

Series Episode Number: 96

World Premiere: Sat 18 Dec 1965 - 5:48pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 45 seconds

9.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 56 (UK)

Chart Position: 40 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 26 Nov 1965 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: Missing

Forced to return to the planet Kembel, the Doctor tries to fool the Daleks and their allies by giving them a fake taranium core � but will the Daleks see through the ruse?

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Sara Kingdom		Jean Marsh
Mavic Chen		Kevin Stoney
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Dennis Spooner
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Script Editor		Donald Tosh
Costume Designer		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Designer		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Keith Raven (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Viktors Ritelis (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Derek Ware (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Daleks created by		Terry Nation (uncredited)

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Coronas of the Sun

9.10 Million (UK)

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