Doctor Who Guide: The Faceless Ones

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Episode 5

Series Episode Number: 161

World Premiere: Sat 6 May 1967 - 5:52pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 34 seconds

7.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 39 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 29 Apr 1967 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

The Doctor fears for the safety of Jamie who is a prisoner of the Chameleons in their space station. The Doctor smuggles himself aboard the next Chameleon Tours flight.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jean Rock		Wanda Ventham
Commandant		Colin Gordon
Ann Davidson		Gilly Fraser
Blade		Donald Pickering
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Meadows		George Selway
Samantha Briggs		Pauline Collins
Nurse Pinto		Madalena Nicol
Spencer		Victor Winding
Crossland		Bernard Kay
Heslington		Barry Wilsher
Jenkins		Christopher Tranchell
Airport Sergeant		Peter Roy

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Ellis
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Director		Gerry Mill
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Associate Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Geoffrey Kirkland
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costumes		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up		Gillian James (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Sound		Gordon Mackie (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Tony Imi (uncredited)
Film Editor		Chris Hayden (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Marlborough (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Richard Brooks (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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