Doctor Who Guide: The Masque of Mandragora

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 430

World Premiere: Sat 18 Sep 1976 - 6:11pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 7 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 34 seconds

9.20 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 29 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 24 May 1976 in TC3

Tempted by the promises of ultimate power offered by Mandragora, Hieronymous plots to eliminate the threat posed by the Doctor and uses an unwitting Sarah as his weapon.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Giuliano		Gareth Armstrong
Marco		Tim Pigott-Smith
Captain Rossini		Antony Carrick
High Priest		Robert James
Hieronymous		Norman Jones
Count Federico		Jon Laurimore
Brother		Brian Ellis

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Louis Marks
Director		Rodney Bennett
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Barry Newbery
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Costume Designer		James Acheson
Make-up Artist		Jan Harrison
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Recordist		Hugh Cleverley
Film Editor		Clare Douglas
Studio Lighting		Dennis Channon
Studio Sound		Colin Dixon
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Visual Effects Designer		Ian Scoones
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Production Assistant		Thea Murray
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Assistant Floor Manager		Linda Graeme (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Jim Burge (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Henry Barber (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Graham Giles (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Don Slater (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Dave White (uncredited)
Back Projection		John Hickman (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Ian Brindle (uncredited)
Effects Assistant		Ken Bomphray (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Dave Chapman (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Terry Elms (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Suzanne Jansen (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Christine Wheeler (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Vivian Riley (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Les McCallum (uncredited)
Design Assistant		John Neild (uncredited)
Facilities Bookings		Jennie Betts (uncredited)
Armourer		Alf Trustrum (uncredited)
Armourer		Jack Wells (uncredited)
Draughtsman		Grace Bryan-Brown (uncredited)
Draughtsman		Shelagh Lawson (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Nansi Davies (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Hazel Marriott (uncredited)
Dresser		Mervin Bezar (uncredited)
Dresser		Michael Purcell (uncredited)
Dresser		Tessa Spendlove (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Roger Wood (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Val Woodford (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Ann Rickard (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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