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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 285

World Premiere: Sat 13 Feb 1971 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 11 Nov 1975 - 6:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

7.50 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 70 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 05 Dec 1970 in Television Centre 8
Archive State: 16mm t/r



The Master is behind the Keller Machine and uses it to recruit the rioting inmates at Stangmoor Prison. He plans to capture a missile and fire it at the World Peace Conference.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterDon Houghton
DirectorTimothy Combe
ProducerBarry Letts
DesignerRaymond London
Script EditorTerrance Dicks
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
and BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Studio LightingEric Monk (uncredited)
Studio SoundChick Anthony (uncredited)
CostumesBobi Bartlett (uncredited)
Make-upJan Harrison (uncredited)
Visual Effects DesignerJim Ward
Film CameramanMax Samett
Film CameramanFred Hamilton
Film EditorHoward Billingham
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Title MusicRon Grainer
and BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production AssistantJohn Griffiths (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerSue Hedden (uncredited)
Technical ManagerGraham Southcote (uncredited)
Vision MixerMike Catherwood (uncredited)
Floor AssistantJohn O'Shaughnessy (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)
Videotape EditorSam Upton (uncredited)
Videotape EditorRoger Harvey (uncredited)
Director's AssistantJohn Elliott (uncredited)