Doctor Who Guide: The Moonbase

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Episode 1

Series Episode Number: 149

World Premiere: Sat 11 Feb 1967 - 5:50pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 12 seconds

8.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 50 (UK)

Chart Position: 56 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 04 Feb 1967 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

The TARDIS lands on the Moon in 2070 and Jamie is injured during a spacewalk. The travellers are treated with suspicion at the weather control moonbase where a plague has struck.

Characters
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Ben		Michael Craze
Polly		Anneke Wills
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Hobson		Patrick Barr
Benoit		Andre Maranne
Nils		Michael Wolf
Sam		John Rolfe
Dr. Evans		Alan Rowe
Ralph		Mark Heath
Scientist		Barry Ashton
Scientist		Derek Calder
Scientist		Arnold Chazen
Scientist		Leon Maybank
Scientist		Victor Pemberton
Scientist		Edward Phillips
Scientist		Ron Pinnell
Scientist		Robin Scott
Scientist		Alan Wells
Cyberman		Sonnie Willis
Cyberman		John Wills

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Kit Pedler
Director		Morris Barry
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Colin Shaw
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Lighting		Dave Sydenham (uncredited)
Sound		Gordon Mackie (uncredited)
Costumes		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up		Jeanne Richmond (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Lovett Bickford (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Desmond McCarthy (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Ted Walter (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Dave Baumber (uncredited)

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