Doctor Who Guide: The Mutants

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Episode Five

Series Episode Number: 322

World Premiere: Sat 6 May 1972 - 5:51pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 3 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 37 seconds

Chart Position: 44 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 27 Mar 1972 in TC3
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

With Jo held prisoner, the Doctor is forced to work for the Marshal. The Earth Investigator's ship prepares to dock at Skybase.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Marshal		Paul Whitsun-Jones
Ky		Garrick Hagon
Stubbs		Christopher Coll
Cotton		Rick James
Jaeger		George Pravda
Sondergaard		John Hollis
Skybase Guard		Martin Taylor
Solos Guard		Damon Sanders
Mutt		John Scott Martin

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Jeremy Bear
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Visual Effects Designer		John Horton
Film Cameraman		Fred Hamilton
Film Sound		Dick Manton
Film Editor		Dave King
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Studio Lighting		Frank Cresswell (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Tony Millier (uncredited)
Costumes		James Acheson (uncredited)
Make-up		Joan Barrett (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Terry Walsh (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Fiona Cumming (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Assistant		Joan Elliott (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Phillip Hall (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Michael Turner (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Clive Leighton (uncredited)