Last updated 24 March 2024


Episode 3

Series Episode Number: 133

World Premiere: Sat 22 Oct 1966 - 5:54pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 31 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 48 (UK)

Chart Position: 46 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 01 Oct 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Determined to stop the Cybermen and the energy drain, General Cutler prepares to launch the deadly Z-bomb. Ben and Polly desperately try to stop the launch as the countdown begins.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoWilliam Hartnell (credit only)Info
General CutlerRobert Beatty
Radar TechnicianChristopher Matthews
Radar TechnicianChristopher Durham
PollyAnneke Wills
BenMichael Craze
BarclayDavid Dodimead
DysonDudley Jones
Terry CutlerCallen Angelo
WignerSteve Plytas
Geneva TechnicianEileen Cullen
T.V. AnnouncerGlenn Beck
Cyberman VoiceRoy Skelton (uncredited)
Stand-in for William HartnellGordon Craig (uncredited)
Solider BNick Hilton (uncredited)
CorporalAlec Coleman (uncredited)
Engineer 1Freddie Eldrett (uncredited)
Engineer 2Roy Pierce (uncredited)
OfficerChris Konyils (uncredited)
OfficerStanley Davies (uncredited)
Technician 1Richard Lawrence (uncredited)
Technician 2Morris Quick (uncredited)
Technician 3Bill Gosling (uncredited)
Technician 4Gordon Lang (uncredited)
Stand in for Michael CrazePeter Pocook (uncredited)
Cyberman (Jarl)Reg Whitehead (uncredited)
Cyberman (Krang)Harry Brooks (uncredited)
Cyberman (Gern)Gregg Palmor (uncredited)
CybermanBruce Wells (uncredited)
CybermanJohn Haines (uncredited)
CybermanJohn Knott (uncredited)
Soldier CFreddie Eldrett (uncredited)
Soldier DRoy Pierce (uncredited)



Additional Details


List:
Records on Film
Records Dubbed
Film Sequences Used

Space Adventure (Martin Slavin) 40"

Normin Ramin Chappell C812A

 

Power Drill (Douglas Gamley) 30"

Wind and Percussion Ensemble Chappell C754A

Drama in Minature Part 2 (John Denis) 1'30"

Wind and Percussion Ensemble Chappell C736B

Drumdramatic NO 10 (Robert Farnon) 25"

Perciussion Ensemble C809A

 

BBC Stock Film

Footage:  28' sound 35mm (titles)

19' silent 35mm (jets expiring)

BBC Specially Shot

83' sound 35mm 

94' sound 35mm

69' silent 35mm

All the exteriors were shot on film on Stage 3 of the BBC's Ealing Studios from Tuesday 30 August to Friday 2 September 1966.