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Crater of Needles

Series Episode Number: 61

World Premiere: Sat 6 Mar 1965 - 5:39pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Aug 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 25 minutes 50 seconds

13.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 9 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 12 Feb 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Ian and Vrestin fall into caverns beneath the surface of Vortis and encounter the Optera. The Doctor finds the landing site of the Menoptra, and the Zarbi prepare to ambush them.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Vrestin		Roslyn de Winter
Hrostar		Arne Gordon
Prapillus		Jolyon Booth
Hlynia		Jocelyn Birdsall
Hilio		Martin Jarvis
Insect movement by		Roslyn de Winter
Hetra		Ian Thompson
Nemini		Barbara Joss
Zarbi Operator		Robert Jewell
Zarbi Operator		Hugh Lund
Zarbi Operator		Kevin Manser
Zarbi Operator		Jack Pitt
Zarbi Operator		John Scott Martin
Zarbi Operator		Gerald Taylor
Animus Voice		Catherine Fleming

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Bill Strutton
Director		Richard Martin
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		John Wood
Story Editor		Dennis Spooner
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton
Film Editor		Gitta Zadek
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Ray Angel (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Elisabeth Dunbar (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Norman Stewart (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Tony Bowers (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Anthony Thorpe (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jenifer Wyatt (uncredited)
Director's Secretary		Barbara Cannell (uncredited)
Producer's Secretary		Valerie Speyer (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)

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