Doctor Who Guide: The Happiness Patrol

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 672

World Premiere: Wed 2 Nov 1988 - 7:35pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 12 Mar 1989 - 11:15pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 51 seconds

5.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 96 () (UK)

The Happiness Patrol walk the streets of Terra Alpha, destroying all the killjoys, on the orders of the despotic Helen A. And in the Kandy Kitchen, something terrible lurks

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Ace		Sophie Aldred
Helen A.		Sheila Hancock
Joseph C.		Ronald Fraser
Daisy K.		Georgina Hale
Priscilla P.		Rachel Bell
Gilbert M.		Harold Innocent
Trevor Sigma		John Normington
Susan Q.		Lesley Dunlop
Earl Sigma		Richard D Sharp
Harold V.		Tim Barker
Silas P.		Jonathan Burn
Kandy Man		David John Pope
Killjoy		Mary Healey

Production Teaminclude uncredited
Writer		Graeme Curry
Director		Chris Clough
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		John Asbridge
Script Editor		Andrew Cartmel
Graphic Designer		Oliver Elmes
Costume Designer		Richard Croft
Makeup Designer		Dorka Nieradzik
Studio Lighting		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Videotape Editor		Malcolm Warner
Props Buyer		John Charles
Technical Manager (TM2)		Richard Wilson
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Camera Supervisor		Geoff Clark
Visual Effects Designer		Perry Brahan
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Production Manager		Gary Downie
Production Unit Manager		June Collins
Production Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Lynn Grant
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Dominic Glynn
Special Sound		Dick Mills

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