Doctor Who Guide: The Twin Dilemma

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 623

World Premiere: Thu 22 Mar 1984 - 6:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 16 Mar 1986 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 42 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 61 (UK)

Chart Position: 66 () (UK)

The mysterious Professor Edgeworth has kidnapped twin human child genii, Romulus and Remus, and Hugo Lang holds the new Doctor responsible for the destruction of his spaceship.

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Edgeworth		Maurice Denham OBE
Hugo Lang		Kevin McNally
Mestor		Edwin Richfield
Sylvest		Dennis Chinnery
Noma		Barry Stanton
Drak		Oliver Smith
Fabian		Helen Blatch
Elena		Dione Inman
Romulus		Gavin Conrad
Remus		Andrew Conrad

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Anthony Steven
Director		Peter Moffatt
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Valerie Warrender
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Title Sequence		Terry Handley
Costume Designer		Pat Godfrey
Make-up Designer		Denise Baron
Lighting Director		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Visual Effects Designer		Stuart Brisdon
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Diana Long
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Film Sound		Malcolm Campbell
Film Editor		Ian McKendrick
Production Manager		Michael A Treen
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Assistant		Christine Fawcett
Assistant Floor Manager		Beth Millward
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Malcolm Clarke
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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