Doctor Who Guide: The Happiness Patrol

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 673

World Premiere: Wed 9 Nov 1988 - 7:35pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 29 Jun 2015 - 10:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 48 seconds

4.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 104 () (UK)

The Doctor escapes the Kandyman while Ace meets the Pipe People. Later, fleeing for her life, she is captured and selected to audition for the Happiness Patrol.

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
Kandy Man		David John Pope
Forum Doorman		Tim Scott
Sniper		Steve Swinscoe
Sniper		Mark Carroll
Wences		Philip Neve
Wulfric		Ryan Freedman

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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