Doctor Who Guide: The Space Pirates

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Five

Series Episode Number: 242

World Premiere: Sat 5 Apr 1969 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 44 seconds

Appreciation Index: 56 (UK)

Chart Position: 70 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 21 Mar 1969 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

The space pirate leader, Caven, has taken the Doctor, Jamie, Zoe and Clancey captive and plans to use them as scapegoats for the Space Corps.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Madeleine Issigri		Lisa Daniely
Milo Clancey		Gordon Gostelow
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Lt. Sorba		Nik Zaran
Caven		Dudley Foster
Pirate Guard		Victor Maddern
General Hermack		Jack May
Major Ian Warne		Donald Gee
Technician Penn		George Layton
Dom Issigri		Esmond Knight
Dervish		Brian Peck

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		Michael Hart
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Ian Watson
Script Editor		Derrick Sherwin
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson