Doctor Who Guide: Arc of Infinity

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 580

World Premiere: Mon 3 Jan 1983 - 6:45pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 25 Nov 1984 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 37 seconds

7.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 74 () (UK)

During a clandestine meeting on Gallifrey, the Doctor has been chosen to be a part of a terrible act. Unaware, the Doctor and Nyssa trace something odd to Amsterdam

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Lord President Borusa		Leonard Sachs
Councillor Hedin		Michael Gough
The Renegade		Ian Collier
Commander Maxil		Colin Baker
The Castellan		Paul Jerricho
Damon		Neil Daglish
Chancellor Thalia		Elspet Gray
Cardinal Zorac		Max Harvey
Robin Stuart		Andrew Boxer
Colin Frazer		Alastair Cumming
Talor		John D Collins
Hotel Receptionist		Maya Woolfel
The Ergon		Malcolm Harvey

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Johnny Byrne
Director		Ron Jones
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Marjorie Pratt
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Dee Robson
Make-up Artist		Fran Needham
Studio Lighting		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Trevor Webster
Technical Manager		Bob Hignett
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Graham Hutchings
Visual Effects Designer		Christopher Lawson
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		James Gould
Film Cameraman		Fintan Sheehan
Film Sound		Bill Wild
Film Editor		Bernard Ashby
Production Manager		Ralph Wilton
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Assistant		Diana Brookes
Assistant Floor Manager		Lynn Richards
Incidental Music		Roger Limb
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)

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