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Part One

Series Episode Number: 570

World Premiere: Mon 1 Mar 1982 - 6:56pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 22 May 1983 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 56 seconds

9.90 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 57 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 20 Oct 1981 in Television Centre 3



A murder is committed in Cranleigh Hall. The Cranleighs ask the Doctor to play cricket and then join them for a masked ball, enabling the killer to hide in plain sight.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterTerence Dudley
DirectorRon Jones
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerTony Burrough
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerRosalind Ebbutt
Make-up DesignerLisa Westcott
Studio LightingFred Wright
Studio SoundAlan Machin
Technical ManagerAlan Jeffery
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorRod Waldron
Visual Effects DesignerTony Auger
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerCarol Johnson
Film CameramanPeter Chapman
Film SoundRon Blight
Film EditorMike Houghton
Production ManagerJim Capper
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Production AssistantJuley Harding
Assistant Floor ManagerVal McCrimmon
Incidental MusicRoger Limb
Special SoundDick Mills
ChoreographerGary Downie (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created byJohnny Byrne (uncredited)