Doctor Who Guide: Black Orchid

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 571

World Premiere: Tue 2 Mar 1982 - 7:04pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 20 Apr 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 41 seconds

10.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 55 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 21 Oct 1981 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor stands accused, despite Lady Cranleigh knowing he is innocent. What is the secret she is protecting that allows her to let an honest man go to jail?

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Ann		Sarah Sutton
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Lady Cranleigh		Barbara Murray
Sir Robert Muir		Moray Watson
Lord Cranleigh		Michael Cochrane
Sergeant Markham		Ivor Salter
Latoni		Ahmed Khalil
Brewster		Brian Hawksley
Constable Cummings		Andrew Tourell
George Cranleigh		Gareth Milner

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terence Dudley
Director		Ron Jones
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Tony Burrough
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Rosalind Ebbutt
Make-up Designer		Lisa Westcott
Studio Lighting		Fred Wright
Studio Sound		Alan Machin
Technical Manager		Alan Jeffery
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Visual Effects Designer		Tony Auger
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Carol Johnson
Film Cameraman		Peter Chapman
Film Sound		Ron Blight
Film Editor		Mike Houghton
Production Manager		Jim Capper
Production Associate		Angela Smith
Production Assistant		Juley Harding
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon
Incidental Music		Roger Limb
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Choreographer		Gary Downie (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created by		Johnny Byrne (uncredited)

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