Doctor Who Guide: Castrovalva

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 554

World Premiere: Mon 4 Jan 1982 - 6:56pm GMT [BBC One: England and Northern Ireland] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Apr 1983 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 14 seconds

9.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 54 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 15 Sep 1981 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor tries to recuperate within the Zero Room, leaving Nyssa, Adric and Tegan to face the Master. Then Adric is taken and the TARDIS plunges towards Event One...

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
The Master		Anthony Ainley
Head of Security		Dallas Cavell
Ambulance Driver		David Ellis (uncredited)
Ambulanceman		Derek Matt (uncredited)
Ambulanceman		Peter Roy (uncredited)
Security Guard		Harry Fielder (uncredited)
Security Guard		Kenneth Lawrie (uncredited)
Doctor Who		Tom Baker (uncredited)
The Watcher		Adrian Gibbs (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Christopher H Bidmead
Director		Fiona Cumming
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Janet Budden
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Make-up Artist		Marion Richards
Studio Lighting		Ron Bristow
Studio Sound		Laurie Taylor
Vision Mixer		Carol Johnson
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Technical Manager		Clive Gulliver
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Simon McDonald
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Sound		Jim McAlister
Film Editor		Robin Jackman
Production Assistant		Olivia Cripps
Assistant Floor Manager		Renny Tasker
Production Manager		Margot Hayhoe
Production Associate		Angela Smith
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills

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