Doctor Who Guide: City of Death

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 513

World Premiere: Sat 20 Oct 1979 - 6:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 27 Jul 2001 - 10:30pm CDT [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 25 minutes

16.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 64 (UK)

Chart Position: 16 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 04 Jun 1979 in Television Centre 6

Scaroth intends to travel back in time to save his own people from destruction. But the Doctor can't allow him to succeed as it would mean the destruction of all life on Earth.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Count		Julian Glover
Countess		Catherine Schell
Duggan		Tom Chadbon
Kerensky		David Graham
Hermann		Kevin Flood
Art Gallery Visitor		Eleanor Bron
Art Gallery Visitor		John Cleese

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Agnew
Writer		Douglas Adams (uncredited)
Writer		Graham Williams (uncredited)
Director		Michael Hayes
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Richard McManan-Smith
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Costume Designer		Doreen James
Make-up Artist		Jean Steward
Visual Effects Designer		Ian Scoones
Electronic Effects		Dave Jervis
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Studio Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Studio Sound		Anthony Philpott
Technical Manager		John Dean
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Film Recordist		Graham Bedwell
Film Editor		John Gregory
Production Assistant		Rosemary Crowson
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Director's Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Carol Scott
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Grams Operator		Scott Talbott (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Sally Bates (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Sandy Garfield (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Jan Wright (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Model Set Lighting		Harry Oakes (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Niall Kennedy (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		John Crossland (uncredited)
Electrician		David Gorringe (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Ian Brindle (uncredited)
Film Locations		Carol Vigurs (uncredited)
Dresser		Michael Powell (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Valery Woodford (uncredited)
Booking Assistant		Phyllis Page (uncredited)
Contract Assistant		Nansi Davis (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Sally Woodlee (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Margaret Holding (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Viv Riley (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Graphics		Joanna Ball (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)

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