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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 304

World Premiere: Sat 1 Jan 1972 - 5:52pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 7 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 36 seconds

9.80 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 36 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 04 Oct 1971 in TC4
Archive State: PAL 2 VT



When Sir Reginald Styles claims to have seen a ghost, UNIT is called in. The Doctor and Jo spend the night at Styles' house and become the target of an assassin.


Characters hide uncredited
Dr. WhoJon Pertwee
Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
Jo GrantKaty Manning
ControllerAubrey Woods
Mike YatesRichard Franklin
Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
AnatAnna Barry
ShuraJimmy Winston
BoazScott Fredericks
Sir Reginald StylesWilfred Carter
Miss PagetJean McFarlane
Girl TechnicianDeborah Brayshaw
UNIT Radio OperatorGypsie Kemp
GuerrillaTim Condren
OgronRick Lester
OgronMaurice Bush
Dalek OperatorJohn Scott Martin
Dalek OperatorRicky Newby
Dalek OperatorMurphy Grumbar
Dalek VoiceOliver Gilbert
Dalek VoicePeter Messaline
Daleks' GuardBrychan Powell (uncredited)
Duty WRAC CorporalBara Chambers (uncredited)
Girl TechnicianAlison Daumler (uncredited)
Girl TechnicianKaren Burch (uncredited)
Girl TechnicianScarlett O'Dare (uncredited)
UNIT GuardDavid Melbourne (uncredited)
UNIT ManColin Richmond (uncredited)
UNIT OperatorLeon Maybank (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierMichael Potter (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierNick Hobbs (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierRichard Eden (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierStan Rose (uncredited)
UNIT SoldierTerence Price (uncredited)