Doctor Who Guide: Delta and the Bannermen

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 662

World Premiere: Mon 2 Nov 1987 - 7:34pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 8 Jan 1989 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 47 seconds

5.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)

Chart Position: 90 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 24 Jun 1987 in OB

The Doctor and Mel win a trip to Disneyland in 1959 but after an accident in space, they end up in South Wales instead, along with an assassin and his intended victim

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Melanie Bush		Bonnie Langford
Gavrok		Don Henderson
Delta		Belinda Mayne
Weismuller		Stubby Kaye
Hawk		Morgan Deare
Tollmaster		Ken Dodd
Burton		Richard Davies
Billy		David Kinder
Ray		Sara Griffiths
Murray		Johnny Dennis
Keillor		Brian Hibbard
Chima		Tim Scott
Bollitt		Anita Graham
Adlon		Leslie Meadows
The Lorells		Robin Aspland
The Lorells		Keff McCulloch
The Lorells		Justin Myers
The Lorells		Ralph Salmins
Vocalist		Tracey Wilson
Vocalist		Jodie Wilson
Bannerman		Ian Lawrence (uncredited)
Bannerman		Jared Morgan (uncredited)
Bannerman		Philip Badot (uncredited)
Bannerman		Ricky Garrett (uncredited)
Bannerman		Rob York (uncredited)
Bannerman		Terry Bennett (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Alan Thomas East (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Andrea Thompson (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Colin Galton (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Debbie Doyle (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Delyth Evans (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Gabriella Nicholson (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Gary Townsend (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Johnny Darrell (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Kim Stone (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Margaret Davies (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Margarite Richards (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Ros Garrett (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Sandie Lee (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Stella King (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Susan Baker (uncredited)
Camper on Bus		Valerie Graham (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Andy Scourfield (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Bob Prentiss (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Elizabeth Baker (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Eric Goldini (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		James Rourke (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Jenny Downham (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Lynda Jenkins (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Marie Phillips (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Melanie Brookes (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Paul Laker (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Bill Malin (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Jeremy Davies (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Daryl Brook (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Stella Brett (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Sue Hopkins (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Toni Carroll (uncredited)
Holiday Maker		Vicki Edmunds (uncredited)
Redcoat		Danny Glass (uncredited)
Redcoat		Debbie Reid (uncredited)
Redcoat		Leigh Ann Evans (uncredited)
Redcoat		Nicky Thompson (uncredited)
Redcoat		Richard Beavis (uncredited)
Redcoat		Terry Jones (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Andrew O'Leary (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Gwyn Davies (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Ian Killen (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Michael Kelligan (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Phil Hopkins (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Philip Samms (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Steve Mceachron (uncredited)
Space Tourist		Troy Mitchell (uncredited)
Waitress		Helen Wilkes (uncredited)
Waitress		Jenny Bayliss (uncredited)
Waitress		Lizenna Rees (uncredited)
Chimeron		Russell Daymond (uncredited)
Bannerman		Derek Hartley (uncredited)
Bannerman		Robert Patton (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Malcolm Kohll
Director		Chris Clough
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		John Asbridge
Script Editor		Andrew Cartmel
Graphic Designer		Oliver Elmes
Costume Designer		Richard Croft
Make-up Designer		Gillian Thomas
Lighting		Ian Dow
Sound		Doug Whittaker
Studio Sound		Brian Clark
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Props Buyer		Cathy Cosgrove
Technical Manager(TM2)		John Wilson
Camerman		Alisdair Mitchell
Camerman		Chas Snare
Visual Effects Designer		Andy McVean
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Film Cameraman		William Dudman
Production Manager		Gary Downie
Production Associate		Ann Faggetter
Production Assistant		Rosemary Parsons
Assistant Floor Manager		Christopher Sandeman
Assistant Floor Manager		Kim Wilcocks
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Keff McCulloch
Title Music Arranger		Keff McCulloch
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Stunt coordinator		Roy Scammell

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