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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 506

World Premiere: Sat 1 Sep 1979 - 6:13pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 11 Oct 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 3 seconds

13.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 02 Jul 1979 in Television Centre 3



The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro where the Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana discover that someone is digging deep beneath the planet's surface.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterTerry Nation
DirectorKen Grieve
ProducerGraham Williams
DesignerKen Ledsham
Design AssistantRob Harris (uncredited)
Script EditorDouglas Adams
Costume DesignerJune Hudson
Make-up ArtistCecile Hay-Arthur
Make-Up AssistantMargaret McGreen (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantSusan O'Mahony (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantCatherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantLesley Bond (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantCaroline Becker (uncredited)
Visual Effects DesignerPeter Logan
Visual Effects AssistantKen Bomphray (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantSteve Lucas (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantBarbara Horne (uncredited)
K9 OperatorSteve Cambden (uncredited)
Electronic EffectsDave Jervis
Vision MixerNigel Finnis
Video-tape EditorAlan Goddard
Studio LightingJohn Dixon
Studio SoundClive Gifford
Grams OperatorGordon Phillipson (uncredited)Info
Technical ManagerJohn Dean
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Film CameramanPhil Law
Film CameramanKevin Rowley
SteadycamFred Hamilton
Title Music BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Film Camera AssistantRoger Twyman (uncredited)
Lighting GafferMonty Smart (uncredited)
GripsIan McNally (uncredited)
Film RecordistGraham Bedwell
Film Op ChargehandJohn Richardson (uncredited)
Film EditorDick Allen
Production AssistantHenry Foster
Show Working SupervisorChick Hetherington (uncredited)
Production Unit ManagerJohn Nathan-Turner
Director's AssistantRoz Berrystone
Assistant Floor ManagerDavid TilleyInfo
Assistant Floor ManagerAntony Root (uncredited)Info
Floor AssistantBarbara Jones (uncredited)Info
Special SoundDick Mills
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)