Doctor Who Guide: Earthshock

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 573

World Premiere: Tue 9 Mar 1982 - 7:05pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 23 seconds

Chart Position: 50 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 11 Nov 1981 in Television Centre 8

With her crew vanishing mysteriously, Captain Briggs assumes the Doctor is the guilty party, but the traitor is closer to home� as are the Cybermen.

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Briggs		Beryl Reid
Scott		James Warwick
Kyle		Clare Clifford
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Berger		June Bland
Ringway		Alec Sabin
Cyber Leader		David Banks
Cyber Lieutenant		Mark Hardy
First Crew Member		Mark Fletcher
Second Crew Member		Christopher Whittingham
(extra)		Carolyn Mary Simmonds (uncredited)
(extra)		Barney Lawrence (uncredited)
(extra)		Jonathan Evans (uncredited)
(extra)		Nicki Dunsford (uncredited)
(extra)		Stephen Whyment (uncredited)
(extra)		Lynne Brotchie (uncredited)
(extra)		Jeff Wayne (uncredited)
(extra)		Peter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
The Doctor		William Hartnell (uncredited)
Polly		Anneke Wills (uncredited)
Jarl		Reg Whitehead (uncredited)
The Doctor		Patrick Troughton (uncredited)
Cyberman		Gordon Stothard (uncredited)
Doctor Who		Tom Baker (uncredited)
Lester		William Marlowe (uncredited)
Cyberleader		Christopher Robbie (uncredited)
Commander Stevenson		Ronald Leigh-Hunt (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Eric Saward
Director		Peter Grimwade
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Bernard Lloyd-Jones
Script Editor		Antony Root
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Dinah Collin
Make-up Artist		Joan Stribling
Studio Lighting		Fred Wright
Studio Sound		Alan Machin
Vision Mixer		James Gould
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Technical Manager		Alan Jeffery
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Steve Bowman
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Production Manager		Geoffrey Manton
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith
Production Assistant		Jane Ashford
Assistant Floor Manager		Nick Laughland
Incidental Music		Malcolm Clarke
Special Sound		Dick Mills