Doctor Who Guide: Frontios

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 609

World Premiere: Thu 26 Jan 1984 - 6:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 16 Dec 1984 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 39 seconds

8.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 66 (UK)

Chart Position: 58 () (UK)

Captain Revere is the latest victim to be sucked beneath the surface of Frontios, leaving the young Plantagenet to run the colony. The TARDIS has also been 'destroyed'.

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Turlough		Mark Strickson
Brazen		Peter Gilmore
Norna		Lesley Dunlop
Range		William Lucas
Plantagenet		Jeff Rawle
Cockerill		Maurice O'Connell
Orderly		Richard Ashley
Stunts		Nick Wilkinson (uncredited)
Warnsman		Jim Dowdall (uncredited)
Captain Revere		John Beardmore (uncredited)
Orderly		John Greening (uncredited)
Orderly		Keith Norrish (uncredited)
Orderly		Daniel D'Arcy (uncredited)
Orderly		Barry McKenna (uncredited)
Orderly		Miles Ross (uncredited)
Orderly		Chris Holmes (uncredited)
Orderly		Ian Marshall (uncredited)
Orderly		John Hamilton Russell (uncredited)
Orderly		John Hamilton Russell (uncredited)
Patient		Sue Somerset (uncredited)
Patient		Rita Daniels (uncredited)
Patient		Barbie Denham (uncredited)
Patient		Jay McGrath (uncredited)
Patient		Joe Phillips (uncredited)
Patient		Michael Jefferies (uncredited)
Paramedic		Kevin Goss (uncredited)
Paramedic		Dominic Reyntiens (uncredited)
Paramedic		Linda Kent (uncredited)
Paramedic		Judy Collins (uncredited)
Colonist		Monica Ramone (uncredited)
Colonist		Penny Rigden (uncredited)
Colonist		Judith Jeffery (uncredited)
Colonist		Caroline Hatch (uncredited)
Colonist		Robert Peters (uncredited)
Colonist		Fernando Monast (uncredited)
Colonist		Robert Goodman (uncredited)
Colonist		Laurie Goode (uncredited)
Colonist		Peter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
Colonist		Terry Bradford (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Christopher H Bidmead
Director		Ron Jones
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		David Buckingham
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Anushia Nieradzik
Makeup Designer		Jill Hagger
Lighting		John Summers
Sound		Martin Ridout
Vision Mixer		Paul Wheeler
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Manager (TM2)		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Dave Havard
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Production Manager		Alex Gohar
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Assistant		Valerie Letley
Assistant Floor Manager		Joanna Guritz
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Assistant Floor Manager		Ed Stevenson (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		John Billett (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		Ron Frith (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		John Mersh (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Brenda Thomas (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Ray Davis (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Terry Smith (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Perry Brahan (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Robert Fleming (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Maggie Carroll (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Matthew Lorrimer (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Damelza Rogers (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Susan Kirkham (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Helen Johnson (uncredited)
Dresser		Frances Miles (uncredited)
Dresser		Sue Clayton (uncredited)
Dresser		Derek Sumner (uncredited)
Dresser		Philip Winter (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Lee (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)

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