Doctor Who Guide: Frontios

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 611

World Premiere: Thu 2 Feb 1984 - 6:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 14 May 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

7.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)

Turlough's race memories of the Frontios threaten to overwhelm him as the Doctor finally convinces Brazen that the threat from underground is very real

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
Gravis		John Gillett
Cockerill		Maurice O'Connell
Deputy		Alison Skilbeck
Retrograde		Raymond Murtagh
Tractator		George Campbell
Tractator		Michael Malcolm
Tractator		Stephen Speed
Tractator		William Bowen
Tractator		Hedi Khursandi
Captain Revere		John Beardmore (uncredited)
Colonist		Caroline Hatch (uncredited)
Colonist		Fernando Monast (uncredited)
Colonist		Judith Jeffery (uncredited)
Colonist		Laurie Goode (uncredited)
Colonist		Monica Ramone (uncredited)
Colonist		Penny Rigden (uncredited)
Colonist		Peter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
Colonist		Robert Goodman (uncredited)
Colonist		Robert Peters (uncredited)
Colonist		Terry Bradford (uncredited)
Orderly		Barry McKenna (uncredited)
Orderly		Chris Holmes (uncredited)
Orderly		Daniel D'Arcy (uncredited)
Orderly		Ian Marshall (uncredited)
Orderly		John Greening (uncredited)
Orderly		John Hamilton Russell (uncredited)
Orderly		Keith Norrish (uncredited)
Orderly		Miles Ross (uncredited)
Retrograde		Anthony Freeman (uncredited)
Retrograde		James Lyon (uncredited)
Retrograde		Mike Mulloy (uncredited)
Retrograde		Peter Creasey (uncredited)
Retrograde		Terence Brook (uncredited)

Production Team include 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
Make-up Designer		Jill Hagger
Lighting		John Summers
Sound		Martin Ridout
Vision Mixer		Paul Wheeler
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Manager		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

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