Doctor Who Guide: Ghost Light

Last updated 23 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 687

World Premiere: Wed 11 Oct 1989 - 7:34pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 18 seconds

4.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 68 (UK)

Chart Position: 93 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 19 Jul 1989 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor and Scotland Yard's finest, Inspector Mackenzie, attempt to question Josiah Smith while both Light and Control emerge from their respective slumbers

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Ace		Sophie Aldred
Josiah		Ian Hogg
Mrs Pritchard		Sylvia Syms
Redvers Fenn-Cooper		Michael Cochrane
Inspector Mackenzie		Frank Windsor
Control		Sharon Duce
Gwendoline		Katharine Schlesinger
Reverend Ernest Matthews		John Nettleton
Nimrod		Carl Forgione
Mrs Grose		Brenda Kempner
Night Maid		Emma Darrell (uncredited)
Night Maid		Vivienne Darke (uncredited)
Night Maid		Diana Frances (uncredited)
Night Maid		Fiona King (uncredited)
Reptile Husk		Keith Harvie (uncredited)
Insect Husk		Jack Talbot (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Marc Platt
Director		Alan Wareing
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Nick Somerville
Script Editor		Andrew Cartmel
Production Associate		June Collins
Costume Designer		Ken Trew
Make-up Designer		Joan Stribling
Studio Lighting		Henry Barber
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Studio Sound		Keith Bowden
Vision Mixer		Susan Brincat
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Co-ordinator		Richard Wilson
Camera Supervisor		Spencer Payne
Graphic Designer		Oliver Elmes
Visual Effects Designer		Malcolm James
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Property Buyer		Nick Barnett
Production Manager		Gary Downie
Production Assistant		Valerie Whiston
Assistant Floor Manager		Stephen Garwood
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Mark Ayres
Special Sound		Dick Mills

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