Doctor Who Guide: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 360

World Premiere: Sat 12 Jan 1974 - 5:30pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 28 Nov 2014 - 8:00pm EST [Retro TV]
Running Time: 25 minutes 29 seconds

11.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 62 (UK)

Chart Position: 24 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 15 Oct 1973 in TC6
Archive State: 16mm

The Doctor and Sarah return to a deserted London. Where have the population gone, and why is the city under martial law.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
General Finch		John Bennett
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Lieutenant Shears		Ben Aris
Sergeant Duffy		Dave Carter
Corporal Norton		Martin Taylor
Private Ogden		George Bryson
R/T Soldier		John Caesar
Phillips		Gordon Reid
Lodge		Trevor Lawrence
Warehouse Looter		Terry Walsh
Second Warehouse Looter		Alan Bull (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Ian Elliott (uncredited)
Army Soldier		Mike Stevens (uncredited)
Army Soldier		Ted Heath (uncredited)
UNIT Patrol		Colin Hamilton (uncredited)
UNIT Patrol		Cy Town (uncredited)
UNIT Patrol		Leslie Hoyes (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Bryan Nolan (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Bruce Cox (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Geoff Whiterick (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Ken Tracey (uncredited)
Army Corporal - Patrol 1		Leslie Bates (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Ronald Gough (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Roy Pearce (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Stuart Myers (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier in Jeep		Pat Milner (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier in Jeep		Steve Ismay (uncredited)
UNIT Typist		Richard King (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Director		Paddy Russell
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Richard Morris
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Studio Lighting		Alan Horne
Studio Sound		Trevor Webster
Videotape Editor		Barry Stevens (uncredited)
Costume Designer		Barbara Kidd
Makeup		Jean McMillan
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Film Cameraman		Keith Hopper
Film Sound		Andrew Boulton
Film Editor		Bob Rymer
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		George Gallaccio (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Terry Wild (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Michael Turner (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Alan Holey (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Phil Nixon (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		John Wilcox (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Michael Hamilton (uncredited)
Back Projection Operator		Len Thurlow (uncredited)
Camera Supervisor		Colin Reid (uncredited)
Film Assistant General		Bill Farnham (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		John Crump (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		John Hills-Harrop (uncredited)
Film Lighting		Tony Thorpe (uncredited)
Film Operative		Albert Crush (uncredited)
Film Operative		Arthur Goldthorpe (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		George Inger (uncredited)
Graphics		Sid Lomax (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Brenda Loader (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Ashley Wilkinson (uncredited)
Assistant Costume Designer		Kathy Ayerst (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Martha Livesley (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Roger Wood (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Derek Meddings (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Guy Lewin (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Ian Wingrove (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Jim Allen (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		John Thye (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Rodney Fuller (uncredited)
Armourer		Alf Trustrum (uncredited)
Dresser		Charles Irvine (uncredited)
Dresser		Tessa Spendlove (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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