Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Three

Series Episode Number: 552

World Premiere: Sat 14 Mar 1981 - 5:11pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 7 Apr 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 32 seconds

5.80 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 102 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 22 Jan 1981 in Television Centre 6



The Master is loose on Logopolis and is determined to learn its secret. But there is more at stake than he realises and his meddling has endangered the entire universe.

Production Teamhide uncredited
WriterChristopher H Bidmead
DirectorPeter Grimwade
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive ProducerBarry Letts
DesignerMalcolm Thornton
Script EditorChristopher H Bidmead
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerJune Hudson
Makeup ArtistDorka Nieradzik
Studio LightingHenry Barber
Studio SoundJohn Holmes
Senior CameramanReg Poulter
Videotape EditorRod Waldron
Vision MixerCarol Johnson
Technical Manager (TM2)Terry Brett
Visual Effects DesignerJohn Horton
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Production AssistantPatricia Greenland
Assistant Floor ManagerVal McCrimmon
Production ManagerMargot Hayhoe
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Incidental MusicPaddy Kingsland
Special SoundDick Mills
Grams OperatorGordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Show Working SupervisorChick Hetherington (uncredited)
Floor AssistantSandra Wynne (uncredited)
Design AssistantJo Day (uncredited)
Booking AssistantSheila Hodges (uncredited)
Props BuyersDerek Leigh (uncredited)
Props BuyersJohn Stephens (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantDave Bezkorowajny (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)Charlotte Norman (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)Susan O'Mahony (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)Viv Riley (uncredited)
DresserJane Hickson (uncredited)
DresserCarl Levey (uncredited)
DresserVernon White (uncredited)
Production SecretaryJane Judge (uncredited)
Location CateringPeter Vandrill (uncredited)
GraphicsIan Hewett (uncredited)
Contracts AssistantSarah Bird (uncredited)
BookerJoan Welsh (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created byJohnny Byrne (uncredited)