Doctor Who Guide: Meglos

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 530

World Premiere: Sat 27 Sep 1980 - 6:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 22 Nov 1981 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 43 seconds

5.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 61 (UK)

Chart Position: 105 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 25 Jun 1980 in Television Centre 6

On Zolfa-Thura, Meglos plans to steal the ancient and powerful Dodecahedron from the neighbouring world of Tigella. But first, the Doctor must be prevented from interfering.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
General Grugger		Bill Fraser
Lieutenant Brotadac		Frederick Treves
Zastor		Edward Underdown
Lexa		Jacqueline Hill
Caris		Colette Gleeson
Deedrix		Crawford Logan
Earthling		Christopher Owen
Voice of K-9		John Leeson
Tigellan Guard		Simon Shaw

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		John Flanagan
Writer		Andrew McCulloch
Director		Terence Dudley
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Executive Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Philip Lindley
Script Editor		Christopher H Bidmead
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		June Hudson
Make-up Artist		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Studio Lighting		Bert Postlethwaite
Studio Sound		John Holmes
Technical Manager		Brendan Carr
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Ian Williams
Visual Effects Designer		Steven Drewett
Video Effects		David Jervis
Vision Mixer		Graham Giles
Production Assistant		Marilyn Gold
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith
Director's Assistant		Hermione Stewart
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills
K9 Operator		Steve Cambden (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Alan Sandbrook (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Sarah Leigh (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Catherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Margaret Magee (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Jan Lee (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Janet Philips (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Mary Greaves (uncredited)
Incidental Music		Peter Howell (uncredited)

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