Doctor Who Guide: Meglos

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 531

World Premiere: Sat 4 Oct 1980 - 6:17pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Sep 2017 - 4:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 21 minutes 24 seconds

4.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 64 (UK)

Chart Position: 139 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 26 Jun 0198 in Television Centre 6

Masquerading as the Doctor, Meglos penetrates the underground city of Tigella. The Doctor and Romana are trapped in an ever repeating circle of time and seem powerless to act.

Characters hide 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
Meglos		Tom Baker (uncredited)
Voice of Meglos		Christopher Owen (uncredited)
Gaztak		James Muir (uncredited)
Gaztak		Bruce Callender (uncredited)
Gaztak		Hi Ching (uncredited)
Gaztak		Ranjit Nakara (uncredited)
Gaztak		John Holland (uncredited)
Tigellan		Harry Fielder (uncredited)
Tigellan		Michael Gordon Browne (uncredited)
Tigellan		Laurie Good (uncredited)
Tigellan		Peter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
Tigellan		Geoff Whitestone (uncredited)
Savant		Howard Barnes (uncredited)
Savant		Stephen Kane (uncredited)
Savant		John Laing (uncredited)
Savant		David Cole (uncredited)

Production Teamhide 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
Makeup Artist		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Studio Lighting		Bert Postlethwaite
Studio Sound		John Holmes
Technical Manager (TM2)		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		Peter Howell
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)
Makeup (Assistant)		Catherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Margaret Magee (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Jan Lee (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Janet Philips (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Mary Greaves (uncredited)

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