Last updated 24 March 2024


Part Two

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.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterJohn Flanagan
WriterAndrew McCulloch
DirectorTerence Dudley
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive ProducerBarry Letts
DesignerPhilip Lindley
Script EditorChristopher H Bidmead
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerJune Hudson
Make-up ArtistCecile Hay-Arthur
Studio LightingBert Postlethwaite
Studio SoundJohn Holmes
Technical ManagerBrendan Carr
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorIan Williams
Visual Effects DesignerSteven Drewett
Video EffectsDavid Jervis
Vision MixerGraham Giles
Production AssistantMarilyn Gold
Production Unit ManagerAngela Smith
Director's AssistantHermione Stewart
Assistant Floor ManagerVal McCrimmon
Incidental MusicPeter Howell
Special SoundDick Mills
K9 OperatorSteve Cambden (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Floor AssistantAlan Sandbrook (uncredited)
Grams OperatorAndrew Hunter (uncredited)
Show Working SupervisorChick Hetherington (uncredited)
Costume AssistantSarah Leigh (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantCatherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantMargaret Magee (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJan Lee (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJanet Philips (uncredited)
Design AssistantMary Greaves (uncredited)