Doctor Who Guide: Meglos

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Four

Series Episode Number: 533

World Premiere: Sat 18 Oct 1980 - 5:44pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 24 Sep 2017 - 5:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 19 minutes 30 seconds

Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)

Chart Position: 127 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 11 Jul 1980 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor must convince the Tigellans of his innocence if he is to prevent Meglos from using the dodecahedron to destroy their world.

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		Ranjit Nakara (uncredited)
Gaztak		Hi Ching (uncredited)
Gaztak		Bruce Callender (uncredited)
Gaztak		John Holland (uncredited)
Gaztak		Tony Allef (uncredited)
Deon		Terence Creasey (uncredited)
Deon		Eddie Sommer (uncredited)
Deon		Ray Knight (uncredited)
Deon		Chris Marks (uncredited)
Deon		Lewis Hopper (uncredited)
Deon		Stephen Nagy (uncredited)
Deon		Sylvia Marriott (uncredited)
Ceremonial Guard		Michael Brydon (uncredited)
Ceremonial Guard		David Cleeve (uncredited)
Tigellan		Michael Gordon Browne (uncredited)
Tigellan		Harry Fielder (uncredited)
Tigellan		Laurie Good (uncredited)
Tigellan		Peter Gates Fleming (uncredited)
Tigellan		Geoff Whitestone (uncredited)

Production Team include 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		Sam Upton
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