Doctor Who Guide: Planet of Fire

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 615

World Premiere: Thu 23 Feb 1984 - 6:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 30 Dec 1984 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 26 seconds

7.40 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 71 () (UK)

On the planet Sarn, the truth about the god Logar is being sought, while on Earth, Peri wants a break from her stepfather. But the Master has other plans for everyone...

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Turlough		Mark Strickson
Timanov		Peter Wyngarde
Kamelion		Anthony Ainley
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Sorasta		Barbara Shelley
Amyand		James Bate
Professor Howard Foster		Dallas Adams
Voice of Kamelion		Gerald Flood
Malkon		Edward Highmore
Roskal		Jonathan Caplan
Curt		Michael Bangerter
Lookout		Simon Sutton

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Peter Grimwade
Director		Fiona Cumming
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Malcolm Thornton
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		John Peacock
Make-up Designer		Elizabeth Rowell
Lighting Director		John Summers
Sound		Scott Talbott
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Camera Supervisor		Geoff Clark
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Visual Effects Designer		Chris Lawson
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Diana Long
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Film Sound		John Tellick
Film Editor		Alastair Mitchell
Production Manager		Corinne Hollingworth
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Assistant		Claire Hughes Smith
Assistant Floor Manager		Robert Evans
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Peter Howell
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production Manager		Christina McMillan (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		Bill Waugh (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		Jim Kernick (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		Ron Frith (uncredited)
Senior Studio Engineer		John Billett (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Anna Campbell (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Dennis Leach (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		John Morin (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Ted Coates (uncredited)
Kamelion Operator		Chris Padmore (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Roger Turner (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Paul Woods (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Tony Bragg (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Don Lee (uncredited)
Film Lighting		John Barrott (uncredited)
Film 0perations Manager		Graham Richmond (uncredited)
Film Operations		Laurence Miller (uncredited)
Film Operations		John McElroy (uncredited)
Grip		John Phillips (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Dinah Walker (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Elizabeth Hardiment (uncredited)
Location liaison		Judy Grimshaw (uncredited)
Dresser		Frances Miles (uncredited)
Dresser		Ron Simpson (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Sarah Bird (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Lee (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)

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