Doctor Who Guide: Planet of the Daleks

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Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 345

World Premiere: Sat 14 Apr 1973 - 5:53pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 8 seconds

10.70 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 18 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 23 Jan 1973 in TC4
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

The Doctor recovers from his coma and befriends a Thal expedition but is captured by the Daleks and taken to their base. Then a second Thal expedition arrives with terrible news...

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Taron		Bernard Horsfall
Rebec		Jane How
Vaber		Prentis Hancock
Codal		Tim Preece
Wester		Roy Skelton
Dalek Voice		Michael Wisher
Dalek Voice		Roy Skelton
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Murphy Grumbar
Dalek Operator		Cy Town

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		John Hurst
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costume Designer		Hazel Pethig (uncredited)
Make-up		Jean McMillan (uncredited)
Studio Lighting		Derek Slee (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Tony Millier (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Elmer Cossey (uncredited)
Film Editor		Dave Thomas (uncredited)
Production Assistant		George Gallaccio (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Ken Dodds (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Bill Bonner (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Newman (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Carole Bisset (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Michael Turner (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gerry Burrows (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Scota Raqueen (uncredited)
Grip		Tex Childs (uncredited)
Film Sound		Ian Sansam (uncredited)
Grip		Stan Swetman (uncredited)
Sound Assistant		Frank Brown (uncredited)
Assistant		John Harper (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Arthur Beavis (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Martin Gutterridge (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Charlie Stoneham (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Music Copyist		George Bayton (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Sybil Cave (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Eleri Ebenezer (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Susan Hopkins (uncredited)

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The working title for this episode provided by Terry Nation was "Mission Survival". Tweet

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