Doctor Who Guide: Planet of the Daleks

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Episode Six

Series Episode Number: 349

World Premiere: Sat 12 May 1973 - 5:50pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 6 seconds

8.50 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 24 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 20 Feb 1973 in TC1
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

A force of ten thousand Daleks is coming to life below the surface of Spiridon. The Doctor and the Thals must find a way to defeat the Daleks before they invade the galaxy.

Note: the BBC's PasB entry for this episode has a typo saying broadcast time was as 17:30 rather than 17:50!

Characters
Dr. Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Taron		Bernard Horsfall
Rebec		Jane How
Codal		Tim Preece
Latep		Alan Tucker
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
Studio Lighting		Derek Slee
Studio Sound		Tony Millier
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Costume Designer		Hazel Pethig
Make-up		Jean McMillan
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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 Cameraman		Elmer Cossey (uncredited)
Film Sound		Ian Sansam (uncredited)
Film Editor		Dave Thomas (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)
Production Assistant		George Gallaccio (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		John Cook (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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Additional Details
The working title for this episode provided by Terry Nation was "Victory". Tweet

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