Doctor Who Guide: Planet of the Daleks

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Episode Four

Series Episode Number: 347

World Premiere: Sat 28 Apr 1973 - 5:51pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 36 seconds

8.30 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 29 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 06 Feb 1973 in TC6
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

The Doctor and the Thals escape from the Dalek city and the Doctor is delighted to find Jo is alive. But the Daleks are preparing deadly bacteria to kill all life on the planet.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Jon Pertwee
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Taron		Bernard Horsfall
Rebec		Jane How
Codal		Tim Preece
Vaber		Prentis Hancock
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
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Designer		John Hurst
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)
Film Cameraman		Elmer Cossey (uncredited)
Film Sound		Ian Sansam (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)
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)
Assistant Floor Manager		Graeme Harper (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 "Escape or Die". Tweet

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