Doctor Who Guide: State of Decay

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 539

World Premiere: Sat 29 Nov 1980 - 5:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 27 Mar 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 16 seconds

Chart Position: 136 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 16 May 1980 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor and Romana are taken to the tower and meet the three mysterious rulers. But an ancient evil slumbers beneath their feet.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Aukon		Emrys James
Camilla		Rachel Davies
Zargo		William Lindsay
Tarak		Thane Bettany
Habris		Iain Rattray
Kalmar		Arthur Hewlett
Veros		Stacy Davies
Ivo		Clinton Greyn
Marta		Rhoda Lewis

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Director		Peter Moffatt
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Executive Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Christine Ruscoe
Script Editor		Christopher H Bidmead
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Amy Roberts
Make-up Artist		Norma Hill
Studio Lighting		Bert Postlethwaite
Studio Sound		John Howell
Technical Manager		Errol Ryan
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Visual Effects Designer		Tony Harding
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Carol Johnson
Film Cameraman		Fintan Sheehan (uncredited)
Film Recordist		Bryan Showell (uncredited)
Film Editor		John Lee (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Rosalind Wolfes
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith
Director's Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Lynn Richards
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
K9 Operator		Nigel Brackley (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Allison Stewart (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Alan Huxley (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Shelagh Lawson (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Lesley Rouvrey (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Sula Loizoo (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Jane Judge (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)
K9 Operator		Steve Cambden (uncredited)