Doctor Who Guide: State of Decay

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Three

Series Episode Number: 540

World Premiere: Sat 6 Dec 1980 - 5:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 30 Mar 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 13 seconds

Chart Position: 145 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 29 May 1980 in Television Centre 6

Adric is taken prisoner by the three vampire rulers. The Doctor discovers that they are facing a mighty foe from Time Lord history.

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
Ivo		Clinton Greyn
Kalmar		Arthur Hewlett
Veros		Stacy Davies
Roga		Stuart Fell
Zoldaz		Stuart Blake
Voice of K-9		John Leeson

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)