Doctor Who Guide: Terror of the Autons

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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 281

World Premiere: Sat 16 Jan 1971 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 24 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 28 seconds

8.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 58 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 24 Oct 1970 in Television Centre 6
Archive State: PAL Restor

The Doctor and the Brigadier trace the Master to the plastics factory but they are too late. The only clue to the Master's plans is a single plastic daffodil

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Jon Pertwee
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
The Master		Roger Delgado
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Brownrose		Dermot Tuohy
Rex Farrel		Michael Wisher
Mrs. Farrel		Barbara Leake
Telephone Mechanic		Norman Stanley
Policeman		William McGuirk
Auton Policeman		Terry Walsh
Auton Leader		Pat Gorman
Auton Voice		Haydn Jones

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		Barry Letts (uncredited)
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Ian Watson
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Studio Lighting		Eric Monk (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Colin Dixon (uncredited)
Costumes		Ken Trew (uncredited)
Make-up		Jan Harrison (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Michaeljohn Harris
Fight Arranger		HAVOC
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Editor		Geoffrey Botterill
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Nicholas John (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Graham Southcott (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Linton Howell-Hughes (uncredited)
Effects Assistant		Peter Pegrum (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		John McPherson (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Maurice Watson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Bruce Best (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Edward Pugh (uncredited)
Assistant		Rita Dunn (uncredited)
Pre-Production Secretary		Penny Forster (uncredited)
Facilities Booker		Jennie Betts (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Sybil Cave (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Newman (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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Inferno

The Mind of Evil

Episode Three

8.10 Million (UK)

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