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Episode 3

Series Episode Number: 267

World Premiere: Sat 4 Apr 1970 - 5:21pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 15 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 38 seconds

8.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 60 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 27 Feb 1970 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL Restor

The recovery capsule is empty with the astronauts seemingly kidnapped. But Liz notices that the radiation count is high and the Doctor deduces that the occupants were not human.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw		Caroline John
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Ralph Cornish		Ronald Allen
Carrington		John Abineri
Reegan		William Dysart
Lennox		Cyril Shaps
Quinlan		Dallas Cavell
Heldorf		Gordon Sterne
Van Lyden		Ric Felgate
Astronaut		Steve Peters
Astronaut		Neville Simons
Henchman		Paul Warren (uncredited)
Henchman		Tony Broadborne (uncredited)
Cornish's Assistant		Sue Bourne (uncredited)
Heavies		Dinny Powell (uncredited)
Heavies		Gordon Stothard (uncredited)
Paterson		Roy Scammell (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Derek Martin (uncredited)
Technician		David Joyce (uncredited)
Technician		Pat Gorman (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Douglas Roe (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Les Conrad (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Ron Conrad (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Tom Laird (uncredited)
Crane Drivers		AJ Benning (uncredited)
Crane Drivers		A Lovett (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Writer		Trevor Ray (uncredited)
Writer		Malcolm Hulke (uncredited)
Writer		Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		David Myerscough-Jones
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Costumes		Christine Rawlins (uncredited)
Makeup		Marion Richards (uncredited)
Action by		HAVOC (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Day
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Cameraman		Tony Leggo
Film Editor		Don Godden
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Studio Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Gordon Mackie (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Bernard Fox (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		John Barclay (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andy Stacey (uncredited)
Inlay Operator		Alan Gomery (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Nicholas John (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Margot Hayhoe (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		John Turner (uncredited)
Assistant		Pauline Silcock (uncredited)
Location Make-Up		Teresa Wright (uncredited)
Film Sound		Doug Mawson (uncredited)
Assistant Sound Recordist		Mervin Broadway (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Roger Twyman (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Nigel Walters (uncredited)
Videotape Editor		Jeff Higgs (uncredited)
Videotape Editor		Ron Bowman (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Dick Coles (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sandra Brenholz (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Kate Nemet (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Barbara Buchanan (uncredited)
Dresser		Arthur Funge (uncredited)
Dresser		Jean Holder (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)