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Episode 2

Series Episode Number: 266

World Premiere: Sat 28 Mar 1970 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 14 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 39 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 61 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 20 Feb 1970 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL Restor

Recovery 7 has returned to Earth but the UNIT convoy transporting the capsule is ambushed. The Doctor is able to relocate the capsule, but is he too late?

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw		Caroline John
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Taltalian		Robert Cawdron
Ralph Cornish		Ronald Allen
Carrington		John Abineri
Quinlan		Dallas Cavell
Collinson		Robert Robertson
Grey		Ray Armstrong
John Wakefield		Michael Wisher
Van Lyden		Ric Felgate
Miss Rutherford		Cheryl Molineaux
Control Room Assistant		Bernard Martin
Dobson		Juan Moreno
Corporal Champion		James Haswell
Unit Sergeant		Derek Ware
(extra)		Geoffrey Brighty (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Keith Simons (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Ray Mimins (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Roger Minnis (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Sally Avory (uncredited)
Control Room Assistant		Stella Conway (uncredited)
Helicopter Pilot		JW Peckowski (uncredited)
Low-Loader Driver		Michael Duggan (uncredited)
UNIT Driver		BG Herth (uncredited)
UNIT Driver		Bruce Cox (uncredited)
UNIT Driver		Richard Pickford (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Crawford Lyall (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Jo Santos (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Roy Brent (uncredited)
Stunt Motorcyclist		Marc Boyle (uncredited)
Stunt Motorcyclist		Roy Scammell (uncredited)
Stunt Motorcyclist		Roy Street (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
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Day
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Editor		Chris Wimble
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
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)