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Episode 5

Series Episode Number: 269

World Premiere: Sat 18 Apr 1970 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 17 Oct 1975 - 6:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 17 seconds

7.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 57 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 13 Mar 1970 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL Restor

The Doctor prepares to pilot the Recovery 7 ship into space, but Reegan sabotages the fuel supply which will send the Doctor into the sun.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw		Caroline John
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Quinlan		Dallas Cavell
Reegan		William Dysart
Ralph Cornish		Ronald Allen
Carrington		John Abineri
Lennox		Cyril Shaps
Astronaut		Ric Felgate
Astronaut		Steve Peters
Astronaut		Neville Simons
Flynn		Tony Harwood
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Private Parker		James Clayton
Control Room Assistant		Joanna Ross
Control Room Assistant		Carl Conway
Technician		Roy Scammell

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Writer		Malcolm Hulke (uncredited)
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		David Myerscough-Jones
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Costumes		Christine Rawlins (uncredited)
Make-up		Marion Richards (uncredited)
Action by		HAVOC
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Day
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Editor		Don Godden
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Studio Lighting		Geoff Shaw (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Brian Hiles (uncredited)
Technical Manager		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)