Doctor Who Guide: The Android Invasion

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 414

World Premiere: Sat 22 Nov 1975 - 5:47pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 11 Apr 1980 - 5:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 21 seconds

11.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 58 (UK)

Chart Position: 17 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 11 Aug 1975 in TC3

The TARDIS apparently arrives back on Earth but all is not as it seems as the Doctor and Sarah are attacked by mysterious space suited figures and find that the 'dead' are walking.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Guy Crayford		Milton Johns
Morgan		Peter Welch
Corporal Adams		Max Faulkner
Styggron		Martin Friend
Grierson		Dave Carter
Stunt Double for The Doctor		Terry Walsh (uncredited)
Android Mechanic		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
Android Mechanic		Keith Ashley (uncredited)
Android Mechanic		Roy Pearce (uncredited)
Barmaid		Margaret McKechnie (uncredited)
Dog Handler		Alan Jennings (uncredited)
Dog Handler		Henry Lindsay (uncredited)
Farmer		Walter Goodman (uncredited)
Female Student		Martine Holland (uncredited)
Male Student		Mark Holmes (uncredited)
Tweedy Doctor		Freddie White (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Alan Clements (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Clinton Morris (uncredited)
Villager		Betsy White (uncredited)
Villager		George Ballantine (uncredited)
Villager		Ian Elliott (uncredited)
Villager		Lewis Alexander (uncredited)
Villager		Sue Ann Manners (uncredited)
Young Farmhand		Simon Christie (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Barry Letts
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Philip Lindley
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Film Cameraman		Ken Newson
Film Sound		Doug Mawson
Film Editor		Mike Stoffer
Studio Lighting		Duncan Brown
Studio Sound		Alan Machin
Visual Effects Designer		Len Hutton
Costume Designer		Barbara Lane
Make-up		Sylvia Thornton
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Unit Manager		Janet Radenkovic
Production Assistant		Marion McDougall

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