Last updated 24 March 2024


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.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterTerry Nation
DirectorBarry Letts
ProducerPhilip Hinchcliffe
DesignerPhilip Lindley
Script EditorRobert Holmes
Film CameramanKen Newson
Film SoundDoug Mawson
Film EditorMike Stoffer
Studio LightingDuncan Brown
Studio SoundAlan Machin
Visual Effects DesignerLen Hutton
Costume DesignerBarbara Lane
Make-upSylvia Thornton
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Special SoundDick Mills
Title MusicRon Grainer
and BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title SequenceBernard Lodge
Production Unit ManagerJanet Radenkovic
Production AssistantMarion McDougall
Assistant Floor ManagerFelicity Trew (uncredited)
Floor AssistantSteven Fuller (uncredited)
Vision MixerNick Lake (uncredited)
Inlay OperatorRichard Broadhurst (uncredited)
Grams OperatorGerry Borrows (uncredited)
Studio Lighting AssistantDickie Ashman (uncredited)
Film Camera AssistantPaul Godfrey (uncredited)
Film Sound AssistantHoward Gartska (uncredited)
GripRay Monks (uncredited)
Film OperativeLeslie Baker (uncredited)
Film OperativeJames Guest (uncredited)
Film Operations ManagerIan Brindle (uncredited)
Director's AssistantJoy Sinclair (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantSandra Burcham (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJocelyn Cox (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantColin Mapson (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantLaurie Warburton (uncredited)
DresserMoira Fitzgerald (uncredited)
DresserGeorge Sherriffs (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)