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The Steel Sky

Series Episode Number: 107

World Premiere: Sat 5 Mar 1966 - 5:15pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 28 Sep 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes

5.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 102 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 18 Feb 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Arriving in the future on a spaceship carrying the remains of the Earth's population, the Doctor, Steven and Dodo are accused of bringing the plague when Dodo's cold turns deadly.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Dodo		Jackie Lane
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Commander		Eric Elliott
Zentos		Inigo Jackson
Manyak		Roy Spencer
Mellium		Kate Newman
1st Monoid		Edmund Coulter
2nd Monoid		Frank George
Shrinking Guardian		David Greneau (uncredited)
Monoid		Eric Blackburn (uncredited)
Monoid		Chris Webb (uncredited)
Monoid		Raymond Byrom (uncredited)
Monoid		Bernard Barnsley (uncredited)
Guardian		Mark Allington (uncredited)
Guardian		Bill Hunter (uncredited)
Guardian		George Gibbs (uncredited)
Guardian		Roy Douglas (uncredited)
Guardian		Trevor Griffiths (uncredited)
Guardian		Ron Gregory (uncredited)
Guardian		Tony Kemp (uncredited)
Guardian		Judith Webb (uncredited)
Guardian		Jackie Salt (uncredited)
Guardian		Jackie Duval (uncredited)
Guardian		Sheila McGarth (uncredited)
Guardian		Jan Williams (uncredited)
Guardian		Terry Cashfield (uncredited)
Guardian		Diane Chapman (uncredited)
Guardian		Iris Fry (uncredited)
Child Guardian		Hazel Graham (uncredited)
Child Guardian		Jacqueline Lewis (uncredited)
Child Guardian		Paul Johnson (uncredited)
Child Guardian		Phillip Harris (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Paul Erickson
Writer		Lesley Scott
Director		Michael Imison
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Barry Newbery
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Sound		Ray Angel (uncredited)
Costume Designer		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Makeup		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Tony Leggo (uncredited)
Film Editor		Noel Chanan (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John (uncredited)
Production Assistant		David Maloney (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Halls (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Ernest Skinner (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Tony Bowers (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Fred Wright (uncredited)
Director's Secretary		Thelma Helmsby (uncredited)

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