Doctor Who Guide: The Armageddon Factor

Last updated 18 August 2023

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 503

World Premiere: Sat 10 Feb 1979 - 6:27pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 4 Oct 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 25 minutes 9 seconds

8.60 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 60 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 22 Nov 1978 in Television Centre 3

With the Marshal poised to fire upon Zeos and the Mentalis computer on a countdown to destruction, the Doctor resorts to desperate measures to prevent a cataclysm.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Mary Tamm
Marshal		John Woodvine
Princess Astra		Lalla Ward
Shapp		Davyd Harries
Merak		Ian Saynor
The Shadow		William Squire
Voice of K-9		John Leeson
Pilot		Pat Gorman
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)		Ridgewell Hawkes (uncredited)
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)		Eddie Whiting (uncredited)
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)		Michael Braben (uncredited)
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)		Danny Rae (uncredited)
Mute (ArmagaddonFactor)		James Haswell (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Michael Hayes
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Richard McManan-Smith
Script Editor		Anthony Read
Costume Designer		Michael Burdle
Makeup Artist		Ann Briggs
Visual Effects Designer		John Horton
Electronic Effects Operator		Dave Chapman
VT Editor		Rod Waldron
Studio Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Studio Sound		Richard Chubb
Production Assistant		Ann Aronsohn
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Rosemary Padvaiskas (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)

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