Last updated 24 March 2024


Part One

Series Episode Number: 619

World Premiere: Thu 8 Mar 1984 - 6:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 6 Jan 1985 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 33 seconds

6.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 66 () (UK)




Gunrunners on Androzani Minor are supplying the unhinged android-builder, Sharez Jek, with munitions to help his plot to return to power. But not everyone is happy about that…


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterRobert Holmes
DirectorGraeme Harper
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerJohn Hurst
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerAndrew Rose
Make-up DesignerJohn Nethercot
Make-up DesignerShirley Stallard
Studio LightingDon Babbage
Studio SoundScott Talbott
Technical Co-ordinatorAlan Arbuthnott
Camera SupervisorAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorSteve Newnham
Visual Effects DesignerJim Francis
Visual Effects DesignerStuart Brisdon
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerDiana Long
Design EffectsJohn Peyre
Film CameramanJohn Walker
Film SoundMalcolm Campbell
Film EditorRoger Guertin
Production ManagerElizabeth Trubridge
Production ManagerCorinne Hollingworth
Production Unit ManagerJune Collins
Production AssistantJuley Harding
Assistant Floor ManagerSue Hedden
Title MusicRon Grainer
Incidental MusicRoger Limb
Special SoundDick Mills
Sound/Music BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
GripJohn Philips (uncredited)
Film Camera AssistantJohn Daley (uncredited)
Film LightingDes O'Brien (uncredited)
Film OperativeBrian Roots (uncredited)
Film OperativeRonnie Hewitt (uncredited)
Film OperativeMickey Ellis (uncredited)
Film Operations ManagerGraham Richmond (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantSimon Fullerlove (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantSimon MacDonald (uncredited)
Graphic DesignerIan Hewett (uncredited)
ChargehandJohnny Rice (uncredited)
Design AssistantMark Kerby (uncredited)
Production SecretarySarah Lee (uncredited)
Floor AssistantAnna Campbell (uncredited)
Property BuyerAlan Huxley (uncredited)
Costume AssistantAndrew Duckett (uncredited)
DresserLiz Scammell (uncredited)
DresserPhilip Falconer (uncredited)
Make-Up AssistantJanet Phillips (uncredited)