Doctor Who Guide: The Caves of Androzani

Last updated 24 March 2024

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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

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Sharaz Jek		Christopher Gable
Morgus		John Normington
Salateen		Robert Glenister
Stotz		Maurice Roëves
General Chellak		Martin Cochrane
Krelper		Roy Holder
Timmin		Barbara Kinghorn
President		David Neal

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		Graeme Harper
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		John Hurst
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Andrew Rose
Make-up Designer		John Nethercot
Make-up Designer		Shirley Stallard
Studio Lighting		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Technical Co-ordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Steve Newnham
Visual Effects Designer		Jim Francis
Visual Effects Designer		Stuart Brisdon
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Diana Long
Design Effects		John Peyre
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Film Sound		Malcolm Campbell
Film Editor		Roger Guertin
Production Manager		Elizabeth Trubridge
Production Manager		Corinne Hollingworth
Production Unit Manager		June Collins
Production Assistant		Juley Harding
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Roger Limb
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Sound/Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)
Grip		John Philips (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		John Daley (uncredited)
Film Lighting		Des O'Brien (uncredited)
Film Operative		Brian Roots (uncredited)
Film Operative		Ronnie Hewitt (uncredited)
Film Operative		Mickey Ellis (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Graham Richmond (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Simon Fullerlove (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Simon MacDonald (uncredited)
Graphic Designer		Ian Hewett (uncredited)
Chargehand		Johnny Rice (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Mark Kerby (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Lee (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Anna Campbell (uncredited)
Property Buyer		Alan Huxley (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Andrew Duckett (uncredited)
Dresser		Liz Scammell (uncredited)
Dresser		Philip Falconer (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Janet Phillips (uncredited)

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