Doctor Who Guide: The Chase - The Executioners

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The Executioners

Series Episode Number: 72

World Premiere: Sat 22 May 1965 - 5:41pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 7 Sep 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 25 minutes 25 seconds

10.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 14 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 30 Apr 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Ian and Vicki are trapped by a tentacled creature on the planet Aridius. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Barbara witness Daleks set off on a mission to eliminate them!

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Abraham Lincoln		Robert Marsden
Francis Bacon		Roger Hammond
Queen Elizabeth		Vivienne Bennett
William Shakespeare		Hugh Walters
Television Announcer		Richard Coe
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Mire Beast		Jack Pitt

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Richard Martin
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Designer		John Wood
Story Editor		Dennis Spooner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production Assistant		Alan Miller (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Ian Strachan (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Barbara Cannell (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Dickie Ashman (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Ray Angel (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Charles Parnell (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Clive Gifford (uncredited)
Film Editor		Norman Matthews (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)
Props Buyer		June Gillespie (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Patricia Dove (uncredited)
Dresser		Bob Gale (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Cordelia Crawshaw (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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