Doctor Who Guide: The Claws of Axos

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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 289

World Premiere: Sat 13 Mar 1971 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 25 Nov 1975 - 6:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 51 seconds

7.30 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 57 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 22 Jan 1971 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: PAL 2 VT

Axos lands on Earth. The Axons ask only to be allowed to repair their damaged ship and offer the gift of the miraculous Axonite in return. But the Axons aren't all that they seem.

Characters hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Jon Pertwee
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
The Master		Roger Delgado
Jo Grant		Katy Manning
Mike Yates		Richard Franklin
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Chinn		Peter Bathurst
Filer		Paul Grist
Hardiman		Donald Hewlett
Winser		David Savile
Axon Man		Bernard Holley
Captain Harker		Tim Pigott-Smith
1st Radar Operator		Michael Walker
2nd Radar Operator		David G March
Axon Woman		Patricia Gordino
Axon Boy		John Hicks (uncredited)
Axon Girl		Debbie Lee London (uncredited)
Corporal Bell		Fernanda Marlowe (uncredited)
Pigbin Josh		Derek Ware (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Jack Cooper (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Steve Emerson (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Stuart Fell (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Reg Harding (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Derek Martin (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Roy Brent (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Civil Servant		Pierce McAvey (uncredited)
Civil Servant		George Howse (uncredited)
Secretary		Gloria Walker (uncredited)
Axon Man		Roger Minnis (uncredited)
Axon Glob		Clinton Morris (uncredited)
Axon Man		Geoff Righty (uncredited)
Axon Glob		Douglas Roe (uncredited)
Axon Glob		Eden Fox (uncredited)
Axon Glob		Stuart Myers (uncredited)
Laboratory Technicians		Bill Barnsley (uncredited)
Laboratory Technician		Peter Holmes (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Steve Smart (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Kenneth Sharp
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Studio Lighting		Ralph Walton
Studio Sound		Dave Kitchen
Costumes		Barbara Lane
Makeup		Jan Harrison
Visual Effects Designer		John Horton
Film Cameraman		A A Englander
Film Editor		Bob Rymer
Fight Arranger		HAVOC
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production Assistant		Marion McDougall (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Roselyn Parker (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Bernard Fox (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Linton Howell-Hughes (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Peter Granger (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Mike Catherwood (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Chris Fox (uncredited)
Videotape Editor		Geoff Higgs (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Ray Warwick (uncredited)
Grip		Bill Paget (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Andrew Rose (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Robert Springett (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Judy Kaine (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Vicky Thomas (uncredited)
Film Sound		Les Collins (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Sybil Cave (uncredited)
Location Booker		Jennie Betts (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		David Evans (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Alec Christison (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Peter Logan (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Sarah Newman (uncredited)
Axon Costumes		Jules Baker (uncredited)
Location Caterer		Cinefood (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Dave Havard (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Colin Mapson (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Jim Ward (uncredited)
Assistant		Sue Stapely (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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