Doctor Who Guide: The Claws of Axos

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Two

Chart Position: 43 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 23 Jan 1971 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: RSC conver

The Master is in league with the Axons who intend to consume Earth. The Doctor subjects Axonite to tests and discovers the terrible truth.

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
Nuton Driver		Nick Hobbs (uncredited)
The Minister		Kenneth Benda (uncredited)
Stunt Double		Nick Hobbs (uncredited)
Axon Woman (stunts)		Sue Crosland (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Jack Cooper (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Roy Brent (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Civil Servant		Pierce McAvey (uncredited)
Civil Servant		Ian Munro (uncredited)
Secretary		Gloria Walker (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Steve Emerson (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Stuart Fell (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Reg Harding (uncredited)
Stunt Man		Derek Martin (uncredited)

Production Team include 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
Make-up		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