Doctor Who Guide: The Creature from the Pit

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 515

World Premiere: Sat 3 Nov 1979 - 6:07pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 24 Aug 2001 - 10:30pm CDT [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 24 minutes 3 seconds

10.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 23 () (UK)

The Doctor has escaped Adrasta's wrath by jumping down the pit into the last remaining metal mine on Chloris. But the pit is also the home of a monstrous creature.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Adrasta		Myra Frances
Karela		Eileen Way
Voice of K-9		David Brierley
Organon		Geoffrey Bayldon
Torvin		John Bryans
Edu		Edward Kelsey
Ainu		Tim Munro
Guardmaster		Tommy Wright
Guard		Philip Denyer

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Fisher
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Valerie Warrender
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Costume Designer		June Hudson
Make-up Artist		Gillian Thomas
Visual Effects Designer		Mat Irvine
Electronic Effects		Dave Chapman
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Studio Lighting		Warwick Fielding
Studio Sound		Anthony Philpott
Senior Cameraman		Rodney Taylor
Vision Mixer		James Gould
Production Assistant		Romey Allison
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Director's Assistant		Carol Snook
Assistant Floor Manager		David Tilley
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		David Feig (uncredited)
Film Sound		Doug Mawson (uncredited)
Film Editor		M A C Adams (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Ian Brindle (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Tony Bragg (uncredited)
Assistant Sound Recordist		Stuart Moser (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Mike Chislett (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Eric Baker (uncredited)
Grip		George Rose (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Edward Bye (uncredited)
Make Up Assistant		Lisa Pickering (uncredited)
Design Assistant		David Laskey (uncredited)
Gaffer		Des O'Brien (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager (Film)		Kate Osborne (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)

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