Doctor Who Guide: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Last updated 23 March 2024

The Waking Ally

Series Episode Number: 50

World Premiere: Sat 19 Dec 1964 - 5:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 29 seconds

Appreciation Index: 58 (UK)

Chart Position: 18 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 16 Oct 1964 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 35mm t/r

Barbara is put to work in the Dalek mine where it is revealed that the Daleks intend to use a bomb to extract the Earth's magnetic core.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford
Slyther Operator		Nick Evans
Larry Madison		Graham Rigby
David Campbell		Peter Fraser
Carl Tyler		Bernard Kay
Roboman		Martyn Huntley
Roboman		Peter Badger
Woman in the Wood		Jean Conroy
Woman in the Wood		Meriel Hobson
Jenny		Ann Davies
Wells		Nicholas Smith
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Dalek Operator		Nick Evans
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		Murphy Grumbar

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Richard Martin
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Designer		Spencer Chapman
Story Editor		David Whitaker
Incidental Music		Francis Chagrin
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Fight Arranger		Peter Diamond
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Jack Brummitt (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Tony Pearce (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Christina Lawton (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Tristan de Vere Cole (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Mike Catherwood (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Carolyn Bill (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Telerecording Editor		Eddy Walstead (uncredited)
Videotape Editor		Ron Fry (uncredited)
Design Assistant		John Stout (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)