Doctor Who Guide: The Daleks' Master Plan

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Counter Plot

Series Episode Number: 95

World Premiere: Sat 11 Dec 1965 - 5:51pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 3 seconds

9.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 26 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 19 Nov 1965 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor and Steven, along with Space Security Service agent Sara Kingdom are transported to the planet Mira. There, unseen creatures stalk the jungle and the Daleks close in.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Sara Kingdom		Jean Marsh
Borkar		James Hall
Froyn		Bill Meilen
Rhymnal		John Herrington
Mavic Chen		Kevin Stoney
Karlton		Maurice Browning
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Terry Nation
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Special Photographic Transparencies		George Pollock
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Script Editor		Donald Tosh
Costume Designer		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Designer		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Keith Raven (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Viktors Ritelis (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Derek Ware (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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