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The Destruction of Time

Series Episode Number: 102

World Premiere: Sat 29 Jan 1966 - 5:50pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 31 seconds

8.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 39 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 14 Jan 1966 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: Missing

Mavic Chen proclaims himself leader of the Daleks' alliance. With the Time Destructor now complete and operational, the Doctor fears the Daleks will become unstoppable.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Sara Kingdom		Jean Marsh
Mavic Chen		Kevin Stoney
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voice		David Graham

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Dennis Spooner
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Barry Newbery
Make-up Designer		Sonia Markham
Costume Designer		Tony Pearce
Script Editor		Donald Tosh
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		David Anderson (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Michael E Briant (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Keith Raven (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Caroline Walmsley (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Daleks created by		Terry Nation (uncredited)

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