Doctor Who Guide: The Edge of Destruction

Last updated 23 March 2024

The Brink of Disaster

Series Episode Number: 13

World Premiere: Sat 15 Feb 1964 - 5:16pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 12 Aug 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 22 minutes 11 seconds

Appreciation Index: 60 (UK)

Chart Position: 31 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 24 Jan 1964 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

As the power of the TARDIS threatens to escape and destroy the ship, the travellers become increasingly paranoid and hostile towards each other.

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Frank Cox
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Designer		Raymond Cusick
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Story Editor		David Whitaker (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Ann Ferriggi (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Lighting		Dennis Channon (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Jack Brummitt (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Jeremy Hare (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Tony Lightley (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Secretary		Margaret Allen (uncredited)