Doctor Who Guide: The Faceless Ones

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode 6

Series Episode Number: 162

World Premiere: Sat 13 May 1967 - 5:50pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 38 seconds

Appreciation Index: 52 (UK)

Chart Position: 33 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 06 May 1967 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

On the Chameleon space station, the Doctor faces the Chameleon's Director who announces his plans to abduct 50,000 humans.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Commandant		Colin Gordon
Spencer		Victor Winding
Blade		Donald Pickering
Jean Rock		Wanda Ventham
Meadows		George Selway
Jenkins		Christopher Tranchell
Nurse Pinto		Madalena Nicol
Crossland		Bernard Kay
Samantha Briggs		Pauline Collins
Heslington		Barry Wilsher
Ann Davidson		Gilly Fraser
Supt. Reynolds		Leonard Trolley
Ben		Michael Craze
Polly		Anneke Wills

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Ellis
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Director		Gerry Mill
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Associate Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Geoffrey Kirkland
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Costumes		Daphne Dare
Make-up		Gillian James
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King
Sound		Gordon Mackie
Film Cameraman		Tony Imi
Film Editor		Chris Hayden
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Marlborough (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Richard Brooks (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)