Doctor Who Guide: The Horns of Nimon

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 522

World Premiere: Sat 22 Dec 1979 - 6:11pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 8 Nov 1981 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 25 minutes 41 seconds

6.00 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 100 () (UK)

With the TARDIS disabled for repairs, the Doctor is powerless to act when Romana is kidnapped by a battleship en route to Skonnos and the formidable Nimon.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Soldeed		Graham Crowden
Sorak		Michael Osborne
Pilot		Bob Hornery
Co Pilot		Malcolm Terris
Nimon		Robin Sherringham
Teka		Janet Ellis
Seth		Simon Gipps-Kent
Voice of K-9		David Brierley
Voice of the Nimon		Clifford Norgate

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Anthony Read
Director		Kenny McBain
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Graeme Story
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Costume Designer		June Hudson
Make-up Artist		Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Pegrum
Electronic Effects		Dave Jervis
Vision Mixer		James Gould
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Studio Lighting		Nigel Wright
Studio Sound		John Hartshorn
Technical Manager		Derek Thompson
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Production Assistant		Henry Foster
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Director's Assistant		Elizabeth Sherry
Assistant Floor Manager		Rosemary Chapman
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
K9 Operator		Steve Cambden (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Sally Bates (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hertherington (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Rorie Mitchell (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Francoise Cresson (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Christine Greenwood (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Jenny Hughes (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)

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