Doctor Who Guide: The Ice Warriors

Last updated 24 March 2024

Six

Series Episode Number: 185

World Premiere: Sat 16 Dec 1967 - 5:24pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 58 seconds

7.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 51 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 25 Nov 1967 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Ice Warriors invade the human's base, and it is up to the Doctor to repel them. Using the ioniser is the only way to defeat the Martians, but to do so could have consequences.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Penley		Peter Sallis
Clent		Peter Barkworth
Miss Garrett		Wendy Gifford
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Victoria		Deborah Watling
Walters		Malcolm Taylor
Varga, the Ice Warrior		Bernard Bresslaw
Zondal, the Ice Warrior		Roger Jones
Rintan, the Ice Warrior		Tony Harwood
Isbur, the Ice Warrior		Michael Attwell

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Brian Hayles
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Grams Operator		Laurie Taylor (uncredited)
Special Sound Effects		Brian Hodgson
Special Sound Effects		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Story Editor		Peter Bryant
Assistant Story Editor		Victor Pemberton (uncredited)
Costumes		Martin Baugh
Make-up		Sylvia James
Sound		Bryan Forgham
Lighting		Sam Neeter
Film Cameraman		Brian Langley
Film Editor		Michael Lockey
Visual Effects Designer		Bernard Wilkie
Visual Effects Designer		Ron Oates
Designer		Jeremy Davies
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Peter Logan (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Quenton Annis (uncredited)
Effects Contractor		Peter Pegrum (uncredited)
Film Sound		George Cassedy (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Roy Bailey (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Ken Hains (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Heather Shaw (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Ann Rayment (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Pauline Mansfield Clark (uncredited)
Assistant		Sheenagh Tuckwell (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Noel Snowy (uncredited)
Director		Derek Martinus

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