Doctor Who Guide: The Keeper of Traken

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Three

Series Episode Number: 548

World Premiere: Sat 14 Feb 1981 - 5:09pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 3 Apr 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 49 seconds

Chart Position: 112 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 20 Nov 1980 in Television Centre 8

The Keeper nears the end of his life and Melkur is poised to take control of the all-powerful source manipulator.

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Johnny Byrne
Director		John Black
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Executive Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Tony Burrough
Script Editor		Christopher H Bidmead
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Amy Roberts
Make-up Artist		Norma Hill
Lighting		Don Babbage
Sound		John Holmes
Technical Manager		Bob Hignett
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Logan
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Production Assistant		Alan Wareing
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith
Director's Assistant		Jean Davis
Assistant Floor Manager		Lynn Richards
Incidental Music		Roger Limb
Special Sound		Dick Mills