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.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Tremas		Anthony Ainley
Kassia		Sheila Ruskin
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Katura		Margot van der Burgh
Luvic		Robin Soans
Neman		Roland Oliver
Foster		Liam Prendergast
Melkur		Geoffrey Beevers

Production Team hide 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
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Laura Gilbert (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Robert Fleming (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		John Morin (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Peter Pearse (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Nansi Davies (uncredited)
Studio Engineer		George Kinross (uncredited)
Studio Engineer		Dave Murphy (uncredited)
Graphics		Ian Hewett (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Diana Roberts (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Christine Vidler (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jane Clement (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Jane Judge (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)