Doctor Who Guide: The King's Demons

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 600

World Premiere: Tue 15 Mar 1983 - 6:55pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 6 Dec 1984 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 48 seconds

5.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 65 (UK)

Chart Position: 107 () (UK)

The TARDIS appears at a medieval joust between Frenchman Sir Gilles and Hugh Fitzwilliam. But King John seems more curious than alarmed, as is Sir Gilles...

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Turlough		Mark Strickson
The Master		Anthony Ainley
Ranulf		Frank Windsor
The King		Gerald Flood
Isabella Fitzwilliam		Isla Blair
Hugh		Christopher Villiers
Sir Geoffrey		Michael J Jackson
Jester		Peter Burroughs

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Terence Dudley
Director		Tony Virgo
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Ken Ledsham
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Colin Lavers
Make-up Artist		Elizabeth Rowell
Studio Lighting		Peter Smee
Studio Sound		Martin Ridout
Technical Manager		Tony Troughton
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Visual Effects Designer		Anthony Harding
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Film Cameraman		Remi Adefarasin
Film Sound		Simon Wilson
Film Editor		Mike Rowbotham
Production Manager		Jeremy Silberston
Production Unit Manager		June Collins
Production Assistant		Sue Upton
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Hedden
Incidental Music		Jonathan Gibbs
Incidental Music		Peter Howell
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Sound/Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Fight Arranger		John Waller
Lute Player		Jakob Lindberg

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