Doctor Who Guide: The Krotons

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Four

Series Episode Number: 231

World Premiere: Sat 18 Jan 1969 - 5:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 26 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 22 minutes 39 seconds

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 68 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 13 Dec 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Krotons are preparing to leave the planet and demand that the Gonds hand over the Doctor and Zoe, so that their mental energy can be drained.

The episode ends with the TARDIS dematerialising.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Thara		Gilbert Wynne
Vana		Madeleine Mills
Selris		James Copeland
Eelek		Philip Madoc
Axus		Richard Ireson
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Kroton		Robert La'Bassiere
Beta		James Cairncross
Kroton Voice		Roy Skelton
Kroton Voice		Patrick Tull

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Raymond London
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Film Editor		Martyn Day
Film Sound		Ron Blight (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas
Sound		John Holmes
Lighting		Howard T. King
Costumes		Bobi Bartlett
Make-up		Sylvia James
Special Effects designed by		Bill King (Trading Post)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Assistant Floor Manager		David Tilley (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Edwina Verner (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Assistant		Raquel E. Ebbutt (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Ron Arnett (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Fred Wright (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Maurice Gallagher (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Scene Supervisor		Ron Hasler (uncredited)
Booker		Barbara Buchanan (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jane Anderson (uncredited)
Props		Joe Hughes (uncredited)
Props		Sheila Bray (uncredited)
Graphics		Don Shaw (uncredited)
Graphics		Peter Netley (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		John Walker (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Ian Morton (uncredited)