Doctor Who Guide: The Masque of Mandragora

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 428

World Premiere: Sat 4 Sep 1976 - 6:12pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 5 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 31 seconds

Appreciation Index: 58 (UK)

Chart Position: 40 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 03 May 1976 in TC3

The Doctor and Sarah arrive in Renaissance Italy unaware that they have brought a deadly alien energy force with them.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Count Federico		Jon Laurimore
Captain Rossini		Antony Carrick
Giuliano		Gareth Armstrong
Marco		Tim Pigott-Smith
Hieronymous		Norman Jones
High Priest		Robert James
Brother		Brian Ellis
Soldier		Pat Gorman

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Louis Marks
Director		Rodney Bennett
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Barry Newbery
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Costume Designer		James Acheson
Make-up Artist		Jan Harrison
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Recordist		Hugh Cleverley
Film Editor		Clare Douglas
Studio Lighting		Dennis Channon
Studio Sound		Colin Dixon
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Visual Effects Designer		Ian Scoones
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Production Assistant		Thea Murray
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop