Doctor Who Guide: The Massacre

Last updated 23 March 2024

The Sea Beggar

Series Episode Number: 104

World Premiere: Sat 12 Feb 1966 - 5:15pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 43 seconds

Appreciation Index: 52 (UK)

Chart Position: 96 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 28 Jan 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

Steven is suspected of being a Catholic spy and is amazed to discover that the Catholic Abbot of Amboise is an exact double for the Doctor.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell (credit only)
Abbot of Amboise		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Gaston		Eric Thompson
Nicholas		David Weston
Landlord		Edwin Finn
Anne		Annette Robertson
Servant		Reginald Jessup
Roger		Christopher Tranchell
Marshal Tavannes		André Morell
Admiral de Coligny		Leonard Sachs
Old Lady		Cynthia Etherington
Simon		John Tillinger

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		John Lucarotti
Writer		Donald Tosh (uncredited)
Director		Paddy Russell
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Michael Young
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		Dennis Channon (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Gordon Mackie (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Fiona Cumming (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Gerry Mill (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Tony Leggo (uncredited)
Film Editor		Bob Rymer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)