Last updated 24 March 2024


Episode 4

Series Episode Number: 218

World Premiere: Sat 5 Oct 1968 - 5:19pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 24 Sep 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 19 minutes 14 seconds

7.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 56 (UK)

Chart Position: 44 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 12 Jul 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r



The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are captured by the White Robots in the Citadel and are taken to meet the Master of the Land of Fiction who has a proposition for the Doctor.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterPeter Ling
DirectorDavid Maloney
ProducerPeter Bryant
DesignerEvan Hercules
Script EditorDerrick Sherwin
Title MusicRon Grainer
and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Fight ArrangerB H Barry
CostumesMartin Baugh (uncredited)
Make-upSylvia James (uncredited)
LightingHoward King (uncredited)
SoundJohn Holmes (uncredited)
Visual Effects DesignerJack Kine (uncredited)
Visual Effects DesignerBernard Wilkie (uncredited)
Production AssistantJohn Lopes (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerEdwina Verner (uncredited)
Floor AssistantGavin Birkett (uncredited)
AssistantJudy Shears (uncredited)
Grams OperatorPat Heigham (uncredited)
Technical ManagerFred Wright (uncredited)
BookingsBarbara Buchanan (uncredited)
BookingsHilary Turnbull (uncredited)
Production SecretarySandra Brenholz (uncredited)
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)