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Death of a Spy

Series Episode Number: 89

World Premiere: Sat 30 Oct 1965 - 5:49pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes 39 seconds

8.70 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 33 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 01 Oct 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

At the Doctor's suggestion, the Greeks construct a giant wooden horse which they present to the Trojans as a peace offering. But inside the horse, the Greek soldiers are waiting.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Odysseus		Ivor Salter
King Priam		Max Adrian
Paris		Barrie Ingham
Cassandra		Frances White
Agamemnon		Francis de Wolff
Menelaus		Jack Melford
Cyclops		Tutte Lemkow
Troilus		James Lynn

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Donald Cotton
Director		Michael Leeston-Smith
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		John Wood
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Incidental Music		Humphrey Searle
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Caroline Shields (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Tony Pearce (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Bryan Forgham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Dawn Robertson (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Richard Brooks (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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