Doctor Who Guide: The Pirate Planet

Last updated 17 August 2023

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Series Episode Number: 486

World Premiere: Sat 14 Oct 1978 - 6:21pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 29 Dec 2000 - 10:30pm CST [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 25 minutes 47 seconds

8.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 64 (UK)

Chart Position: 44 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 03 Jun 1978 in Television Centre 6

The Doctor has discovered the sinister truth about Zanak and solved the mystery of the missing planet. On the Bridge, the Doctor meets the real ruler of Zanak.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Mary Tamm
Captain		Bruce Purchase
Mr. Fibuli		Andrew Robertson
Nurse		Rosalind Lloyd
Kimus		David Warwick
Mula		Primi Townsend
Pralix		David Sibley
Mentiad		Bernard Finch
Guard (Pirate Planet)		Adam Kurakin
Voice of K-9		John Leeson

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Douglas Adams
Director		Pennant Roberts
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		John Pusey
Script Editor		Anthony Read
Studio Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Studio Sound		Mike Jones
Costume Designer		L Rowland-Warne
Make-up Artist		Janis Gould
Visual Effects Designer		Colin Mapson
Electronic Effects Operator		Dave Chapman
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Film Cameraman		Elmer Cossey
Film Sound		Doug Mawson
Film Editor		John Dunstan
Production Assistant		Michael Owen Morris
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Assistant Floor Manager		Ruth Mayorcas (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Sue Thorne (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Spencer Payne (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Ian Tomlin (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Peter Leslie (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Hazel Marriot (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Ian Brindle (uncredited)
K9 Operator		Nigel Brackley (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Tony Bate (uncredited)
Assistant Sound Recordist		Norman Johnstone (uncredited)
Assistant Film Cameraman		Brian Hall (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Chris Lawson (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Peter Higgins (uncredited)
Make-Up Artist		Linda Burr (uncredited)
Make-Up Artist		Miranda Davidson (uncredited)
Make-Up Artist		Sally Millican (uncredited)
Make-Up Artist		Catherine Whitfield (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)

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