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The Powerful Enemy

Series Episode Number: 52

World Premiere: Sat 2 Jan 1965 - 5:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 3 Aug 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 26 minutes 15 seconds

12.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 11 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 04 Dec 1964 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Arriving on the planet Dido, the Doctor, Barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship from Earth and survivors. They are terrorised by the monstrous Koquillion who attacks Barbara.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Bennett		Ray Barrett
Space Captain		Tom Sheridan
Koquillion		Sydney Wilson

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Story Editor		Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Production Assistant		David Maloney (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Valerie Wilkins (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Thelma Helmsby (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Richard Chubb (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Tony Bowers (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Dock Bush (uncredited)
Film Editor		Jim Latham (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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