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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.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterDavid Whitaker
DirectorChristopher Barry
ProducerVerity Lambert
Associate ProducerMervyn Pinfield
DesignerRaymond P Cusick
Incidental MusicTristram Cary
Title MusicRon Grainer
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Story EditorDennis Spooner (uncredited)
Production AssistantDavid Maloney (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerValerie Wilkins (uncredited)
Director's AssistantThelma Helmsby (uncredited)
Floor AssistantTrevor Beckett (uncredited)
Make-up SupervisorSonia Markham (uncredited)
Costume SupervisorDaphne Dare (uncredited)
LightingHoward King (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Studio SoundRichard Chubb (uncredited)
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
Grams OperatorTony Bowers (uncredited)
Vision MixerClive Doig (uncredited)
Film CameramanDock Bush (uncredited)
Film EditorJim Latham (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)