Doctor Who Guide: The Rescue - Desperate Measures

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Desperate Measures

Series Episode Number: 53

World Premiere: Sat 9 Jan 1965 - 5:41pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 22 Aug 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 36 seconds

13.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 8 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 11 Dec 1964 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Ian and Barbara discover that the paralysed Bennett has gone missing from his cabin. The Doctor discovers the truth about Koquillion, but endangers his own life in doing so.

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

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham
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)
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)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Dock Bush (uncredited)
Film Editor		Jim Latham (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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