Doctor Who Guide: The Ribos Operation

Last updated 09 January 2020

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 483

World Premiere: Sat 23 Sep 1978 - 6:21pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 1 Dec 2000 - 10:30pm CST [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 24 minutes 50 seconds

8.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 36 () (UK)

Pursued into the catacombs by the Graff and attacked by the ferocious Shrivenzale, the Doctor and Romana struggle to stay alive and find the first segment of the Key to Time.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Mary Tamm
Garron		Iain Cuthbertson
Unstoffe		Nigel Plaskitt
Graff Vynda K		Paul Seed
Sholakh		Robert Keegan
Binro		Timothy Bateson
The Seeker		Ann Tirard
Captain		Prentis Hancock
Shrieve		Oliver Maguire
Voice of K-9		John Leeson

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		George Spenton-Foster
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Ken Ledsham
Script Editor		Anthony Read
Costume Designer		June Hudson
Make-up Artist		Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Visual Effects Designer		Dave Havard
Electronic Effects Operator		Dave Chapman
Videotape Editor		John Turner
Studio Lighting		Jim Purdie
Studio Sound		Richard Chubb
Production Assistant		Jane Shirley
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Assistant Floor Manager		Richard Cox (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Denise Baron (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Juliette Mayer (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Suzanne Jansen (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Roger Turner (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Nigel Brackley (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Peter Grainger (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Sue Thorne (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Martin Ridout (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Guy Francis (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Wendy Plowright (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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