Doctor Who Guide: The Robots of Death

Last updated 24 March 2024

«« Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four »»

Part Three

Series Episode Number: 446

World Premiere: Sat 12 Feb 1977 - 6:18pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 29 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 51 seconds

13.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 15 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 07 Dec 1977 in TC8

One of the crew is the insane Taren Capel, who is using robots to carry out the murders. The Doctor discovers that there are also others who aren't what they appear to be either.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Leela		Louise Jameson
Uvanov		Russell Hunter
Toos		Pamela Salem
Dask		David Bailie
Poul		David Collings
D84		Gregory de Polnay
SV7		Miles Fothergill
Robot		Mark Blackwell Baker
Robot		John Bleasdale
Robot		Mark Cooper
Robot		Peter Langtry
Robot		Jeremy Ranchev
Robot		Richard Seager

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Chris Boucher
Director		Michael E Briant
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Kenneth Sharp
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Costume Designer		Elizabeth Waller
Make-up Artist		Ann Briggs
Film Cameraman		Peter Chapman (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Richard Conway
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Lighting		Duncan Brown
Sound		Tony Millier
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		Peter Grimwade
Production Unit Manager		Chris D'Oyly-John
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Assistant Floor Manager		David Tilley (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Richard Ashman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Joan Duncan (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Tony Vanden Ende (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Ian Brindle (uncredited)
Film Sound		John Gatland (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Morton Hardaker (uncredited)
Electronic Effects		A J Mitchell (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Margaret Lewty (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Judith Dalton (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Anne Spiers (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Heather Squires (uncredited)
Scenic Props Buyer		Ruth Hyde (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Nansi Davis (uncredited)
Post Production Sound		R. Partridge (uncredited)
Post Production Sound		Adrian Bishop-Lagget (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Chris Lawson (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Tony Harding (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Ann Rickard (uncredited)

«« Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four »»

The Face of Evil

The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Part Three

13.10 Million (UK)

Amazon Associate paid Link. Doctor Who News is supported by qualifying purchases.