Doctor Who Guide: The Robots of Death

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 447

World Premiere: Sat 19 Feb 1977 - 6:25pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 30 May 1980 - 5:30pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 42 seconds

12.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 18 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 07 Dec 1976 in TC8

As Taren Capel reveals himself and his army of killer robots close in, the Doctor and Leela join forces with the surviving crew members to defend themselves.

Characters
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
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		Neil Sadwick (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Tony Vanden Ende (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)
Film Cameraman		Peter Chapman

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