Doctor Who Guide: The Romans

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Conspiracy

Series Episode Number: 56

World Premiere: Sat 30 Jan 1965 - 5:39pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 26 Aug 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 26 minutes 18 seconds

10.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 50 (UK)

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 08 Jan 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Poppaea plans to poison Barbara who has become the object of Nero's affections. The Doctor is to be thrown to the lions and Ian and Delos are set against each other in the arena.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Sevcheria		Derek Sydney
Delos		Peter Diamond
Tavius		Michael Peake
Woman Slave		Dorothy-Rose Gribble
Nero		Derek Francis
Tigilinus		Brian Proudfoot
Poppaea		Kay Patrick
Locusta		Ann Tirard

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Dennis Spooner
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Fight Arranger		Peter Diamond
Incidental Music		Raymond Jones
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Script 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)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Richard Chubb (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Tony Bowers (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Dock Bush (uncredited)
Film Editor		Jim Latham (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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