Last updated 24 March 2024


Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 233

World Premiere: Sat 1 Feb 1969 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 26 seconds

6.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 72 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 10 Jan 1969 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r



With the commerce of the world grinding to a halt, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe agree to investigate. They set off for the T-Mat Relay Station on the Moon in Professor Eldred's old fashioned rocket.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterBrian Hayles
DirectorMichael Ferguson
ProducerPeter Bryant
DesignerPaul Allen
Script EditorTerrance Dicks
Film CameramanPeter Hall (uncredited)
Film SoundRon Blight (uncredited)
Film EditorMartyn Day (uncredited)
LightingHoward King (uncredited)
SoundBryan Forgham (uncredited)
CostumesBobi Bartlett (uncredited)
Make-upSylvia James (uncredited)
Incidental MusicDudley Simpson
Visual Effects DesignerBill King (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer Trading Post (uncredited)
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer
and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Vision MixerChris Griffin (uncredited)
Grams OperatorJohn Lloyd (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerTrina Cornwell (uncredited)
Floor AssistantJohn Norton (uncredited)
Production AssistantFiona Cumming (uncredited)
Film Operations ManagerHugh Wilson (uncredited)
Film Camera AssistantMike Spooner (uncredited)
Film Sound AssistantI H Morton (uncredited)
Film Sound AssistantRon Keightley (uncredited)
Design AssistantPeter Blacken (uncredited)
Director's AssistantRaquel E. Ebbutt (uncredited)
Artist BookingBarbara Buchanan (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)