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Episode Five

Series Episode Number: 236

World Premiere: Sat 22 Feb 1969 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 56 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 65 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 31 Jan 1969 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

An Ice Warrior invasion fleet is on its way to the Moon. Meanwhile the Doctor, Zoe & Jamie return to Earth by T-Mat, where the Doctor discovers there is only one way to destroy the fungal pods.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Fewsham		Terry Scully
Gia Kelly		Louise Pajo
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Radnor		Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Eldred		Philip Ray
Sir James Gregson		Hugh Morton
Slaar		Alan Bennion
Computer Voice		John Witty
Grand Marshall		Graham Leaman
Ice Warrior		Sonny Caldinez
Ice Warrior		Tony Harwood
Ice Warrior		Steve Peters

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Brian Hayles
Writer		Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Paul Allen
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Film Cameraman		Peter Hall (uncredited)
Film Sound		Ron Blight (uncredited)
Film Editor		Martyn Day (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Sound		Bryan Forgham (uncredited)
Costumes		Bobi Bartlett (uncredited)
Make-up		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Visual Effects Designer		Bill King (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Trading Post (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Vision Mixer		Chris Griffin (uncredited)
Grams Operator		John Lloyd (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Trina Cornwell (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		John Norton (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Fiona Cumming (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Hugh Wilson (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Mike Spooner (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		I H Morton (uncredited)
Film Sound Assistant		Ron Keightley (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Peter Blacken (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Raquel E. Ebbutt (uncredited)
Artist Booking		Barbara Buchanan (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)

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