Doctor Who Guide: The Sensorites

Last updated 23 March 2024

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Hidden Danger

Series Episode Number: 33

World Premiere: Sat 11 Jul 1964 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 6 Jul 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 53 seconds

7.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 56 (UK)

Chart Position: 22 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 12 Jun 1964 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Sensorites take the Doctor, Susan, Ian and members of the spaceship crew down to the surface of the Sense-Sphere. There the Doctor learns about a previous Earth expedition...

Characters
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford
John		Stephen Dartnell
Carol		Ilona Rogers
Maitland		Lorne Cossette
1st Sensorite		Ken Tyllsen
2nd Sensorite		Joe Greig
3rd Sensorite		Peter Glaze
4th Sensorite		Arthur Newall
First Elder		Eric Francis
Second Elder		Bartlett Mullins
Sensorite		Anthony Rogers
Sensorite		Gerry Martin

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Peter R. Newman
Director		Mervyn Pinfield
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Raymond P Cusick
Story Editor		David Whitaker
Incidental Music		Norman Kay
Conducted By		Norman Kay
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Jill Summers (uncredited)
Lighting		Peter Murray (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Les Wilkins (uncredited)
Production Assistant		David Conroy (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon (uncredited)
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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