Doctor Who Guide: The Sensorites - A Desperate Venture

Last updated 23 March 2024

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A Desperate Venture

Series Episode Number: 36

World Premiere: Sat 1 Aug 1964 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 20 Aug 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 29 seconds

6.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 39 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 03 Jul 1964 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Having found a cure to the illness, the Doctor discovers that it is in fact deadly nightshade poisoning which has been introduced into the city water supply.

Characters
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford
John		Stephen Dartnell
Carol		Ilona Rogers
Commander		John Bailey
First Human		Martyn Huntley
Second Human		Giles Phibbs
3rd Sensorite		Peter Glaze
4th Sensorite		Arthur Newall
First Elder		Eric Francis
Warrior		Joe Greig
Sensorite		Anthony Rogers

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

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