Doctor Who Guide: The Space Pirates

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Episode Four

Series Episode Number: 241

World Premiere: Sat 29 Mar 1969 - 5:17pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 22 minutes 25 seconds

5.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 83 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 14 Mar 1969 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

In the tunnels beneath Ta, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe are rescued from their cell by Milo Clancey. They head to the surface with the pirates in hot pursuit.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Caven		Dudley Foster
Milo Clancey		Gordon Gostelow
Lt. Sorba		Nik Zaran
Dervish		Brian Peck
General Hermack		Jack May
Major Ian Warne		Donald Gee
Technician Penn		George Layton
Pirate Guard		Victor Maddern
Madeleine Issigri		Lisa Daniely

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Robert Holmes
Director		Michael Hart
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Ian Watson
Script Editor		Derrick Sherwin
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Costumes		Nicholas Bullen (uncredited)
Make-up		Sallie Evans (uncredited)
Lighting		Peter Winn (uncredited)
Sound		David Hughes (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		John Wood (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Hall (uncredited)
Film Editor		Martyn Day (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Liam Foster (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		John Turner (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Noel Snowy (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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