Doctor Who Guide: The Stones of Blood

Last updated 28 September 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 488

World Premiere: Sat 28 Oct 1978 - 6:24pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 6 Sep 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 20 seconds

8.60 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 38 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 03 Jul 1978 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor and Romana track the third segment of the Key to Time to the vicinity of an ancient stone circle on Earth. But sinister forces are at work and the stones hide a secret.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Mary Tamm
Professor Rumford		Beatrix Lehmann
Vivien Fay		Susan Engel
Voice of K-9		John Leeson
De Vries		Nicholas McArdle
Martha		Elaine Ives-Cameron

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Fisher
Director		Darrol Blake
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		John Stout
Script Editor		Anthony Read
Costume Designer		Rupert Jarvis
Make-up Artist		Ann Briggs
Visual Effects Designer		Mat Irvine
Electronic Effects		A J Mitchell
Videotape Editor		Malcolm Banthorpe
Studio Lighting		Warwick Fielding
Studio Sound		Richard Chubb
OB Lighting		Hubert Cartwright
OB Sound		Vic Godrich
Production Assistant		Carolyn Montagu
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Carol Scott (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Peter Leslie (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Bob Warman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Fred Law (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Senior Cameraman		Reg Poulter (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Bob Wade (uncredited)
OB Camerman		Trevor Wimlett (uncredited)
OB Camerman		Mike Windsor (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
OB Scene Crew Supervisor		Bob Hare (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Robert Fleming (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Cassie Pusey (uncredited)
Dresser		Alice Gilbert (uncredited)
Dresser		Liz Penbroke (uncredited)
Dresser		Andre Salut (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
K9 created by		Bob Baker (uncredited)
K9 created by		Dave Martin (uncredited)
Special Sound		Elizabeth Parker (uncredited)

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