Doctor Who Guide: The Stones of Blood

Last updated 28 September 2024

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Part Four

Series Episode Number: 491

World Premiere: Sat 18 Nov 1978 - 6:23pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 2 Feb 2001 - 10:30pm CST [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 23 minutes 7 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 66 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 17 Jul 1978 in Television Centre 3

The Doctor releases two alien justice machines from imprisonment but they sentence him to death! Meanwhile, Romana searches for clues that will reveal Vivien Fay's true identity.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Mary Tamm
Professor Rumford		Beatrix Lehmann
Vivien Fay		Susan Engel
Voice of K-9		John Leeson
Guardian Voice		Gerald Cross
Megara Voice		David McAlister

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		Nigel Taylor (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Peter Leslie (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Bob Warman (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis (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)
OB Scene Crew Supervisor		Bob Hare (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Robert Fleming (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Cassie Pusey (uncredited)
Dresser		Alice Gilbert (uncredited)
Dresser		Liz Penbroke (uncredited)
Dresser		Andre Salut (uncredited)
K9 created by		Bob Baker (uncredited)
K9 created by		Dave Martin (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Special Sound		Elizabeth Parker (uncredited)

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