Episode 3

Series Episode Number: 133

World Premiere: Sat 22 Oct 1966 - 5:54pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 31 seconds

7.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 48 (UK)

Chart Position: 46 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 01 Oct 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Determined to stop the Cybermen and the energy drain, General Cutler prepares to launch the deadly Z-bomb. Ben and Polly desperately try to stop the launch as the countdown begins.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell (credit only)
General Cutler		Robert Beatty
Radar Technician		Christopher Matthews
Radar Technician		Christopher Durham
Polly		Anneke Wills
Ben		Michael Craze
Barclay		David Dodimead
Dyson		Dudley Jones
Terry Cutler		Callen Angelo
Wigner		Steve Plytas
Geneva Technician		Eileen Cullen
T.V. Announcer		Glenn Beck
Cyberman Voice		Roy Skelton (uncredited)
Stand-in for William Hartnell		Gordon Craig (uncredited)
Solider B		Nick Hilton (uncredited)
Corporal		Alec Coleman (uncredited)
Engineer 1		Freddie Eldrett (uncredited)
Engineer 2		Roy Pierce (uncredited)
Officer		Chris Konyils (uncredited)
Officer		Stanley Davies (uncredited)
Technician 1		Richard Lawrence (uncredited)
Technician 2		Morris Quick (uncredited)
Technician 3		Bill Gosling (uncredited)
Technician 4		Gordon Lang (uncredited)
Stand in for Michael Craze		Peter Pocook (uncredited)
Cyberman (Jarl)		Reg Whitehead (uncredited)
Cyberman (Krang)		Harry Brooks (uncredited)
Cyberman (Gern)		Gregg Palmor (uncredited)
Cyberman		Bruce Wells (uncredited)
Cyberman		John Haines (uncredited)
Cyberman		John Knott (uncredited)
Soldier C		Freddie Eldrett (uncredited)
Soldier D		Roy Pierce (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Kit Pedler
Writer		Gerry Davies
Director		Derek Martinus
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Peter Kindred
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophone Workshop