Doctor Who Guide: The Time Meddler

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The Meddling Monk

Series Episode Number: 79

World Premiere: Sat 10 Jul 1965 - 5:39pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Mon 8 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 25 minutes 17 seconds

8.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 19 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 18 Jun 1965 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor is held prisoner by the Monk in the monastery whilst Vicki and Steven search for him. Meanwhile, a Viking war party arrives ahead of the main invasion fleet.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
The Meddling Monk		Peter Butterworth
Eldred		Peter Russell
Wulnoth		Michael Miller
Edith		Alethea Charlton
Ulf		Norman Hartley
Viking Leader		Geoffrey Cheshire
Sven		David Anderson
Gunnar the Giant		Ronald Rich

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Dennis Spooner
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Barry Newbery
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Percussion performed by		Charles Botterill
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Fight Arranger		David Anderson
Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Ray Angel (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Gillian Charlet (uncredited)
Production Assistant		David Maloney (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Cordelia Crawshaw (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Chris Carne (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Dave Hanks (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Bernard Fox (uncredited)

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