Doctor Who Guide: The Time Meddler

Last updated 23 March 2024

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Checkmate

Series Episode Number: 81

World Premiere: Sat 24 Jul 1965 - 5:40pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 9 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes

8.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 54 (UK)

Chart Position: 24 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 02 Jul 1965 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Discovering the Monk's plan, the Doctor is determined to stop him meddling with history. As the Viking fleet approaches, time is running out for both the Monk and the Doctor.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
The Meddling Monk		Peter Butterworth
Sven		David Anderson
Eldred		Peter Russell
Ulf		Norman Hartley
Wulnoth		Michael Miller
Edith		Alethea Charlton

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Dennis Spooner
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Barry Newbery
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Lighting		Ralph Walton
Studio Sound		Brian Hyles
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Make-Up Supervisor		Sonia Markham
Percussion performed by		Charles Botterill
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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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