Doctor Who Guide: The Twin Dilemma

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part Three

Series Episode Number: 625

World Premiere: Thu 29 Mar 1984 - 6:41pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 26 May 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 27 seconds

7.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 59 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)

Mestor claims that all he wants is the Sylvest twins to help him repopulate his home planet. But the Doctor knows there's more to this than meets the eye...

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Peri		Nicola Bryant
Edgeworth		Maurice Denham OBE
Hugo Lang		Kevin McNally
Mestor		Edwin Richfield
Noma		Barry Stanton
Drak		Oliver Smith
Romulus		Gavin Conrad
Remus		Andrew Conrad
Chamberlain		Seymour Green
Prisoner		Roger Nott
Jocondan Guard		John Wilson
Gastropod		Steven Wickham (uncredited)
Gastropod		Ridgewell Hawkes (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		Les Conrad (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		Robert Smythe (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		Mike Mungarvan (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		Graham Cole (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		Mark Bassenger (uncredited)
Jocondan Guard		David Ransley (uncredited)
Peasant		Robert Sands (uncredited)
Peasant		Chris Wortman (uncredited)
Peasant		Jackie Elsdon (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Anthony Steven
Director		Peter Moffatt
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Valerie Warrender
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Title Sequence		Terry Handley
Costume Designer		Pat Godfrey
Make-up Designer		Denise Baron
Lighting Director		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Scott Talbott
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Visual Effects Designer		Stuart Brisdon
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Diana Long
Film Cameraman		John Baker
Film Cameraman		John Walker
Film Sound		Malcolm Campbell
Film Editor		Ian McKendrick
Production Manager		Michael A Treen
Production Associate		June Collins
Production Assistant		Christine Fawcett
Assistant Floor Manager		Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
Assistant Floor Manager		Beth Millward
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Malcolm Clarke
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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