Doctor Who Guide: The Underwater Menace

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Episode 1

Series Episode Number: 145

World Premiere: Sat 14 Jan 1967 - 5:49pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 18 seconds

8.30 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 48 (UK)

Chart Position: 43 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 14 Jan 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

The travellers find themselves deep below the Earth's surface, in the lost city of Atlantis. The Doctor meets the mad Professor Zaroff and Polly is to be turned into a fish person.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Polly		Anneke Wills
Ben		Michael Craze
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Ara		Catherine Howe
Ramo		Tom Watson
Lolem		Peter Stephens
Damon		Colin Jeavons
Zaroff		Joseph Furst
Atlantean Guard		Michael Earl (uncredited)
Atlantean Guard		Dean Hardy (uncredited)
Atlantean Guard		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
Atlantean Guard		Keith Ashley (uncredited)
Zaroff Guard		Alex Donald (uncredited)
Zaroff Guard		Tony Douglas (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Denis Redwood (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		David Waterman (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Leonard Kingston (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Peter Stockbridge (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Lawrence Archer (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Reg Cranfield (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Bob Raymond (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Fred Davis (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Darroll Richards (uncredited)
Atlantean Priest		Stanely Jacomb (uncredited)
Child Priest		Anthony Kemp (uncredited)
Child Priest		Gary O'Brien (uncredited)
Child Priest		Samuel Durleigh (uncredited)
Child Priest		Shane Younger (uncredited)
Fish Person		Cathy Ash (uncredited)
Fish Person		Judy Nicholls (uncredited)
Half-Fish Person (flying)		Mary McMillan (uncredited)
Fish Person		Perin Lewis (uncredited)
Half-Fish Person (flying)		Tony Starr (uncredited)
Fish Person		Nigel Clayton (uncredited)
Fish Person		Derek Calder (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Geoffrey Orme
Director		Julia Smith
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Jack Robinson
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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