Doctor Who Guide: The Visitation

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Chart Position: 54 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 20 May 1981 in Television Centre 3

The TARDIS lands in 17th century England which is being stalked by a robotic death-like figure. The locals seem to be under a strange mesmeric spell.

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Peter Davison
Tegan		Janet Fielding
Nyssa		Sarah Sutton
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Richard Mace		Michael Robbins
Android		Peter van Dissell
The Squire		John Savident
Charles		Anthony Calf
Ralph		John Baker
Elizabeth		Valerie Fyfer
Villager		Richard Hampton
Miller		James Charlton

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Eric Saward
Director		Peter Moffatt
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Ken Starkey
Script Editor		Antony Root
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Make-Up Artist		Carolyn Perry
Studio Lighting		Henry Barber
Studio Sound		Alan Machin
Technical Manager		Derek Martin
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Visual Effects Designer		Peter Wragg
Video Effects		Dave Jervis
Vision Mixer		Carol Johnson
Film Cameraman		Peter Chapman
Film Sound		Stan Nightingale
Film Editor		Ken Bilton
Production Manager		Roselyn Parker
Production Associate		Angela Smith
Production Assistant		Julia Randall
Assistant Floor Manager		Alison Symington
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Floor Assistant		Karen Beckett (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gordon Phillipson (uncredited)
Properties Buyer		Ruth Hyde (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		Louis Mulvey (uncredited)
Sound Recordist Assistant		Tony Wornum (uncredited)
Grip		Stan Swetman (uncredited)
Lighting		Les Colwell (uncredited)
Film Editor Assistant		Robin Scott (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Graham Richmond (uncredited)
Armourer		Des Stewart (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Stuart Fell (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Cliff Richardson (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Frank Sadler (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Jane Judge (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Fiona Duncan (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Peter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created by		Johnny Byrne (uncredited)