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Escape to Danger

Series Episode Number: 60

World Premiere: Sat 27 Feb 1965 - 5:40pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 28 Aug 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 22 minutes 52 seconds

12.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 11 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 05 Feb 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The alien intelligence, the Animus, coerces the Doctor into tracking down the Menoptra. Ian escapes the Carsinome and joins forces with Vrestin, but the Zarbi are in pursuit.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill (credit only)
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Menoptera Vrestin		Roslyn de Winter
Zarbi Operator		Robert Jewell
Zarbi Operator		Hugh Lund
Zarbi Operator		Kevin Manser
Zarbi Operator		Jack Pitt
Zarbi Operator		John Scott Martin
Zarbi Operator		Gerald Taylor
Animus Voice		Catherine Fleming

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Bill Strutton
Director		Richard Martin
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		John Wood
Story Editor		Dennis Spooner
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Insect movement by		Roslyn de Winter
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Gitta Zadek (uncredited)
Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Ray Angel (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Gillian Charlet (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Norman Stewart (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Tony Bowers (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Anthony Thorpe (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jenifer Wyatt (uncredited)
Director's Secretary		Barbara Cannell (uncredited)
Producer's Secretary		Valerie Speyer (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)

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