Doctor Who Guide: The Wheel In Space

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Episode 1

Series Episode Number: 204

World Premiere: Sat 27 Apr 1968 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 47 seconds

7.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 40 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 05 Apr 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: Missing

The Doctor and Jamie are forced to abandon the TARDIS when the mercury fluid link explodes, finding themselves aboard a spacecraft called the Silver Carrier.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Servo Robot		Freddie Foote
Leo Ryan		Eric Flynn
Dr. Gemma Corwyn		Anne Ridler
Tanya Lernov		Clare Jenkins
Jarvis Bennett		Michael Turner
Enrico Casali		Donald Sumpter
Victoria		Deborah Watling
Crew of Wheel		Harry Fielder (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Gordon Pitt (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Angela March (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Dorothy Su (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Yinka Adoboyi (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		John Taylor (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Chris Jeffries (uncredited)
Double for Jamie		Ken Gibson (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
From a story by		Kit Pedler
Director		Tristan de Vere Cole
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Derek Dodd
Story Editor		Derrick Sherwin
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Incidental Music		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Lighting		Mike Jefferies (uncredited)
Sound		John Holmes (uncredited)
Costumes		Martin Baugh (uncredited)
Makeup		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Special Effects		Bill King (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Trading Post (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Jimmy Court (uncredited)
Film Editor		Ron Fry (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Ian Strachan (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Marcia Wheeler (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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