Doctor Who Guide: The Wheel In Space

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Episode 2

Series Episode Number: 205

World Premiere: Sat 4 May 1968 - 5:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 22 minutes 50 seconds

6.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 60 (UK)

Chart Position: 59 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 12 Apr 1968 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: Missing

The Doctor and Jamie are rescued and taken aboard the Wheel space station. Jamie sabotages the Wheel's laser to save the TARDIS from destruction but places everyone in danger.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton (credit only)
Bill Duggan		Kenneth Watson
Elton Laleham		Michael Goldie
Armand Vallance		Derrick Gilbert
Jarvis Bennett		Michael Turner
Leo Ryan		Eric Flynn
Dr. Gemma Corwyn		Anne Ridler
Tanya Lernov		Clare Jenkins
Enrico Casali		Donald Sumpter
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Kemel Rudkin		Kevork Malikyan
Chang		Peter Laird
Sean Flannigan		James Mellor
Zoe		Wendy Padbury

Production Team hide 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)
Costumes		Martin Baugh (uncredited)
Make-up		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Lighting		Mike Jefferies (uncredited)
Sound		John Holmes (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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