Doctor Who Guide: The Wheel In Space

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Episode 6

Series Episode Number: 209

World Premiere: Sat 1 Jun 1968 - 6:06pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 10 seconds

6.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 62 (UK)

Chart Position: 51 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 10 May 1968 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 35mm t/r

The Doctor and the crew of the Wheel battle valiantly against the invading Cybermen, but to defeat the approaching fleet of Cyber ships, the Doctor needs a vital component from the TARDIS.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Leo Ryan		Eric Flynn
Enrico Casali		Donald Sumpter
Tanya Lernov		Clare Jenkins
Jarvis Bennett		Michael Turner
Armand Vallance		Derrick Gilbert
Sean Flannigan		James Mellor
Cyberman		Gordon Stothard
Cyberman		Jerry Holmes
Cyberman Voice		Peter Hawkins
Cyberman Voice		Roy Skelton
Crew of Wheel		Angela March (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Gordon Pitt (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Dorothy Su (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Yinka Adoboyi (uncredited)
Crew of Wheel		Kedd Senton (uncredited)
Kennedy		Griffith Davies (uncredited)
Dalek Voice		Roy Skelton (uncredited)
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell (uncredited)
Cyberman		Tony Harwood (uncredited)

Production Team include 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
Film Cameraman		Jimmy Court
Film Editor		Ron Fry
Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Sound		John Holmes
Costumes		Martin Baugh
Make-up		Sylvia James
Special Effects		Bill King
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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