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Episode 5

Series Episode Number: 208

World Premiere: Sat 25 May 1968 - 5:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 21 minutes 55 seconds

6.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 44 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 03 May 1968 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

The Cybermen reveal their plans to invade Earth, using the Wheel as a guiding beacon. The Doctor sends Jamie and Zoe on a dangerous spacewalk to the Silver Carrier.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Tanya Lernov		Clare Jenkins
Leo Ryan		Eric Flynn
Dr. Gemma Corwyn		Anne Ridler
Enrico Casali		Donald Sumpter
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Jarvis Bennett		Michael Turner
Sean Flannigan		James Mellor
Armand Vallance		Derrick Gilbert
Elton Laleham		Michael Goldie
Cyberman		Gordon Stothard
Cyberman		Jerry Holmes
Cyberman Voice		Peter Hawkins
Cyberman Voice		Roy Skelton

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
and the		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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