Doctor Who Guide: Underworld

Last updated 21 January 2025

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Series Episode Number: 471

World Premiere: Sat 14 Jan 1978 - 6:26pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Thu 21 Feb 1980 - 5:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 21 minutes 27 seconds

9.10 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 37 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 03 Oct 1977 in TC3

When their ship crashes beneath the surface of a newly formed planet, the Minyan survivors discover what they have been searching for. But their arrival is not welcomed.

Characters
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Leela		Louise Jameson
Jackson		James Maxwell
Herrick		Alan Lake
Orfe		Jonathan Newth
Tala		Imogen Bickford-Smith
Rask		James Marcus
Tarn		Godfrey James
Idmon		Jimmy Gardner
Idas		Norman Tipton
Guard Klimt		Jay Neill
Voice of K-9		John Leeson

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Writer		Dave Martin
Director		Norman Stewart
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Dick Coles
Script Editor		Anthony Read
Costume Designer		Rupert Jarvis
Makeup Artist		Cecile Hay-Arthur
Visual Effects Designer		Richard Conway
Electronic Effects		A J Mitchell
Lighting		Mike Jefferies
Sound		Richard Chubb
Production Assistant		Michael Cager
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Assistant Floor Manager		Gary Downie (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Gerry Burrows (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Sue Williams (uncredited)
Property Buyer		Bob Warans (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Jane Shepherd (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)

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