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the sensorites

story 7 : season 1 : serial G : 6 episodes

Producer: Verity Lambert
Director: Mervyn Pinfield
Director: Frank Cox
Writer: Peter R Newman
Script Editor: David Whitaker
Designer: Raymond Cusick

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); William Russell (Ian Chesterton); Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright); Carole Ann Ford (Susan); Stephen Dartnell (John); Ilona Rodgers (Carol); Lorne Cossette (Maitland); Ken Tyllsen (1st Sensorite); Joe Greig (2nd Sensorite); John Bailey (Commander); Martyn Huntley (First Human); Giles Phibbs (Second Human); Ken Tyllsen (First Sensorite); Joe Greig (Second Sensorite); Peter Glaze (Third Sensorite); Arthur Newall (Fourth Sensorite); Eric Francis (First Elder); Bartlett Mullins (Second Elder); Ken Tyllsen (First Scientist); Joe Greig (Second Scientist); Joe Greig (Warrior); Gerry Martin (Anthony Rogers);

crew information

Dawn Robertson (Assistant Floor Manager); Val McCrimmon (Assistant Floor Manager); Mervyn Pinfield (Associate Producer); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Norman Kay (Incidental Music); Jill Summers (Make-Up); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); David Conroy (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Peter Murray (Studio Lighting); Jack Brummitt (Studio Sound); Les Wilkins (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Strangers in Space 20 June 1964 at 17:15 24'46" 7.9mil 16mm telerecording
2 The Unwilling Warriors 27 June 1964 at 17:15 24'44" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
3 Hidden Danger 11 July 1964 at 17:15 24'53" 7.4mil 16mm telerecording
4 A Race Against Death 18 July 1964 at 17:15 24'49" 5.5mil 16mm telerecording
5 Kidnap 25 July 1964 at 17:15 25'47" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
6 A Desperate Venture 1 August 1964 at 17:15 24'29" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
  1. Strangers in Space
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  2. The Unwilling Warriors
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  3. Hidden Danger
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  4. A Race Against Death
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  5. Kidnap
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  6. A Desperate Venture
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Sensorites
Written by: Nigel Robinson
Number 118 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1987 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Tony Masero
ISBN: 0 491 03455 5
16 July 1987 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Tony Masero
ISBN: 0 426 20295 3

plot synopsis

The crew of an Earth spaceship from the 28th century are found to be under the control of a race of creatures called Sensorites when the TARDIS materialises on board. The Doctor finds the Sensorites are really passive telepaths who are terrified of how the humans on the ship might exploit their society, but there is already some trying to poison the creatures' water supply beneath their city. The Doctor intervenes...

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