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the chase

story 16 : season 2 : serial R : 6 episodes

Producer: Verity Lambert
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
Script Editor: Dennis Spooner
Designer: Raymond Cusick
Designer: John Wood

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); William Russell (Ian Chesterton); Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright); Maureen O'Brien (Vicki); Peter Purves (Steven Taylor); Robert Marsden (Abraham Lincoln); Roger Hammond (Francis Bacon); Vivienne Bennett (Queen Elizabeth I); Hugh Walters (William Shakespeare); Richard Cox (Television Announcer); Peter Hawkins (Dalek Voice); David Graham (Dalek Voice); Robert Jewell (Dalek); Kevin Manser (Dalek); John Scott Martin (Dalek); Gerald Taylor (Dalek); Jack Pitt (Mire Beast); Ian Thompson (Malsan); Hywel Bennett (Rynian); Al Raymond (Prondyn); Arne Gordon (Guide); Peter Purves (Morton Dill); Dennis Chinnery (Albert C Richardson); David Blake Kelly (Capt Benjamin Briggs); Patrick Carter (Bosun); Douglas Ditta (Willoughby); Jack Pitt (Cabin Steward); John Maxim (Frankenstein); Malcolm Rogers (Count Dracula); Roslyn de Winter (Grey Lady); Edmund Warwick (Robot Dr. Who); David Graham (Mechanoid Voice); Murphy Grumbar (Mechanoid); Jack Pitt (Mechanoid); John Scott Martin (Mechanoid);

crew information

Ian Strachan (Assistant Floor Manager); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Peter Diamond (Fight Arranger); Charles Parnell (Film Cameraman); Norman Matthews (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); Alan Miller (Production Assistant); Colin Leslie (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); Brian Hiles (Studio Sound); Ray Angel (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 The Executioners 22 May 1965 at 17:40 25'25" 10.0mil 16mm telerecording
2 The Death of Time 29 May 1965 at 17:40 23'32" 9.5mil 16mm telerecording
3 Flight Through Eternity 5 June 1965 at 17:45 25'23" 9.0mil 16mm telerecording
4 Journey into Terror 12 June 1965 at 17:40 23'49" 9.5mil 16mm telerecording
5 The Death of Doctor Who 19 June 1965 at 17:40 23'27" 9.0mil 16mm telerecording
6 The Planet of Decision 26 June 1965 at 17:40 26'29" 9.5mil 16mm telerecording
  1. The Executioners
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  2. The Death of Time
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  3. Flight Through Eternity
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  4. Journey into Terror
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  5. The Death of Doctor Who
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  6. The Planet of Decision
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Chase
Written by: John Peel
Number 140 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
20 July 1989 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20336 4
18 July 1991 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20336 4

plot synopsis

The Daleks are pursuing the TARDIS in their own Time Machine, moving from the planet Aridius, to the Empire State Building, the Mary Celeste, the Festival of Ghana and finally the planet of Mechanus, where the Doctor foils an attempt by the Daleks to destroy him using a robot double and a gigantic battle between the aliens and the Mechanoids takes place. At the conclusion, Ian and Barbara use the Dalek Time Machine to get back to present day earth, and the stranded space pilot Steven Taylor Joins the TARDIS crew as the ship leaves.

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