episode guide
the ambassadors of death
story 53 : season 7 : serial CCC : 7 episodes
Producer: Barry Letts
Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: David Whitaker
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
Designer: David Myerscough-Jones
cast information
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who); Caroline John (Liz Shaw); Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart); John Levene (Sergeant Benton); Ronald Allen (Ralph Cornish); Robert Cawdron (Taltalian); John Abineri (General Carrington); Ric Felgate (Van Lyden); Michael Wisher (John Wakefield); Cheryl Molineaux (Miss Rutherford); Ray Armstrong (Grey); Robert Robertson (Collinson); Dallas Cavell (Quinlan); Bernard Martin (Control Room Assistant); Joanna Ross (Control Room Assistant); Carl Conway (Control Room Assistant); Juan Moreno (Dobson); James Haswell (Corporal Champion); Derek Ware (Unit Sergeant); William Dysart (Reegan); Cyril Shaps (Lennox); Gordon Sterne (Heldorf); Steve Peters (Astronauts); Neville Simons (Astronauts); Ric Felgate (Astronauts); Max Faulkner (Unit Soldier); John Lord (Masters); Tony Harwood (Flynn); James Clayton (Private Parker); Roy Scammell (Technician); Peter Noel Cook (Alien Space Captain); Peter Halliday (Alien Voices); Steve Peters (Lefee); Neville Simons (Michaels); Geoffrey Beevers (Private Johnson);
crew information
Margot Heyhoe (Assistant Floor Manager); Christine Rawlins (Costumes); A A Englander (Film Cameraman); Tony Leggo (Film Cameraman); Don Goddard (Film Editor); Chris Wimble (Film Editor); Marion Richards (Make-Up); Teresa Wright (Make-Up); Nicholas John (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Ralph Walton (Studio Lighting); Geoff Shaw (Studio Lighting); Dave Sydenham (Studio Lighting); Gordon Mackie (Studio Sound); Brian Hiles (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Day (Visual Effects); Ian Scoones (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Episode 1 | 21 March 1970 at 17:15 | 24'15" | 7.1mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour) |
2 | Episode 2 | 28 March 1970 at 17:15 | 24'39" | 7.6mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour |
3 | Episode 3 | 4 April 1970 at 17:20 | 24'38" | 8.0mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour |
4 | Episode 4 | 11 April 1970 at 17:15 | 24'37" | 9.3mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour |
5 | Episode 5 | 18 April 1970 at 17:15 | 24'17" | 7.1mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour) PAL D3 colour restoration |
6 | Episode 6 | 25 April 1970 at 17:15 | 24'31" | 6.9mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour) PAL D3 colour restoration |
7 | Episode 7 | 2 May 1970 at 17:15 | 24'32" | 5.4mil | 16mm b/w telerecording NTSC U-Matic (colour |
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Episode 1
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems) -
Episode 2
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems) -
Episode 3
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems) -
Episode 4
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems) -
Episode 5
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording
» New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source -
Episode 6
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems)
» New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source -
Episode 7
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems)
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Ambassadors of Death
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 121 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1987 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: Tony Masero ISBN: 0 491 03712 0 |
1 October 1987 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Tony Masero ISBN: 0 426 20305 4 |
21 March 1991 |
Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson ISBN: 0 426 20305 4 |
plot synopsis
Space Control are deeply worried about the fact that there has been radio silence from the Mars Probe Seven ship since it started the return journey to Earth seven months earlier. A recovery ship makes contact, but its radio also goes dead. The Doctor discovers that there are signals, but they're being rerouted to a warehouse, and the UNIT troops storm it. The Recovery Seven lands, and General Carrington's men kidnap all three astronauts on board. They are in reality aliens, who have replaced the Earth astronauts, and Carrington plans to discredit them and bring in a policy that all aliens should be destroyed. The Doctor travels to the aliens' ship, finds the humans are safe, and manages to negotiate a peaceful swap with the aliens to get the crew back, but Carrington has other ideas
links to other sites
- Episode Guide and Production Documents: BBC Official Site -- Official episode guide entry. Based on information combined from The Television Companion and The Discontinuity Guide. Also contains links to original production documents.
- Rankings and Ratings: GEOS Listing -- Online rankings, ratings and reviews database. Vote on this story and view ratings and broadcast information of this story for over ten countries. Also contains details of production credits and summary information
- Episode Guide: Outpost Gallifrey -- A general overview of the story. Includes information from the Doctor Handbook series of books.
- Background Information: A Brief History of Time (Travel) -- Detailed background and behind-the-scenes information
- Detailed Synopsis: Dr. Who Reference Guide -- Contains an episode-by-episode detailed breakdown
- Story Reviews: The Doctor Who Ratings Guide -- Story reviews "by fans, for fans"
- Target Novelisation: On Target -- Details of the Target Novelisation for this story.
- Images: Doctor Who's Tragical History Tour -- Images from the story from "The history of Doctor Who in images."