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the romans

story 12 : season 2 : serial M : 4 episodes

Producer: Verity Lambert
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Script Editor: Dennis Spooner
Designer: Raymond Cusick

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); William Russell (Ian Chesterton); Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright); Maureen O'Brien (Vicki); Derek Sydney (Sevcheria); Nicholas Evans (Didius); Dennis Edwards (Centurian); Margot Thomas (Stall holder); Edward Kelsey (Slave buyer); Bart Allison (Maximus Pettulian); Barry Jackson (Ascaris); Peter Diamond (Delos); Michael Peake (Tavius); Dorothy-Rose Gribble (Woman Slave); Gertan Klauber (Galley Master); Ernest Jennings (1st Man in Market); John Caesar (2nd Man in Market); Tony Lambden (Court Messenger); Derek Francis (Nero); Brian Proudfoot (Tigilinus); Kay Patrick (Poppaea); Ann Tirard (Locusta);

crew information

Valerie Wilkins (Assistant Floor Manager); Mervyn Pinfield (Associate Producer); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Peter Diamond (Fight Arranger); Dick Bush (Film Cameraman); Jim Latham (Film Editor); Raymond Jones (Incidental Music); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); David Maloney (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); Richard Chubb (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 The Slave Traders 16 January 1965 at 17:40 24'14" 13.0mil 16mm telerecording
2 All Roads Lead to Rome 23 January 1965 at 17:40 23'14" 11.5mil 16mm telerecording
3 Conspiracy 30 January 1965 at 17:40 26'18" 10.0mil 16mm telerecording
4 Inferno 6 February 1965 at 17:40 23'09" 12.0mil 16mm telerecording
  1. The Slave Traders
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  2. All Roads Lead to Rome
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  3. Conspiracy
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  4. Inferno
    » Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Romans
Written by: Donald Cotton
Number 120 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 03833 X
19 September 1987 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Tony Masero
ISBN: 0 426 20288 0

plot synopsis

On holiday in ancient Rome, the Doctor is mistaken for the recently murdered lyre player, due to appear at the court of Emperor Nero, where he is taken with Vicki. Barbara is taken by slavers and ends up working at Nero's Palace and Ian's journey on a slave ship is curtailed when it sinks, and he ends up as a Gladiator in Rome. Eventually the four of them are reunited back at the villa, oblivious to what has happened to each other...

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