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the sea devils

story 62 : season 9 : serial LLL : 6 episodes

Producer: Barry Letts
Director: Michael Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
Designer: Tony Snoaden

cast information

Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who); Katy Manning (Jo Grant); Roger Delgado (The Master); Edwin Richfield (Captain Hart); Clive Morton (Trenchard); Royston Tickner (Robbins); Neil Seiler (Radio Operator); Declan Mulholland (Clark); Hugh Futcher (Hickman); June Murphy (3rd Officer Jane Blythe); Alec Wallis (Ldg. Telegraphist Bowman); Brian Justice (Castle Guard Wilson); Terry Walsh (Castle Guard Barclay); Pat Gorman (Sea Devil); Eric Mason (C.P.O. Smedley); Donald Sumpter (Commander Ridgeway); David Griffin (Lt. Commander Mitchell); Christopher Wray (Ldg. Seaman Lovell); Stanley McGeagh (Castle Guard Drew); Colin Bell (C.P.O. Summers); Brian Vaughan (Lt. Commander Watts); Rex Rowland (A/B Girton); Martin Boddey (Walker); Norman Atkyns (Rear Admiral); Peter Forbes-Robertson (Chief Sea Devil); John Caesar (C.P.O. Myers);

crew information

HAVOC (Action / Stuntwork); John Bradburn (Assistant Floor Manager); Maggie Fletcher (Costumes); Derek Ware (Fight Arranger); Peter Sargent (Film Cameraman); Martyn Day (Film Editor); Malcolm Clarke (Incidental Music); Sylvia James (Make-Up); Colin Dudley (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Mike Jefferies (Studio Lighting); Tony Millier (Studio Sound); Colin Dixon (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Day (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode One 26 February 1972 at 17:50 24'40" 6.4mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
2 Episode Two 4 March 1972 at 17:50 24'30" 9.7mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
3 Episode Three 11 March 1972 at 17:50 24'05" 8.3mil NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
4 Episode Four 18 March 1972 at 17:50 24'21" 7.8mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
16mm b/w telerecording
5 Episode Five 25 March 1972 at 17:45 24'53" 8.3mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
PAL D3 restoration
NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
PAL conversion
16mm b/w telerecording
6 Episode Six 1 April 1972 at 17:50 25'24" 8.5mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
NTSC 2 inch colour videotape
16mm b/w telerecording
  1. Episode One
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  2. Episode Two
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  3. Episode Three
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  4. Episode Four
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  5. Episode Five
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978 (this print suffers from a severe scratch)
    » New master tape made to repair PAL 2 inch videotape
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Conversion from NTSC 2 inch broadcast tapes
    » Film print recovere
  6. Episode Six
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
    » Recovered from Canada c.1983
    » Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
Written by: Malcolm Hulke
Number 054 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1974 Published by Allan Wingate Ltd, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
17 October 1974 Published by Universal-Tandem, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 10516 8
1975 Published by Tandem, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 0 426 11308 X
19 April 1979 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: John Geary
ISBN: 0 426 11308 X
1981 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: John Geary
ISBN: 0 491 02954 3
1983 Published by Editorial Presença, Portugal in paperback
Translated into Portugese by Eduardo Nogueira & Conceição Jardim
With cover artwork by: R Ligerio

plot synopsis

The Doctor and Jo visit the Master on his remote island prison, where the Governor, Colonel Trenchard, says he's now a changed man. The Doctor investigates reports that shipping in the area has been attacked, and uncovers the fact that the Sea Devils, distant aquatic cousins of the Silurians, have been woken in their sea bed base. The Master is communicating with them, trying to persuade them to destroy mankind. Trenchard has been conned by the Master, believing his lies that agents are destroying the submarines and ships, so he has been compliant and helped him with his plans. The Doctor has to stop the Sea Devils when a series of depth charges convince them mankind should be eradicated

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