"The Ambassadors of Death" is the third story of the seventh season of Doctor Who.
| The Ambassadors of Death | |
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| Season 7 (1970), Episode 12 to Episode 18 | |
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| Air date | 21 March - 2 May 1970 |
| Written by | David Whitaker |
| Directed by | Michael Ferguson |
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Summary[]
Episode 1[]
Episode 2[]
Episode 3[]
Episode 4[]
Episode 5[]
Episode 6[]
Episode 7[]
Background information[]
Links and references[]
Cast[]
- Doctor Who - Jon Pertwee
- Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Liz Shaw - Caroline John
- Taltalian - Robert Cawdron
- Van Lyden - Ric Felgate
- Ralph Cornish - Ronald Allen
- John Wakefield - Michael Wisher
- Miss Rutherford - Cheryl Molineaux
- General Carrington - John Abineri
- Grey - Ray Armstrong
- Collinson - Robert Robertson
- Dobson - Juan Moreno
- Corporal Champion - James Haswell
- Control Room Assistants -
- Bernard Martin
- Joanna Ross
- Carl Conway
- Unit Sergeant - Derek Ware
- Quinlan - Dallas Cavell
- Astronauts -
- Steve Peters
- Neville Simons
- Ric Felgate
- Heldorf - Gordon Sterne
- Reegan - William Dysart
- Lennox - Cyril Shaps
- Masters - John Lord
- Unit Soldier - Max Faulkner
- Sergeant Benton - John Levene
- Flynn - Tony Harwood
- Private Parker - James Clayton
- Technician - Roy Scammell
- Alien Space Captain - Peter Noel Cook
- Aliens' Voices - Peter Halliday
- Michaels - Neville Simons
- Lefee - Steve Peters
- Private Johnson - Geoffrey Beevers
Uncredited performers[]
- David Aldridge as a UNIT soldier (5,7)
- Sally Avory as a control room assistant (2,5)
- A.J. Benning as a crane driver (3)
- Sue Bourne as Cornish's assistant (3)
- Marc Boyle as
- Policeman (7)
- UNIT motorcyclist (2)
- Tony Bradburne as Reegan's heavy #1 (3,7)
- Roy Brent as
- Control room assistant (1)
- UNIT soldier (2,4)
- Geoffrey Brighty as a UNIT soldier (1-2,5)
- Derek Chafer as
- Military policeman (7)
- UNIT soldier (7)
- Alan Chuntz as
- Carrington's man #1 (1)
- UNIT soldier (5)
- Les Clark as a military policeman (1,7)
- Les Conrad as
- Control room assistant (6)
- Policeman (7)
- UNIT soldier (3-4)
- Ron Conrad as a UNIT soldier (3)
- Stella Conway as a control room assistant (2)
- Bruce Cox as a UNIT Land Rover driver (1-2)
- Dixie Dean as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Max Diamond as
- Military policeman (1,7)
- Technician (4)
- Michael Duggan as a low loader driver (2)
- Ray Emmins as Carrington's man #2 (1)
- Royston Farrell as a military policeman (7)
- Barbara Faye as a control room assistant (5)
- Paul Gilman as a control room assistant (5)
- Keith Goodman as a UNIT soldier (6)
- Pat Gorman as a technician (3)
- David G. Graham as a control room assistant (7)
- Ron Gregory as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Denis Haywood as a control room assistant (5)
- B.G. Heath as a UNIT Land Rover driver (1-2)
- Nick Hobbs as a technician (4)
- Stan Hollingsworth as a UNIT motorcyclist (2)
- Diana Holt as a control room assistant (6)
- Billy Horrigan as Carrington's man #3 (1)
- Mike Horsburgh as Reegan's heavy #7 (7)
- Alf Joint as Reegan's heavy #8 (7)
- David Joyce as a technician (3)
- Brian Justice as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Steve Kelly as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Barry Kennington as Reegan's heavy #6 (6-7)
- Eric Kent as a UNIT soldier (1)
- Tom Laird as a UNIT soldier (1,3)
- Tony Lang as a control room assistant (7)
- A. Lovett as a crane driver (3)
- Crawford Lyle as a UNIT soldier (1-2)
- Derek Martin as Reegan's heavy #2 (3-4)
- Roger Minnis as
- Control room assistant (2)
- UNIT soldier (1-2)
- Stuart Myers as a UNIT soldier (1,7)
- Caroline Mylon as a control room assistant (1)
- Tom O'Leary as a military policeman (7)
- Wilma Oswald as a control room assistant (1)
- J.W. Peckowski as a helicopter pilot (2)
- Rod Peers as
- Control room assistant (1)
- UNIT soldier (1,7)
- Charles Pickess as Reegan's heavy #9 (7)
- Richard Pickford as a UNIT Land Rover driver (1-2)
- David Pike as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Dinny Powell as Reegan's heavy #3 (3-4)
- Vernon Preston as Carrington's man #4 (1)
- Roy Reeves as a cameraman (7)
- Douglas Roe as a UNIT soldier (1,3,5-6)
- Clive Rogers as
- Control room assistant (1)
- UNIT soldier (1,5,7)
- Joe Santos as a UNIT soldier (2,7)
- Roy Scammell as
- Peterson (3)
- UNIT motorcyclist (2)
- Lindsey Scott as a control room assistant (1,4,6-7)
- Les Shannon as
- Cameraman (7)
- Collinson's man #1 (1)
- Keith Simons as
- Control room assistant (2,6)
- UNIT soldier (1-2,5,7)
- Steve Smart as a UNIT soldier (1)
- Mike Stevens as a UNIT soldier (7)
- Gordon Stothard as Reegan's heavy #4 (3)
- Roy Street as a UNIT motorcyclist (2)
- Sheila Vivian as a control room assistant (7)
- Terry Walsh as a UNIT soldier (1,7)
- Paul Warren as Reegan's heavy #5 (3)
- Garth Watkins as Carrington's man #5 (1)
- Unknown performers as
- Assault Platoon soldier (1)
- Two MP lance corporals (7)
- Two MP sergeants (7)
Crew[]
- Written by David Whitaker
- Directed by Michael Ferguson
- Produced by Barry Letts
- Title Music by Ron Grainer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Incidental Music by Dudley Simpson
- Film Cameramen -
- A.A. Englander
- Tony Leggo
- Film Editors -
- Don Godden
- Chris Wimble
- Action by HAVOC
- Visual Effects -
- Peter Day
- Ian Scoones
- Costumes - Christine Rawlins
- Make-up - Marion Richards
- Studio Lighting -
- Geoff Shaw
- Dave Sydenham
- Ralph Walton
- Sound -
- Gordon Mackie
- Brian Hiles
- Special sounds by Brian Hodgson and BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
- Designer - David Myerscough-Jones
References[]
aeroplane; Algonquin; analogue-digital converter; antibiotic; anti-theft device; Arecibo; Assault Platoon; astronaut; Athens Observatory; Australia; Bank of England; Bessie; blood; brigadier; British Army; Cambridge; Cambridge University; camera; captain; car; communications satellite; computer; corporal; cortisone; Daniels, Jim; Earth; England; espionage; fire engine; football; force field; Fort Knox; France; French language; g-force; gas cylinder; gas mask; Geiger counter; general; Geneva; gun; H37 compound; Haystack; helicopter; Hertfordshire; Houston; isotope; Japan; jeep; Jodrell Bank; lance corporal; Land Rover; London; lorry; M3 variant; Mars; Mars Probe 6; Mars Probe 7; Massachusetts; meteor; minister; ministry; missile; the Moon; motorcycle; Nancy; NASA; nuclear warhead; platoon; private; pulsar; rabbit; radar; radiation; radiation suit; radio; radio telescope; Recovery 7; Recovery 8; revolver; rocket; Royal Military Police; section; security clearance; sergeant; smoke bomb; solar battery; solar flare; SOS; Space Control Centre; Space Security Department; staff car; swagger stick; tape recording; taxi; telephone; television; thermal lance; time vector generator; Tokyo; tracking station; UFO; United Kingdom; United Kingdom law enforcement; United Nations Intelligence Taskforce; United Nations Security Council; UNIT HQ; van; video conference; Vorograd; warhead; warren; yellow alert; zombie
Additional references[]
47ER83; BMC; G-AWFL; Hayhoe Launderers; Lansing Bagnall; Military Cross; OLR461E; Order of the British Empire (Military Division); Silcock Bakeries
