Doctor Who Guide: State of Decay

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part One

Series Episode Number: 538

World Premiere: Sat 22 Nov 1980 - 5:42pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 22 minutes 24 seconds

Chart Position: 119 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 15 May 1980 in Television Centre 3

The TARDIS lands on a world in E-Space where the primitive inhabitants live in fear of the Three Who Rule.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Adric		Matthew Waterhouse
Aukon		Emrys James
Camilla		Rachel Davies
Zargo		William Lindsay
Ivo		Clinton Greyn
Marta		Rhoda Lewis
Tarak		Thane Bettany
Habris		Iain Rattray
Kalmar		Arthur Hewlett
Veros		Stacy Davies
Karl		Dean Allen
Voice of K-9		John Leeson

Production Teaminclude uncredited
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Director		Peter Moffatt
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Executive Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Christine Ruscoe
Script Editor		Christopher H Bidmead
Title Sequence		Sid Sutton
Costume Designer		Amy Roberts
Makeup Artist		Norma Hill
Studio Lighting		Bert Postlethwaite
Studio Sound		John Howell
Technical Manager (TM2)		Errol Ryan
Senior Cameraman		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Tony Harding
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Carol Johnson
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Film Cameraman		Fintan Sheehan
Film Recordist		Bryan Showell
Film Editor		John Lee
Production Assistant		Rosalind Wolfes
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith
Director's Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Lynn Richards
Incidental Music		Paddy Kingsland
Special Sound		Dick Mills