Doctor Who Guide: Robot

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Two

Series Episode Number: 383

World Premiere: Sat 4 Jan 1975 - 5:32pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 17 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 22 May 1974 in TC3

Using the deadly disintegrator weapon, the robot steals the destructor codes. Harry Sullivan is sent to infiltrate Think Tank to discover the truth.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Harry Sullivan		Ian Marter
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Sergeant Benton		John Levene
Miss Winters		Patricia Maynard
Robot		Michael Kilgarriff
Professor Kettlewell		Edward Burnham
Jellicoe		Alec Linstead
Short		Timothy Craven

Production Teaminclude uncredited
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Director		Christopher Barry
Producer		Barry Letts
Designer		Ian Rawnsley
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Costume Designer		James Acheson
Makeup		Judy Clay
Visual Effects Designer		Clifford Culley
Sound		John Lloyd
Sound		Vic Godrich
Lighting		Nigel Wright
Lighting		John Mason
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Production Assistant		Peter Grimwade
Production Unit Manager		George Gallaccio
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge