Ace of Wands: Mama Doc (1972)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 27 September 1972 - 11 October 1972
Number of Episodes: 3
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Thames Television
Producer: John Russell

SCRIPT
Script: Maggie Allen

DIRECTION
Direction: Nicholas Ferguson

MUSIC
Theme Song: Andrew Bown, Trevor Preston (Tarot)
Song Performed By: Andrew Bown (Tarot)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Philip Blowers

MISCELLANEOUS
Magic Advisor: Ali Bongo

CAST
Michael Mackenzie (Tarot)
Donald Layne-Smith (Mr Sweet)
Petra Markham (Mikki)
Roy Holder (Chas)
Pat Nye (Mama Doc)
Wendy Hamilton (Posy Peagram)
Michael Mundell (Bobby)
Robert Grange (Professor Darian)
Ivor Roberts (Dr Macdonald)
Bobby Collins, Claire McLellan (children)
Angela Rooks (Mrs Darian)
David Parsons (lorry driver)
Fred the Owl (Ozymandias)

PLOT SUMMARY

Investigating the disappearance of Professor Darian, Tarot follows a trail of clues to a doll's hospital run by the eccentric Mama Doc where people are apparently being turned into dolls...

1972
September
27: UK - Episode One television broadcast (on ITV)

October
4: UK - Episode Two television broadcast (on ITV)
11: UK - Episode Three television broadcast (on ITV)

KEYWORDS

magicians; psychics; dolls; hospitals; transformations