Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus (1964)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 April 1964 - 16 May 1964
Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity Lambert
Associate Producer: Mervyn Pinfield

SCRIPT
Script: Terry Nation
Story Editor: David Whitaker

DIRECTION
Director: John Gorrie

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Jack Brummitt, Tony Milton

MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Norman Kay

SOUND
Studio Sound: Jack Brummitt, Tony Milton
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jill Summers
Costumes: Daphne Dare

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Raymond P. Cusick

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: David Conroy, Penny Joy
Assistant Floor Manager: Timothy Combe

CAST
Episode 1: The Sea of Death
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
George Coulouris (Arbitan)
Martin Cort, Peter Stenson, Gordon Wales (Voords)

Episode 2: The Velvet Web
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Robin Phillips (Altos)
Katherine Scholfield (Sabetha)
Heron Carvic (voice Of Morpho)

Episode 3: The Screaming Jungle
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Robin Phillips (Altos)
Katherine Scholfield (Sabetha)
Martin Cort (warrior)
Edmund Warwick (Darrius)

Episode 4: The Snows of Terror
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Robin Phillips (Altos)
Katherine Scholfield (Sabetha)
Francis De Wolff (Vasor)
Michael Allaby, Alan James, Peter Stenson, Anthony Verner (ice soldiers)

Episode 5: Sentence of Death
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Robin Phillips (Altos)
Katherine Scholfield (Sabetha)
Henley Thomas (Chief Inquirer Tarron)
Michael Allaby (Duty Officer Larn)
Raf De La Torre (senior judge)
Alan James (first judge)
Peter Stenson (second judge)
Fiona Walker (Kala)
Martin Cort (Aydan)
Donald Pickering (Prosecutor Eyeson)

Episode 6: The Keys of Marinus
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Martin Cort, Peter Stenson (Voords)
Robin Phillips (Altos)
Katherine Scholfield (Sabetha)
Henley Thomas (Chief Inquirer Tarron)
Michael Allaby (Duty Officer Larn)
Fiona Walker (Kala)
Donald Pickering (Prosecutor Eyeson)
Alan James (guard)
Stephen Dartnell (Yartek)

Uncredited Performers
John Berrbohm (double For Arbitan - uncredited)
Dougie Dean (Eprin - uncredited)
Faith Hines, Lynda Taylor, Daphne Thomas, Veronica Thornton, Sharon Young (ladies in waiting - uncredited)
Bob Haddow (idol - uncredited)
Patricia Anne, Brian Bates, Desmond Callum-Jones, Johnny Crawford, Billy Dean, Adrian Drotsky, Tony Hennessy, Jill Howard, Yvonne Howard, Cecilia Johnson, David Kramer, Heidi Laine, Tony Lambden, Monique Lewis, Perrin Lewis, Leslie Shannon, Valerie Stanton, Rosina Stewart, Veronica Thornton, Les Wilkinson (citizens of Millenius - uncredited)

EPISODES

1. The Sea Of Death (11 April 1964)
2. The Velvet Web (18 April 1964)
3. The Screaming (25 April 1964)
4. The Snows of Terror (2 May 1964)
5. Sentence of Death (9 May 1964)
6. The Keys of Marinus (16 May 1964)

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of the TARDIS arrive on the world of Marinus and become involved in the search four lost keys to the Conscience of Marinus. But they have competition in the form of the evil Yortek and his army of Voord warriors who want to retrieve the keys for their own ends.

Over-long but not without its merits. There's an awful lot going on in this first Who epic, which at least ensures that it's never dull, though some of the inconsistencies are rather glaring and it often feels disjointed. But the sheer number of aliens and the relentless bombardment of incident keeps viewers interest for most of the time.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video

1964
April
11: UK - The Sea of Death television broadcast (on BBC1)
18: UK - The Velvet Web television broadcast (on BBC1)
25:UK - The Screaming Jungle television broadcast (on BBC1) 

May
2: UK - The Snows of Terror television broadcast (on BBC1)
9: UK - Sentence of Death television broadcast (on BBC1)
16:UK - The Keys of Marinus television broadcast (on BBC1) 

MAGAZINES

Doctor Who Monthly no.115 pp.4, 18, 35
review

Doctor Who Monthly Autumn Special 1987 p.40
review

BOOKS

Doctor Who: A Celebration pp.171-172
article

Doctor Who Programme Guide pp.23-24
credits, synopsis (by Jean-Marc Lofficier)

Doctor Who The Discontinuity Guide pp.17-20
credits, trivia, review (by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping)

Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First Doctor pp.68-71
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker)

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.21-24
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)

Doctor Who - The Unfolding Text p.318
article

The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction p.108
credits, synopsis

Pocket Essentials: Doctor Who p.13
credits, review (by Mark Campbell)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

aliens, computers, islands, keys, time travel

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009