Doctor Who: The Space Museum (1965)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 24 April 1965 - 15 May 1965
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity Lambert

SCRIPT
Script: Glyn Jones
Story Editor: Dennis Spooner

DIRECTION
Director: Mervyn Pinfield

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Howard King

MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire

SOUND
Studio Sound: George Prince, Ray Angel
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare, Tony Pearce (The Search only)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Spencer Chapman

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Snowy White
Assistant Floor Manager: John Tait, Caroline Walmsley

STUNTS
Fight Arranger: Peter Diamond

CAST
The Space Museum
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Peter Saunders (Sita)
Peter Craze (Dako)
Bill Starkey (third Xeron)

The Dimensions of Time
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Peter Saunders (Sita)
Peter Craze (Dako)
Richard Shaw (Lobos)
Jeremy Bulloch (Tor)
Salvin Stewart (Morok messenger)
Peter Diamond (Morok technician)

The Search
William Hartnell (The Doctor - credited, but only appears in the reprise from The Dimensions of Time)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Peter Saunders (Sita)
Peter Craze (Dako)
Lawrence Dean, Peter Diamond, Ken Norris, Salvin Stewart (Morok guards)
Richard Shaw (Lobos)
Jeremy Bulloch (Tor)
Ivor Salter (Morok Commander)
Michael Gordon, Edward Granville, Bill Starkey, David Walliscroft (Xerons)

The Final Phase
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Peter Saunders (Sita)
Peter Craze (Dako)
Billy Cornelius, Lawrence Dean, Peter Diamond, Ken Norris, Salvin Stewart (Morok guards)
Richard Shaw (Lobos)
Jeremy Bulloch (Tor)
Ivor Salter (Morok Commander)
Michael Gordon, Edward Granville, Bill Starkey, David Walliscroft (Xerons)
Peter Hawkins (Dalek voice)
Murphy Grumbar (Dalek Machine operator)

UNCREDITED PERFORMERS
Brian Proudfoot (extra)

1. The Space Museum (24 April 1965)
2. The Dimensions Of Time (1 May 1965)
3. The Search (8 May 1965)
4. The Final Phase (15 May 1965)

PLOT SUMMARY

A time shift leads to the TARDIS arriving on the planet Xeros where the crew discover their future selves on display in a huge museum erected in honour of the Moroks, an aggressive race who have invaded the planet. Back in their own timeline, the Doctor and his friends try to encourage the native Xerons to rise up against the Moroks.

After an impressive start with the unusual idea that the TARDIS can jump a time track and allow a glimpse of an alternative future, The Space Museum sadly degenerates into a rather dull runabout with dreadful performances and an ill-conceived script which squanders some potentially interesting ideas about destiny and free will. A disappointment.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video

1965
April
24: UK - Episode 1 television broadcast (on BBC1)

May
1: UK - Episode 2 television broadcast (on BBC1)
8: UK - Episode 3 television broadcast (on BBC1)
15: UK - Episode 4 television broadcast (on BBC1)

BOOKS

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.53-56
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aliens, museums, time travel, time warps

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008