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 Doctor Who: The Claws of
Axos (1971)
Date(s) of Broadcast:
13 March 1971 - 3 April 1971
Number of Episodes: 4
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Barry
Letts
SCRIPT
Script: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
Story Editor: Terrance Dicks
DIRECTION
Director: Michael Ferguson
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Ralph Walton
Film Camera: A.A. Englander
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Bob Rymer
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
SOUND
Studio Sound: Dave Kitchen
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jan Harrison, Rhian Davies
Costumes: Barbara Lane
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: John Horton
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Kenneth Sharp
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Marion McDougall
Assistant Floor Manager: Roselyn Parker
STUNTS
Action: HAVOC
CAST
Jon Pertwee (The Doctor)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)
Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Roger Delgado (The Master)
Peter Bathurst (Horatio Chinn)
Paul Grist (Bill Filer)
Donald Hewlett (Sir George Hardiman)
Bernard Holley (Axon man)
David Savile (Dr Winser)
Michael Walker (first radar operator)
David G March (second radar operator)
Patricia Gordino (Axon woman)
Fernanda Marlowe (Corporal Bell)
Derek Ware (Pigbin Josh)
John Hicks (Axon boy)
Debbie Lee London (Axon girl)
Tim Piggot-Smith (Captain Harker)
Kenneth Benda (The Minister)
Royston Farrell (technician)
Bernard Holley (voice of Axos - uncredited)
Nick Hobbs (Nuton driver - uncredited)
George Howse, Pierce McAvoy (civil servants - uncredited)
Gloria Walker (secretary - uncredited)
Derek Ware (fake filer - uncredited)
Mildred Brown (aged Jo - uncredited)
Nick Hobbs (double for Axon man - uncredited)
Sue Crossland (double for Axon woman - uncredited)
Jack Cooper (double for Hardiman - uncredited)
Marc Boyle, Eden Fox, Peter Holmes, Clinton Morris, Stuart Myers,
Douglas Rae, Clive Roger, Steve Smart (Axon monsters - uncredited)
David Aldridge, Steve King, Roger Minnice, Geoff Rightly (humanoid
Axons - uncredited)
Bill Barnsley, Victor Croxford, Peter Holmes, Paul Phillips (laboratory
technicians - uncredited)
Roy Brent, Bill Hughes, Pierce Mcavoy, Douglas Rae, Clive Roger, Michael
Stainer (UNIT soldiers - uncredited)
George Howse, Pierce Mcavoy, Steve Smart (regular army soldiers -
uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
A spaceship lands near UNIT HQ and on board
are the golden skinned axons who bring a gift of axonite which would
be able to end world famine. All however is not what it appears and
The Master is once again involved.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Simplistic story that beautiful is not always
good is a bit too Star Trek in tone (though Ugly
is Bad is not a pleasant message to propagate). Views rather better
than its reputation if you are not expecting too much.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1971
March
13: UK - Episode One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
20: UK - Episode Two first television broadcast (on BBC1)
27: UK - Episode Three first television broadcast (on BBC1)
April
4: UK - Episode Four first television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Beautiful People
Vampire From Space
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor
Who: The Television Companion pp.295-208
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
aliens, vampires
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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