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 Doctor Who: Survival (1989)
Date(s)
of Broadcast: 22 November 1989 - 6 December 1989
Number of Episodes: 3
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
SCRIPT
Script: Rona Munro
DIRECTION
Director: Alan Wareing
PHOTOGRAPHY
OB Camera: Paul Harding, Alan Jessop
MUSIC
Incidental Music: Dominic Glynn
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Joan Stribling
Costumes: Ken Trew
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Malcolm James
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Nick Somerville
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Valerie Whitson
Assistant Floor Manager: Stephen Garwood, Leigh Poole
STUNTS
Stunt Arrangers: Paul Heasman, Tip Tipping
Stunts: Eddie Kidd
CAST
Part 1
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)
Sophie Aldred (Ace)
Anthony Ainley
(The Master)
Julian Holloway (Sgt Paterson
Lisa Bowerman (Karra)
Norman Pace (Harvey)
Gareth Hale (Len)
William Barton (Midge)
Sakuntala Ramanee (Shreela)
David John (Derek)
Sean Oliver (Stuart)
Kate Eaton (Ange)
Kathleen Bidmead (woman)
Part 2
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)
Sophie Aldred (Ace)
Anthony Ainley
(The Master)
Julian Holloway (Sgt Paterson
Lisa Bowerman (Karra)
William Barton (Midge)
Sakuntala Ramanee (Shreela)
David John (Derek)
Part 3
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)
Sophie Aldred (Ace)
Anthony Ainley
(The Master)
Julian Holloway (Sgt Paterson
Lisa Bowerman (Karra)
William Barton (Midge)
Sakuntala Ramanee (Shreela)
David John (Derek)
Adele Silva (Squeak)
Michella Martin (neighbour)
Uncredited Cast
Jack Talbot (milkman)
Muriel Wellesley (second woman)
Jean Channon (third woman (at window))
Damon Jeffrey (man washing car)
Lee Towsey (injured lad)
Emma Durrell, Susan Goodge, Samantha Leverett, Leslie
Meadows, Basil Paton (cheetah people)
Nick Ferranti, Simon Horril, Humph James, Keith Macey,
Dominic Martinez, Jimmy Morris, Michael Sava (defence
lads)
John Henry Duncan, Paul Emerton, Henry Power, Samuel
Woodward (boys)
Eddie Kidd, Tip Tipping (doubles for the Doctor)
PLOT SUMMARY
The Doctor returns to
the streets of London, in Perivale to be exact, as he
returns Ace home at last. But things are not all they
seem and Ace's friends are being spirited away to a
mysterious planet to act as prey for bipedal Cheetah
People. The Doctor and Ace set out to uncover the truth
behind the mystery and find themselves in a life and
death struggle for survival on a telepathic planet with
The Doctor's old adversary The Master...
CAPSULE REVIEW
The main run of Doctor Who stories ended with this
offbeat but endearing tale that mixes the surrealism of McCoy's era
with the darker overtones expected of the 'Cartmel Masterplan.' The
climactic battle between the Doctor and the Master is superb, as is
the realisation of the alien planet. The Cheetah People are less convincing
perhaps, but the episode tackles some big issues (Darwinism, Nietzschian
philosophy, the power of free will) and tackles them well. The final
line of dialogue has deservedly passed into Who legend.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1989
November
22: UK - Episode 1 first television broadcast (on BBC1)
29: UK - Episode 2 first television broadcast (on BBC1)
December
6: UK - Episode 3 first television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Blood
Hunt
Cat Flap
Der Tod auf Leisen Sohlen - German title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
DWB 122 p.13 (UK)
review
TSV 50 (February 1997)
(UK)
review (by Nicholas Withers)
BOOKS
Doctor Who: The Television
Companion pp.535-537
credits, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James
Walker), synopsis
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
aliens, time travel, cats, telepathy
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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