The
Doctor - William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
Susan - Carole Ann Ford
No additional cast
members
Designer -
Raymond Cusick
Costumes - Daphne Dare
Make-Up - Ann Ferriggi
Incidental Music - Stock
Studio Lighting - Dennis Channon
Studio Sound - Jack Brummitt
Production Assistant - Tony Lightley
Assistant Floor Manager - Jeremy Hare
After their skirmish
with the Daleks, the TARDIS crew hurriedly leave the planet
Skaro in an attempt to return to contemporary England, home to
schoolteachers Ian and Barbara.
However, an explosion renders both of them, plus the mysterious
doctor and his granddaughter Susan, unconscious - and when they
awake, all four sense that something is very wrong indeed.
Aggression, paranoia and a feeling of despair have gripped them
all - no one seems to trust the other and, bit-by-bit, the
Doctor's trusted ship seems to be breaking down around them. But
is it? Has the TARDIS finally tired of its inhabitants, or is
there a more logical, more rational explanation for everyone's
behaviour and the ship's bizarre course of action?
Working
Title(s):
■ Inside the Spaceship
■ Beyond the Sun
Things to look out for:
■ The Doctor shows astonishment that the TARDIS might actually be
alive.
Archive:
■ All 2 episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings.
Bloopers:
■ Coming Soon
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The Beginning - box-set
Manufactured by: BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
(cat.#1882)
Format: DVD -
Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic
RRP: £34.99
Rating: 12
Released:
30th
January 2006
Notes:
The Edge Of
Destruction, released as part of
The Beginning
box-set, together with
An Unearthly Child &
The Daleks.
Special Features:
■ Commentaries on various episodes by William Russell
and Carol Ann Ford plus the show's producer Verity Lambert and
directors Waris Hussein and Christopher Barry.
■ Unedited studio footage of the pilot episode.
■ Documentary detailing the origins of the show.
■ Condensed version of the (missing) fourth story Marco
Polo.
■ Comedy sketches from the Doctor Who night broadcast on
BBC 2.
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The Edge of Destruction
Manufactured by: BBC Video (cat.#6877)
Format:
VHS - PAL UK - Episodic
RRP: £12.99
Rating: PG
Released:
2nd May
2000
Notes:
This story was released together with
Dr Who: The
Pilot Episode.
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The Edge of Destruction
Manufactured by: BBC / AudioGO
Format: Audio CD
RRP: £13.25
Released:
6th
January 2011
Notes:
Novelisation of the Classic Series adventure over 4 x CD's.
Read by William Russell.
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The Edge of Destruction
Manufactured by: Target
Format:
Paperback Book
Written by:
Nigel Robinson
RRP: £1.99
Published:
20th October
1988
Notes:
No.132 in the Target Doctor Who Library.
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