"Doctor Who"
Bell of Doom (1966)

Director:

Paddy Russell

Writers:

John Lucarotti (writer) &
Donald Tosh (writer)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

26 February 1966 (Season 3, Episode 25)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind. |

Plot Keywords:

Stubborn Old Man | Eccentric Senior Citizen | Lost Film | Space Hero | Doctor Who

Cast

William Hartnell	...	The Doctor
Peter Purves	...	Steven Taylor
André Morell	...	Marshal Gaspard de Saux-Tavannes
Leonard Sachs	...	Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
David Weston	...	Nicholas Muss
Annette Robertson	...	Anne Chaplet (as Annette Robinson)
Eric Thompson	...	Gaston de Levis, Viscount de Leran
John Tillinger	...	Simon Duval
Joan Young	...	Catherine de Medici
Michael Bilton	...	Charles de Teligny
Jack Tarran	...	1st Guard
Leslie Bates	...	2nd Guard
John Slavid	...	Officer
Jackie Lane	...	Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Appleby	...	Guard (uncredited)
Derek Chafer	...	Guard (uncredited)
John Freeman	...	Guard (uncredited)
James Haswell	...	Guard (uncredited)
Montagu Howard	...	Guard (uncredited)
Arthur McGuire	...	Guard (uncredited)
Roy Pierce	...	Guard (uncredited)
Mike Reid	...	Guard (uncredited)
Alan Vicars	...	Servant (uncredited)
Francis Willey	...	Guard (uncredited)
Geoffrey Witherick	...	Guard (uncredited)
Marguerite Young	...	Woman with Dog (uncredited)

Directed by
Paddy Russell

Writing credits
John Lucarotti		(writer) &
Donald Tosh		(writer)

Produced by
John Wiles	....	producer

Film Editing by
Bob Rymer		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Michael Young

Costume Design by
Daphne Dare

Makeup Department
Sonia Markham	....	makeup supervisor

Sound Department
Gordon Mackie	....	sound
Brian Hodgson	....	special sound (uncredited)
John Hurley	....	grams operator (uncredited)
Bob Roberts	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Bernard Lodge	....	title sequence designer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Channon	....	lighting
Tony Leggo	....	film camera
Fred Bagwell	....	film camera assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Bob Hallman	....	vision mixer (uncredited)

Music Department
Ron Grainer	....	composer: theme music
Pierre Arvay	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Gerry Davis	....	story editor
Tommy Claydon	....	technical coordinator (uncredited)
Gerry Mill	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ernest Skinner	....	floor assistant (uncredited)
Richard Valentine	....	assistant floor manager (uncredited)

Writing credits
Sydney Newman		(creator) uncredited

Produced by
Peter Bryant	....	associate producer (1966)

Film Editing by
John Dunstan
Glenn Hyde
Ian McKendrick
Dan Rae
Sheila S. Tomlinson

Production Design by
John Asbridge
Jeremy Bear
David Buckingham
Roger Cann
Roger Cheveley
Bob Cove		(1970s)
Nigel Curzon
Don Giles
Victor Meredith
Geoff Powell
Anne Ridley
Stephen Scott
Rochelle Selwyn
Michael Trevor

Costume Design by
James Acheson		(1973-1976)
Nicholas Bullen
Richard Croft
Anushia Nieradzik
Dee Robson

Makeup Department
Dorka Nieradzik	....	makeup designer (1982, 1984-1988)

Art Department
Peter Brachaki	....	production designer: TARDIS interior

Sound Department
John Tellick	....	sound

Special Effects by
Mat Irvine	....	special effects (1970s-1980s)
Ian Scoones	....	special effects (1960s-1980s)
Ron Thornton	....	special effects (1980s)
Bernard Wilkie	....	special effects (1960s-1970s)

Visual Effects by
Mitch Mitchell	....	special video effects (1960's-1970's) (as A. J. Mitchell)
Oliver Elmes	....	title sequence designer (1987-1989) (uncredited)
Bernard Lodge	....	title sequence designer (1963-1979) (uncredited 1963-1969)
Sid Sutton	....	title sequence designer (1980-1986) (uncredited)

Stunts
Alan Chuntz	....	stunts (1960's-1970's)
Peter Diamond	....	stunts (1960s)
Max Faulkner	....	stunts (1960's-1970's)
Stuart Fell	....	stunts (1970s-1980s)
Alf Joint	....	stunts (1960s-1980s)
Derek Martin	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)
Roy Scammell	....	stunts (1960s-1980s)
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator
Terry Walsh	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)
Derek Ware	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)

Camera and Electrical Department
Stewart A. Farnell	....	camera operator (1 episode)
Peter Hamilton	....	camera operator (12 episodes)
Alan Jonas	....	camera operator (6 episodes)
Reg Poulter	....	senior camera operator
Robert Sleigh	....	camera operator (pilot episode)
Ken Westbury	....	camera operator (4 episodes)

Music Department
Mark Ayres	....	composer: incidental music (1988-1989)
Carey Blyton	....	composer: incidental music (1970-1973)
Paddy Kingsland	....	composer: incidental music (1980-1985)
Keff McCulloch	....	composer: incidental music (1987-1989)
Humphrey Searle	....	composer: incidental music (1965)
Dudley Simpson	....	composer: incidental music (1964-1980)

Other crew
Christopher Baker	....	production assistant
Ali Bongo	....	magic advisor
Terry Brett	....	technical manager
Kenneth J. Bussanmas	....	creative consultant (1979-1985)
Patricia Greenland	....	production assistant
Jeremy Hare	....	assistant floor manager (three episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1966) (UK) (TV)

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

This episode is missing from the BBC archives.

Quotes:

The Doctor: Now they're all gone. All gone. None of them could understand. Not even my little Susan, or Vicki. Yes. And there's Barbara and Chatterton... Chesterton! They were all too impatient to get back to their own time. And now Steven. Perhaps I should go home, back to my own planet. But I can't... I can't...