"Doctor Who"
Five Hundred Eyes (1964)

Director:

Waris Hussein

Writer:

John Lucarotti (writer)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

7 March 1964 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

13th Century | Stubborn Old Man | Mongol | China | Chinese

Cast

William Hartnell	...	Dr. Who
William Russell	...	Ian Chesterton
Jacqueline Hill	...	Barbara Wright
Carole Ann Ford	...	Susan Foreman
Mark Eden	...	Marco Polo
Derren Nesbitt	...	Tegana
Zienia Merton	...	Ping-Cho
Jimmy Gardner	...	Chenchu
Charles Wade	...	Malik
Philip Voss	...	Acomat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leslie Bates	...	Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
Gordon Bremworth	...	Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
Clou Choy	...	Chinese Villager (uncredited)
Elton Fing-on	...	Mongol Porter (uncredited)
Irene Ho	...	Chinese Villager (uncredited)
Violet Leon	...	Chinese Lady of Quality (uncredited)
Zohra Sehgal	...	Attendant on Ping-Cho (uncredited)
Suk Hee Shng	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Peggy Sirr	...	Chinese Villager (uncredited)
Aman Tokyo	...	Mongol Porter (uncredited)
Roy Vincente	...	Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
Santso Wong	...	Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
John Woodcock	...	Marco Polo's Hand (uncredited)

Directed by
Waris Hussein

Writing credits
John Lucarotti		(writer)

Produced by
Verity Lambert	....	producer
Mervyn Pinfield	....	associate producer

Production Design by
Barry Newbery

Music Department
Tristram Cary	....	composer: incidental music
Ron Grainer	....	composer: title music

Other crew
David Whitaker	....	story editor

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)

Other Companies

• BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The  title music

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Lime Grove Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Trivia:

The master videotape was wiped by the BBC in 1967. No footage is known to survive. However, director Waris Hussein passed a complete set of telesnaps to the BBC archives in 2004.