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Accepting The Quest
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 On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population – the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine’s operating keys across the planet.
The TARDIS crew arrive to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus’ last line of defence – and its only hope – is the Conscience machine.
The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the Keys of Marinus…
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| Season: |
One
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| Production
Code: |
E |
| Story Number: |
5
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| Episode Numbers: | 21 - 26 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
6 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% | | Working Titles: | "Guests of the Guillotine" (episode 2) |
| Production
Dates: |
March - October 1964 |
| Broadcast Started: | 11 April 1964 | | Broadcast Finished: | 16 May 1964 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios and Lime Grove (Studio D) |
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| Writer: | Terry Nation | | Director: | John Gorrie | | Producer: | Verity Lambert | | Associate Producer: | Mervyn Pinfield | | Story Editor: | David Whitaker | | Production Assistants: | David Conroy and Penny Joy | | Assistant Floor Manager: | Timothy Combe | | Designer: | Raymond P Cusick | | Costume Designer: | Daphne Dare | | Make-Up Designer: | Jill Summers | | Lighting: | Peter Murray | | Incidental Music: | Norman Kay | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson | | Studio Sounds: | Jack Brummitt and Tony Milton | | Title Sequence: | Bernard Lodge | | Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire |
| Number of
Doctors: |
1 | | The Doctor: |
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| Number of
Companions: |
3 | | The Companions: |
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| Additional Cast: |
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George Colouris (Arbitan), Martin Cort (Voord / Warrior / Ice Soldier / Aydan), Peter Stenson (Voord / Second Judge), Gordon Wales (Voord), Robin Phillips (Altos), Katharine Schofield (Sabetha), Heron Carvic (Voice of Morpho), Edmund Warwick (Darrius), Francis de Wolff (Vasor), Michael Allaby (Ice Soldier / Larn), Alan James (Ice Soldier / First Judge / Guard), Anthony Verner (Ice Soldier), Henley Thomas (Tarron), Raf de la Torre (Senior Judge), Fiona Walker (Kala), Donald Pickering (Eyesen), Stephen Dartnell (Yartek), Dougie Dean (Eprin) |
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Villains: | The Voord and Yartek
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
(UK) |
Duration |
Viewers
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In
Archive |
| 21 | The Sea of Death | 11 April 1964 | 23'20" | 9.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 22 | The Velvet Web | 18 April 1964 | 25'37" | 9.4 | 16mm telerecording | | 23 | The Screaming Jungle | 25 April 1964 | 23'45" | 9.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 24 | The Snows of Terror | 02 May 1964 | 24'54" | 10.4 | 16mm telerecording | | 25 | Sentence of Death | 09 May 1964 | 25'03" | 7.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 26 | The Keys of Marinus | 16 May 1964 | 25'11" | 6.9 | 16mm telerecording |
| Total Duration |
2 Hours 28 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
9.1 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998) | 63.57%  (Position = 105 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 59.66%  (Position = 160 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 61.00%  (Position = 192 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 18 out of 29 |
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All episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings. An Arabic print of "The Sea of Death" is also held. |
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