Doctor Who/The Web of Fear

The Web of Fear
Season 5, Serial 5
Airdate	February 3, 1968
Production Number	QQ
by	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
Directed by	Douglas Camfield
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Doctor Who — Season Five

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The Web of Fear is the fifth serial of the fifth season of Doctor Who, and the forty-first serial overall.

Episode 1: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Frederick Schrecker (Julius Silverstein), Rod Beacham (Corporal Lane), Richardson Morgan (Corporal Blake), Ralph Watson (Captain Knight), Jon Rollason (Harold Chorley), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sergeant Arnold), Stephen Whittaker (Craftsman Weams), Bernard G. High (Soldier), John Levene, Gordon Stothard, Colin Warman (Yeti)

Episode 2: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Rod Beacham (Corporal Lane), Stephen Whittaker (Craftsman Weams), Ralph Watson (Captain Knight), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sgt. Arnold), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Jon Rollason (Harold Chorley), Richardson Morgan (Corporal Blake), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Joseph O'Connell (Soldier), Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans), Gordon Stothard, John Lord, John Levene, Jeremy King (Yeti)

Episode 3: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Nicholas Courtney (Col. Lethbridge-Stewart), Stephen Whittaker (Craftsman Weams), Ralph Watson (Captain Knight), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sgt. Arnold), Richardson Morgan (Corporal Blake), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Rod Beacham (Corporal Lane), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Jon Rollason (Harold Chorley), Jeremy King (Yeti)

Episode 4: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans), Nicholas Courtney (Col. Lethbridge-Stewart), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sgt. Arnold), Ralph Watson (Captain Knight), Richardson Morgan (Corporal Blake), Rod Beacham (Corporal Lane), Gordon Stothard, John Lord, John Levene, Colin Warman (Yeti)

Episode 5: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Nicholas Courtney (Col. Lethbridge-Stewart), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sgt. Arnold), Gordon Stothard, John Levene (Yeti)

Episode 6: Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who), Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans), Jack Woolgar (Staff Sgt. Arnold), Tina Packer (Anne Travers), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Nicholas Courtney (Col. Lethbridge-Stewart), Deborah Watling (Victoria), Jack Watling (Professor Travers), Jon Rollason (Harold Chorley), Gordon Stothard, John Levene, John Lord, Roger Jacombs (Yeti)

Trivia

The Show

• Episode 3 of this serial remains missing from the BBC archive. However, it is known to have an existing copy. It was recovered along with the other episodes in Nigeria, but apparently stolen by a station employee and sold to a private collector.

• First appearance of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

• The closing credits for each episode except the last scroll over an image of the pulsing web.

Behind the Scenes

• The original plan was to film in the London Underground. However, London Transport demanded an exorbitant fee and indicated that filming would be restricted to just a handful of overnight hours. Thus, it was decided to recreate London Underground on studio sets. The recreations were so realistic that the BBC apparently received a letter of complaint from London Transport, claiming filming had been done on their property without permission.