Doctor Who: The Sensorites backdrop

Doctor Who: The Sensorites 1964 Directed by Frank Cox , Mervyn Pinfield

The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company BBC
Release Date 1 August 1964
150 mins
Cast
William Hartnell The Doctor
Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright
William Russell Ian Chesterton
Lorne Cossette Maitland
John Bailey Commander
Martyn Huntley First Human
Giles Phibbs Second Human
Ken Tyllsen First Sensorite / First Scientist
Joe Greig Second Sensorite / Second Scientist / Warrior
Peter Glaze Third Sensorite / City Administrator
Arthur Newall Fourth Sensorite
Eric Francis First Elder
Bartlett Mullins Second Elder
Anthony Rogers Sensorite
Gerry Martin Sensorite