SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Executioners

Synopsis

Children’s television cult science-fiction series. The Daleks build a time machine and send an execution squad to hunt the Doctor and the TARDIS through eternity. In the TARDIS the travellers huddle around the Time-Space Visualiser, a television-like machine which can detect any event in time and space. They each choose an event to witness: Ian picks Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address, Barbara looks into Elizabeth I’s court, and sees the genesis of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet; and Vicki sees the Beatles performing ‘Ticket To Ride’.

Series

Doctor Who

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

22 May 1965 at 17:40 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

25 mins

Credits

Director

Richard Martin (2)

Producer

Verity Lambert

Writer

Terry Nation

Cast

Hugh Walters	William Shakespeare
Jacqueline Hill	Barbara Wright
Maureen O’Brien	Vicki
Roger Hammond	Francis Bacon
Vivienne Bennett	Queen Elizabeth
William Hartnell	Doctor Who
William Russell	Ian Chesterton

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Time Travel; Science fiction (television)

Notes

History

Season 2. Episode 1 of a 6-part story.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

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London
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