T/A. Mission To The Unknown

  • Story Editor: Donald Tosh;
  • Writer: Terry Nation;
  • Director: Derek Martinus;
  • Produced by: Verity Lambert;
  • Designers: Richard Hunt and Raymond P. Cusick;
  • Incidental Music: Stock;

Programme Description

Space Security Service agent Marc Cory is on the planet Kembel investigating a possible Dalek spacecraft sighting. He discovers a plan by the Daleks to stage an attack on the Solar System. With both Daleks and the hostile Vaarga plants to deal with the other members of Cory's expedition are killed. Cory manages to record his findings onto tape, and plans to fire it into space. Before he can fire it into space Cory is discovered and exterminated, but the recording survives ...

Regular Cast

This programme has no regular cast mambers

Guest Cast

  • Marc Cory: Edward de Souza;
  • Jeff Garvey: Barry Jackson;
  • Gordon Lowery: Jeremy Young;
  • Malpha: Robert Chartland;
  • Trantis: Robert Rich;
  • Daleks: Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, John Scott Martin, Gerald Taylor;
  • Dalek Voices: David Graham, Peter Hawkins;

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Vagra Plants: Roy Reeves, Tony Starn, Leslie Weeks;
  • Planetarians: Johnny Clayton, Pat Gorman, Sam Mansary, Len Russell;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 86 Mission To The Unknown Sat 9 Oct 1965 917:50 - 18:15 8.3M 37th

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated.

Locations

This programme has not been filmed on location or the locations are not known

Studios

  • Television Centre Studio 3;
  • Ealing Television Film Studios;

Bloopers and Mistakes

This programme has no bloopers or mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found or pointed out yet

Notes and Trivia

This unique story does not feature any of the regular cast and serves as a teaser for the forthcoming Dalek epic.

Working Titles

Dalek Cutaway
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