Gambit

This Story: Season 2 Episode 11 (production code 211)
B7 Overall: Episode 24
Airdate: 20 Mar 1979 (7:20PM UK time)
Duration: 51:48
Filming Dates: 21-22 Nov 1978, 13-14 Feb 1979
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by George Spenton-Foster

Notes

• The working title of this episode was “Doc Holliday”.  I can’t imagine it was ever a serious contender, tho.
• Denis Carey plays Docholli.  He was in Doctor Who as Professor Chronotis in “Shada” as well as the fake Borad in “Timelash“.
• John Leeson plays Toise.  Leeson previously appeared in the episode “Mission To Destiny” (as Pasco).  He’s more famously known as being the primary voice of K-9 in Doctor Who.
• Deep Roy plays the Klute.  He was also in “The Web” (as a Decima) and the title character in “Moloch”.  He was also in Doctor Who in “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” as well as the Mindwarp segment of “Trial of a Time Lord”.
• Sylvia Coleridge plays Croupier here.  She was known for her appearance in Doctor Who’s “The Seeds of Doom” as Amelia Ducat.
• Aubrey Woods plays Krantoor here.  He’s also known for being the Controller in the 1972 Doctor Who Serial, “Day of the Daleks“.
• It is established that Orac can operate the teleport even when he’s not on the Liberator.
• Space City from the episode “Shadow” is referenced here.

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