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7 unusual facts about The Ambassadors of Death


Derek Martin

He has also made guest appearances in many television programmes including Doctor Who appearing in The Ambassadors of Death as an uncredited heavy, The Claws of Axos as an uncredited UNIT soldier and Image of the Fendahl as policeman David Mitchell, The Sweeney episode 'Messenger of the Gods' as the villain Spooner, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Bill and Only Fools and Horses.

John Abineri

His extensive television performances included a regular role in Survivors (as Hubert Goss) and four performances on Doctor Who - in Fury from the Deep, Death to the Daleks, The Power of Kroll, and, most notably, as the misguided General Carrington in The Ambassadors of Death.

The Ambassadors of Death

As such, it was set well into the future, and did not include UNIT.

Location filming took place during January and February 1970 at Blue Circle Cement in Kent, Marlow Weir in Buckinghamshire, Southall Gas Works in Middlesex, and various sites in Aldershot, Hampshire.

With the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce providing security, the British space programme under Professor Ralph Cornish oversees the launch of the Recovery Seven probe.

Trevor Ray

Ray penned the final version of the first episode of the Doctor Who serial The Ambassadors of Death, though he was not credited on the episode.

VidFIRE

The 1970s Doctor Who stories to have undergone the VidFIRE process are: Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Ambassadors of Death (episodes 2-7: 1 remains on original 2" tape), Inferno, Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil, The Claws Of Axos (only Episodes 2-3), The Daemons (only Episodes 1-3 & 5), Planet of the Daleks (only Episode 3) and Invasion of the Dinosaurs (only Episode 1).



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