Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

Mar 25, 2019

1h 32m

★ 7.5

Overview

The original 1967 master recordings of ‘The Macra Terror’ were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated reconstruction of this lost classic.

Genres

Science Fiction

Adventure

Drama

Animation

Production Companies

Sun & Moon Studios

BBC Studios

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror Trailers

Cast

The Doctor (voice)

Patrick Troughton

Jamie McCrimmon (voice)

Frazer Hines

Polly Wright (voice)

Anneke Wills

Ben Jackson (voice)

Michael Craze

Pilot (voice)

Peter Jeffrey

Medok (voice)

Terence Lodge

Ola (voice)

Gertan Klauber

Barney (voice)

Graham Armitage

Questa (voice)

Ian Fairbairn

Sunaa (voice)

Jane Enshawe

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