Production
| Episode | Broadcast date | Run time | Viewership |
Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Episode One" | 24 February 1973 (1973-02-24) | 23:27 | 9.1 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
| "Episode Two" | 3 March 1973 (1973-03-03) | 24:10 | 7.8 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
| "Episode Three" | 10 March 1973 (1973-03-10) | 24:00 | 7.5 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
| "Episode Four" | 17 March 1973 (1973-03-17) | 23:35 | 7.1 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
| "Episode Five" | 24 March 1973 (1973-03-24) | 23:57 | 7.7 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
| "Episode Six" | 31 March 1973 (1973-03-31) | 24:44 | 8.9 | PAL 2" colour videotape |
The titles for Frontier in Space were prepared, like Carnival of Monsters, with a new arrangement of the theme music performed by Paddy Kingsland on a synthesiser. Known as the "Delaware" arrangement (the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was based on Delaware Road in west London), it proved unpopular with BBC executives, so the original Delia Derbyshire theme was restored, although an early edit of episode 5 still contains the "Delaware" music and was used for the VHS release.
The final sequence in the Master's headquarters was intended to contain the giant Ogron-eating monster, but director Paul Bernard did not like the costume and omitted it, leaving the scene with just frightened Ogrons running away from something unseen. Producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks felt the sequence lacked impact and a new ending was filmed in the TARDIS as part of the first production block of the following story, Planet of the Daleks. Frontier in Space was Paul Bernard's last Dr. Who work.
When the wiping of episodes ended in 1978 it was discovered that episodes 1, 2, 3 & 6 had only survived as black and white telerecordings for overseas sales. In the mid-1980s PAL copies were returned from broadcasters in Australia.
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