Frontios

132 – Frontios
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
  • Jeff Rawle – Plantagenet
  • Peter Gilmore – Brazen
  • Lesley Dunlop – Norna
  • William Lucas – Range
  • Maurice O'Connell – Cockerill
  • Raymond Murtagh – Retrograde
  • Richard Ashley – Orderly
  • Alison Skilbeck – Deputy
  • John Gillett – The Gravis
  • William Bowen, George Campbell, Hedi Khursandi, Michael Malcolm, Stephen Speed – Tractators
Production
Directed byRon Jones
Written byChristopher H. Bidmead
Script editorEric Saward
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive producerNone
Music byPaddy Kingsland
Production code6N
SeriesSeason 21
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast26 January 1984 (1984-01-26)
Last broadcast3 February 1984 (1984-02-03)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Awakening
Followed by →
Resurrection of the Daleks

Frontios is the third serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 January to 3 February 1984.

Set in the far future, the serial involves the alien Gravis (John Gillett) enslaving the last surviving humans to mine the planet for use as a spaceship for the Gravis.