6J. The King's Demons
Writer: Terence Dudley
Director: Tony Virgo
Designer: Ken Ledsham
Incidental Music: Jonathan Gibbs and Peter Howell (actually just King's song)
Lute Player: Jacob Lindberg
Fight Arranger: John Waller
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
600. Part One 15.03.83 6.55pm - 7.20pm 5.8M/107th/65%
601. Part Two 16.03.83 6.45pm - 7.10pm 7.2M/ 66th/63%
REPEAT DETAILS:
Part One Fri 06.07.84 6.55pm - 7.20pm
Part Two 13.07.84 6.45pm - 7.10pm
CAST:
SIR GILES ESTRAM/THE MASTER: Anthony Ainley; KING JOHN (KAMELION): Gerald Flood; RANULF FITZWILLIAM: Frank
Windsor; ISABELLA FITZWILLIAM: Isla Blair; HUGH FITZWILLIAM: Christopher Villiers; SIR GEOFFREY DE LACEY:
Michael J. Jackson; JESTER: Peter Burroughs (1). UNCREDITED: GAOLER: Tony Annis; VOICE OF KAMELION: Gerald
Flood (2); KAMELION: (all 2) Peter Davison, Anthony Ainley, Janet Fielding; MEN AT ARMS: Jerry Judge, Mick
McKenny, Trevor Steadman, Lloyd Williams; RANULF'S KNIGHTS: David Cole, Mike Mungarvan, Kevin O'Brien, Malcolm Ross;
KING'S KNIGHTS: Dave Ballard, Adrian Fenwick, Paul Lowther, David Ross, Graham Stagg
STORY:
The TARDIS materialises on Earth on 4th March 1215 during a joust. The King welcomes the travellers who he calls his
demons.
The Kings is not who he seems. He is in fact chameleonic android found on the planet Xeriphas, and brought to Earth by the
King's Champion, alias the Master.
The Master plans to stop the Magna Carta from being signed by discrediting the King, therefore altering the course of history.
The Doctor manages to free the android from the control of the Master, and the Doctor accepts it as a travelling companion.
BLOOPERS:
Episode 2: Kamelion (as King John) is seen playing a lute, but he fingers it as though it were a guitar. (The lute is
not played like a guitar.)
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio 1
LOCATIONS:
Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex
WORKING TITLES:
A Knight's Tale, The Demons
NOTES:
This story introduced Kamelion, a planned companion but who only appeared in one further story
In order to conceal the fact that Anthony Ainley was in the story, Radio Times credited the part of Sir Giles Estram to James
Stoker, an anagram of Master's Joke.
NOVELISATION:
The King's Demons
Terence Dudley
VIDEO:
The King's Demons
/The Five Doctors
