The Happiness Patrol

149^[1] – *The Happiness Patrol*
149 – The Happiness Patrol
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Sylvester McCoy – Seventh Doctor;
	Companion Sophie Aldred – Ace;
	Others Sheila Hancock – Helen A; Ronald Fraser – Joseph C; Georgina Hale – Daisy K; Harold Innocent – Gilbert M; Lesley Dunlop – Susan Q; Rachel Bell – Priscilla P; Jonathan Burn – Silas P; Tim Barker – Harold V; David John Pope – Kandyman; John Normington – Trevor Sigma; Richard D. Sharp – Earl Sigma; Tim Scott – Forum Doorman; Mary Healey – Killjoy; Steve Swinscoe, Mark Carroll – Snipers; Philip Neve – Wences; Ryan Freedman – Wulfric; Annie Hulley – Newscaster;
Production
Directed by	Chris Clough
Written by	Graeme Curry
Script editor	Andrew Cartmel
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Music by	Dominic Glynn
Production code	7L
Series	Season 25
Running time	3 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	2 November 1988
Last broadcast	16 November 1988
Chronology
← Preceded by; Remembrance of the Daleks	Followed by →; Silver Nemesis
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Happiness Patrol is the second serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 16 November 1988.

The serial is set on the Earth colony world Terra Alpha. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) starts a rebellion against the planet's ruler, Helen A (Sheila Hancock), a woman who seeks to eliminate all unhappiness on the planet.

^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 153. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

[1] From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 153. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

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