6M. The Awakening

  • Script Editor: Eric Saward;
  • Produced by: John Nathan-Turner;
  • Writer: Eric Pringle;
  • Director: Michael Owen Morris;
  • Designer: Barry Newbery;
  • Incidental Music: Peter Howell;

Programme Description

Tegan asks the Doctor to take her to Little Hodcombe to visit her grandfather, local historian Andrew Verney. They arrive during a reconstruction of the English Civil war, led by Sir George Hutchinson. When Tegan asks about her grandfather she finds that he has been missing for some time.

Sir George seems to be taking the games a little too seriously and Tegan is designated the Queen of the May, a human sacrifice. The Doctor takes an interest in the local church, and finds Will Chandler who came from 1643. Will tells the Doctor of the time that the Malus came, and the Doctor finds it concealed in the church.

The Malus uses psychic projections to feed of the fears to the locals. Sir Georges mind, and the war games, have re-awoken the Malus. The Doctor finds a way to break the psychic link, and the Malus destroys Sir George, the church and itself.

Regular Cast

  • Tegan Jovanka: Janet Fielding;
  • Vislor Turlough: Mark Strickson;

Guest Cast

  • Jane Hampden: Polly James;
  • Sir George Hutchinson: Dennis Lill;
  • Colonel Ben Wolsey: Glyn Houston;
  • Sergeant Joseph Willow: Jack Galloway;
  • Will Chandler: Keith Jayne;
  • Trooper: Christopher Saul;
  • Andrew Verney: Frederick Hall (2);

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Walk-Ons: David Cole, Brian Coshall, Robert Craze, Peter Dukes, Scott Free, Harold Gasnier, John Kearns, Rod Keyes, Jimmy Mac, Roy MacDonald, Ron Martin, Sean McCabe, David Medina, Bob Tarff, Nigel Tisdall, Christopher Wenner, Gordon Williams;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 607 Part One Thu 19 Jan 1984 1918:40 - 19:05 7.9M 61st
BBC 1 608 Part Two Fri 20 Jan 1984 2018:40 - 19:05 6.6M 84th

Repeat Transmissions

ChannelTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 Compilation Fri 20 Jul 1984 18:50 - 19:40 4.4M 104th

Locations

  • Ford at Tarrant Monkton, nr. Blandford Forum, Dorset;
  • St Bartholomew's Church, Shapwick, Dorest;
  • Village Cross and street, Shapwick, Dorset;
  • Bishop's Court Forum, Shapwick, Dorest;
  • Village of Martin, nr. Fordingbridge, Hants;
  • Martin Down, nr. Martin, Hants;
  • Stable at rear of Damers Cottage, Martin, Hants;

Studios

  • Television Centre Studio 6;

Bloopers and Mistakes

This programme has no bloopers or mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found or pointed out yet

Notes and Trivia

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Working Titles

Poltergeist
Wargame
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