4T. Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy (Season Fifteen)

Script Editor: Robert Holmes; Writers: Bob Baker and Dave Martin; Produced by: Graham Williams; Director: Derrick Goodwin; Designer: Barry Newbery; Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson;

Programme Description

A spacecraft en route to the Titan base is infected by a virus, and the same virus - the Swarm - also attacks the TARDIS. The Doctor is infected by the Nucleus of the Swarm. Landing at the Titan Base the Doctor and Leela are threatened by the crew. The Doctor and Leela manage to get away to a hospital for the Doctor - the Bi-Al Foundation.

Professor Marius is able to clone the Doctor and Leela, minaturise them, and inject them into the real Doctor. The hope is that they will be able to find the infection and destroy it.

The Swarm nucleus manages to get out and is enlarged to human size. It arranges for transport back to the Titan base where breeding tanks have been prepared for it.

The now cured Doctor, along with the help of Professor Marius's mobile computer K-9, manages to set a trap which will blow up the breeding tanks. As a parting gift Professor Marius leaves K-9 in the care of the Doctor.


Regular Cast

Leela: Louise Jameson; Voice of K-9: John Leeson;

Cast

Supervisor Lowe: Michael Sheard; Captain Safran: Brian Grellis; Meeker: Edmund Pegge (1); Silvey: Jay Neill (1); Crewman: Anthony Rowlands (1); Professor Marius: Frederick Jaeger (2-4); Opthalmologist: Jim McManus (2-4); Doctor Parsons: Roy Herrick (2-4); Marius's Nurse: Elizabeth Norman (2-3); Doctor Cruickshank: Roderick Smith (2-3); Doctor Hedges: Kenneth Waller (2); Reception Nurse: Nell Curran (2); Nucleus: John Scott Martin (3-4); Nucleus Voice: John Leeson (3-4); Medic: Pat Gorman (3-4);
Uncredited:
Crewmen:
Harry Fielder (1), Stuart Myers (1); Computer Voice: Anthony Rowlands (1); Bi-Al Members: Leslie Bates, Alan Clements, Margot Gordon, Derek Hunt, Kenneth Sedd, Cy Town;

Transmissions

Ep.TitleDateViewersPosition
458.Part One (BBC 1) Sat 01/10/1977 18:20 - 18:45 8.6M40th
459.Part Two (BBC 1) Sat 08/10/1977 18:05 - 18:30 7.3M55th
460.Part Thre (BBC 1) Sat 15/10/1977 18:10 - 18:35 7.5M50th
461.Part Four (BBC 1) Sat 22/10/1977 18:10 - 18:35 8.3M50th

Repeat Transmissions

TitleDateViewersPosition
Part One (BBC 1) Thur 13/07/1978 19:00 - 19:25 4.9M60th
Part Two (BBC 1) Thur 20/07/1978 19:00 - 19:25 5.5M76th
Part Three (BBC 1) Thur 27/07/1978 19:00 - 19:25 5.1M81st
Part Four (BBC 1) Thur 03/08/1978 19:00 - 19:25 4.8M35th

Bloopers

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

Locations

This programme has not been filmed on location or the locations are unknown

Studios

Television Centre Studio 6;

Notes / Trivia

K-9 does not appear in part one.

Working Titles

The Enemy Within
The Invisible Invader

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