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 Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Date(s) of Broadcast:
1 October 1977 - 22 October 1977
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Production: Graham Williams
Production Unit Manager: John Nathan-Turner
SCRIPT
Script: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
Story Editors: Robert Holmes
DIRECTION
Director: Derrick Goodwin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Brian Clemett
Film Camera: Nick Allder
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Glenn Hyde
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
SOUND
Studio Sound: Michael McCarthy
Special Sound: Dick Mills
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Maureen Winslade
Costumes: Raymond Hughes
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Tony Harding, Ian Scoones
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Barry Newbery
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Norman Stewart
Assistant Floor Manager: Tony Garrick, Christabel Albery
CAST
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Louise Jameson (Leela)
John Leeson (voice of K-9)
Michael Sheard (Supervisor Lowe)
Brian Grellis (Captain Safran)
Edmund Pegge (Meeker)
Jay Neill (Silvey)
Anthony Rowlands (crewman)
Frederick Jaeger (Professor Marius)
Jim McManus (Opthalmologist)
Roy Herrick (Dr Parsons)
Elizabeth Norman (Marius's nurse)
Roderick Smith (Dr Cruickshank)
Kenneth Waller (Dr Hedges)
Nell Curran (reception nurse)
John Scott Martin (Nucleus)
John Leeson (Nucleus voice)
Pat Gorman (medic)
Harry Fielder, Stuart Myers (crewmen - uncredited)
Anthony Rowlands (computer voice - uncredited)
Leslie Bates, Alan Clements, Margot Gordon, Derek Hunt, Kenneth Sedd,
Cy Town (Bi-Al members - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
The Swarm, an invisible intelligence, infects
The Doctor as it invades the TARDIS. Landing on a moon of Saturn,
The Doctor collapses and two miniature clones of he and Leela must
enter the Doctor's body to save him.
CAPSULE REVIEW
The main action is stolen from Fantastic
Voyage (1966), though the turns of the plot to get the action
there are a bit convoluted. Well made though and quite exciting. Of
course it is the first appearance of K9, The Doctor's very own
R2D2 and C3PO rolled into one. The white panelled TARDIS control room
also reappeared, preferred by Graham Williams.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1977
October
1: UK - Part One television broadcast (on BBC1)
8: UK - Part One television broadcast (on BBC1)
15: UK - Part One television broadcast (on BBC1)
22: UK - Part One television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Enemy Within - working title
The Invisible Invader - working title
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor
Who: The Television Companion pp.327-329
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker) KEYWORDS
aliens, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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