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Doctor Who: The Invasion
Starring: Nicholas Courtney , Frazer Hines
Directed by: Douglas Camfield
Produced by: Peter Bryant
Written by: Derrick Sherwin
Investigating the disappearance of an eminent scientist, the Doctor and his companions follow his trail to the London headquarters of International Electromatics...
Item Number: 14067
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 3 1/4 hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
- Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by animation director Steve Maher, BBC producer James Goss and audio restoration expert Mark Ayres (ep 1), actors Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, Nicholas Courtney and production assistant Chris D'Oyly-John (eps 2 - 8)
Flash Frames- 11-minute featurette on the creation of the animated Episodes 1 and 4 with Cosgrove Hall's animation team
Love Off-Air- An affectionate 15-minute tribute to the people dedicated enough to capture the soundtracks of Doctor Who in the 1960s, enabling the recreated episodes on this DVD
Animation Trailers
Character Design Short showcase of Steve Maher's character design for animated episodes
Evolution of the Invasion 49-minute ?Making of? featurette
VHS Links- Nicholas Courtney's links from the 1993 video release of The Invasion
Production Notes Subtitle Option
Photo gallery
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
There is a cameo appearance by director Douglas Camfield, who plays a car driver in the first episode.
The TARDIS materialises in England in the 1970s and the time travellers meet a girl named Isobel whose uncle, computer scientist Professor Watkins, has recently gone missing. The Doctor offers to help track him down, starting at the place where he last worked - the London HQ of International Electromatics, the world's major supplier of electronic equipment.
His initial suspicions about IE's managing director, Tobias Vaughn, are confirmed after he becomes reacquainted with Lethbridge-Stewart, now promoted to Brigadier and in charge of the British branch of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT), and learns that there have been other disappearances at IE premises.
He discovers that Vaughn is in league with the Cybermen in a plan to invade Earth, but is also plotting against them with the aim of seizing power for himself. Watkins is being forced by Vaughn to develop the cerebration mentor, a machine designed to generate emotional impulses as a weapon against the Cybermen.
The Cybermen immobilise most of Earth's population - sending a hypnotic signal through special circuits incorporated in all IE equipment - and launch their invasion. The Doctor has managed to protect himself and his friends from the signal and - with help from an embittered Vaughn, who is killed during the fighting - the invasion is eventually defeated.
His initial suspicions about IE's managing director, Tobias Vaughn, are confirmed after he becomes reacquainted with Lethbridge-Stewart, now promoted to Brigadier and in charge of the British branch of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT), and learns that there have been other disappearances at IE premises.
He discovers that Vaughn is in league with the Cybermen in a plan to invade Earth, but is also plotting against them with the aim of seizing power for himself. Watkins is being forced by Vaughn to develop the cerebration mentor, a machine designed to generate emotional impulses as a weapon against the Cybermen.
The Cybermen immobilise most of Earth's population - sending a hypnotic signal through special circuits incorporated in all IE equipment - and launch their invasion. The Doctor has managed to protect himself and his friends from the signal and - with help from an embittered Vaughn, who is killed during the fighting - the invasion is eventually defeated.
Investigating the
disappearance of an eminent scientist, the Second Doctor
(Patrick Troughton, Inspector Morse) and his companions Jamie and Zoe
follow his trail to the London headquarters of International Electromatics,
a global supplier of electronic equipment run by the formidable Tobias
Vaughan. Can the Doctor convince Vaughan to help him defeat a plan for
global domination? Episodes One and Four from this 1968 eight-part cyberepic
have long been missing from the BBC's archives?but the soundtracks
survived. In a unique and innovative restoration project, world-renowned
studio Cosgrove Hall has produced fully animated recreations of the two
missing episodes fitted to the lovingly restored soundtrack!
Cast
The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
Jamie - Frazer Hines
Zoe - Wendy Padbury
Benton - John Levene Also appeared in film sequences in Episode Five, but uncredited
Captain Turner - Robert Sidaway
Cyberman - Pat Gorman
Cyberman - Ralph Carrigan
Cyberman - Charles Finch
Cyberman - John Spadbury
Cyberman - Derek Chaffer
Cyberman - Terence Denville
Cyberman - Peter Thornton
Cyberman - Richard King
Gregory - Ian Fairbairn
Isobel - Sally Faulkner
Lorry Driver - Murray Evans
Major Branwell - Clifford Earl
Major-General Rutlidge - Edward Dentith
Packer - Peter Halliday
Patrolman - Walter Randall
Phone Operator - Sheila Dunn
Policeman - Dominic Allan
Private Perkins - Stacy Davies
Professor Watkins - Edward Burnham
Sergeant Peters - Norman Hartley
Sergeant Walters - James Thornhill
Tobias Vaughn - Kevin Stoney
Tracy - Geoffrey Cheshire
Workman - Peter Thompson
Production Credits
Director - Douglas Camfield
Assistant Floor Manager - Sue Willis
Costumes - Bobi Bartlett
Designer - Richard Hunt
Film Cameraman - Alan Jonas
Film Editor - Martyn Day
Incidental Music - Don Harper
Make-Up - Sylvia James
Producer - Peter Bryant
Production Assistant - Chris D'Oyly John
Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
Studio Lighting - Robbie Robinson
Studio Sound - Alan Edmonds
Studio Sound - Bryan Forgham
Title Music - Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
Visual Effects - Bill King
Visual Effects - Trading Post
Writer - Derrick Sherwin from a story by Kit Pedler
The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
Jamie - Frazer Hines
Zoe - Wendy Padbury
Benton - John Levene Also appeared in film sequences in Episode Five, but uncredited
Captain Turner - Robert Sidaway
Cyberman - Pat Gorman
Cyberman - Ralph Carrigan
Cyberman - Charles Finch
Cyberman - John Spadbury
Cyberman - Derek Chaffer
Cyberman - Terence Denville
Cyberman - Peter Thornton
Cyberman - Richard King
Gregory - Ian Fairbairn
Isobel - Sally Faulkner
Lorry Driver - Murray Evans
Major Branwell - Clifford Earl
Major-General Rutlidge - Edward Dentith
Packer - Peter Halliday
Patrolman - Walter Randall
Phone Operator - Sheila Dunn
Policeman - Dominic Allan
Private Perkins - Stacy Davies
Professor Watkins - Edward Burnham
Sergeant Peters - Norman Hartley
Sergeant Walters - James Thornhill
Tobias Vaughn - Kevin Stoney
Tracy - Geoffrey Cheshire
Workman - Peter Thompson
Production Credits
Director - Douglas Camfield
Assistant Floor Manager - Sue Willis
Costumes - Bobi Bartlett
Designer - Richard Hunt
Film Cameraman - Alan Jonas
Film Editor - Martyn Day
Incidental Music - Don Harper
Make-Up - Sylvia James
Producer - Peter Bryant
Production Assistant - Chris D'Oyly John
Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
Studio Lighting - Robbie Robinson
Studio Sound - Alan Edmonds
Studio Sound - Bryan Forgham
Title Music - Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
Visual Effects - Bill King
Visual Effects - Trading Post
Writer - Derrick Sherwin from a story by Kit Pedler
