BBCDVD 2586 Doctor Who - The invasion of time by David Agnew


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Catalogue numberBBCDVD 2586
TitleDoctor Who - The invasion of time
Artist(s)David Agnew
Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label code-
Item deleted?No
Released1978
Distributed / printed by2 entertain
Country of originUK UK flag
Media typePrimary
Media genreDramas - Sci-fi
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Run-off codes / Shop bar codesA0100932692-A912 18 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
A0100932695-A522 17 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
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Side & trackTrack and ArtistLength
A1The invasion of time - Part 125.23
A2The invasion of time - Part 225.06
A3The invasion of time - Part 325.07
A4The invasion of time - Part 423.34
A5The invasion of time - Part 525.01
A6The invasion of time - Part 625.48
A7Out of time16.53
A8The rise and fall of Gallifrey10.00
A9The elusive David Agnew5.18
A10Deleted scenes5.56
A11Continuity3.27
A12Radio Times listings [PDF]
A13Photo gallery7.06
Total length of media 3:18:39.

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Starring


Tom Baker
Louise Jameson
Stan McGowan
Tom Kelly
Chris Tranchell
Milton Johns
John Arnatt
Dennis Edwards
Reginald Jessup
Charles Morgan
Christopher Christou
Hilary Ryan
Ray Callaghan
Michael Mundell
Michael Harley
Max Faulkner
Gai Smith
Eric Danot
Derek Deadman
Stuart Fell
John Leeson

Written by


David Agnew

Produced by


Gerald Williams

Directed by


Gerald Blake

Synopsis


The Doctor is behaving very oddley. After signing a treaty with enemy aliens, he returns to his home planet, Gallifrey, and demands the Presidency of the High Council of Time Lords. His first act of rule is to banish Leela to the wastelands on pain of death. His second is to sabotage the planet's defence barriers, enabling full scale invasion.

Why has the Doctor joined forces with the militaristic Vardans? Is he out for revenge against the Time Lords? Or does he have a hidden agenda? But his allies are also hiding a dark secret,l for behind them is a familar enemy waiting for the right moment to attack ...

Background


The Invasion of Time marked the end of the Graham Williams' first series as producer. The fifteenth season had presented viewers with a markedly different style, aschewing the Gothic attributes of the previous few years with an artistic, playful intellectualism. A sequel to Robert Holmes' classic The Deadly Assassin, this story differed considerably in its portrayal of Gallifreyan lore.

Originally the season's epic closer had been author David Weir's The Killer Cats of Geng Singh, until it was decreed too expensive to produce (required a stadium full of cat people). Williams and Script Editor, Anthony Read hurriedly wrote a substitute under the BBC pseudonym, David Agnew.

The Invasion of Time boasts a number of surprises. Chief among them was the reappearance of the Sontarans, who had proved popular despite only having featured in two prior stories, The Time Warrior (BBCDVD 2334) and The Sontaran Experiment (BBCDVD 1811). But it was the departure of the Doctor's companions - the savage Leela, masterfully played by Louise Jameson, and K-9 Mk1 - that proved most shocking. Leela's sudden attachment to Commander Andred left viewers mystified. Jameson herself had wanted a heroic death saving the Doctor.

It was also decided that K-9, that most faithful and iconic of the Doctor's companions, should leave to accompany Leela, after the radio-controlled prop had proven difficult to work with. But the popularity of the character was so great that there was already a more mobile, improved Mk2 version which the Doctor had prepared earlier, proving that a Time Lord's best friend is his robot dog.

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