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the enemy of the world

story 40 : season 5 : serial PP : 6 episodes

Producer: Innes Lloyd
Director: Barry Letts
Writer: David Whitaker
Script Editor: Peter Bryant
Designer: Christopher Pemsel

cast information

Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who); Frazer Hines (Jamie MacCrimmon); Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield); Henry Stamper (Anton); Rhys McConnochie (Rod); Simon Cain (Curly); Mary Peach (Astrid); Bill Kerr (Giles Kent); Colin Douglas (Donald Bruce); Milton Johns (Benik); George Pravda (Denes); David Nettheim (Fedorin); Carmen Munroe (Fariah); Gordon Faith (Guard Captain); Elliott Cairnes (Guard Captain); Bill Lyons (Guard on Denes); Reg Lye (Griffin); Reg Lye (Chef); Andrew Staines (Sergeant to Benik); Bob Anderson (Fighting Guard); William McGuirk (Guard in Corridor); Christopher Burgess (Swann); Adam Verney (Colin); Margaret Hickey (Mary); Dibbs Mather (Guard in Caravan);

crew information

Edwina Verner (Assistant Floor Manager); Martin Baugh (Costumes); Fred Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Philip Barnikel (Film Editor); Sylvia James (Make-Up); Martin Lisemore (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); Tony Millier (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode 1 23 December 1967 at 17:25 23'45" 6.8mil does not exist
2 Episode 2 30 December 1967 at 17:25 23'48" 7.6mil does not exist
3 Episode 3 6 January 1968 at 17:25 23'05" 7.1mil 16mm telerecording
4 Episode 4 13 January 1968 at 17:25 23'46" 7.8mil does not exist
5 Episode 5 20 January 1968 at 17:25 24'22" 6.9mil does not exist
6 Episode 6 27 January 1968 at 17:25 21'41" 8.3mil does not exist
  1. Episode 1
  2. Episode 2
  3. Episode 3
    » Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
  4. Episode 4
  5. Episode 5
  6. Episode 6

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World
Written by: Ian Marter
Number 024 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1981 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Bill Donohoe
ISBN: 0 491 02972 1
17 April 1981 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Bill Donohoe
ISBN: 0 426 20126 4
20 May 1993 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20126 4

plot synopsis

After being attacked and rescued by a helicopter pilot called Astrid on an Australian beach, her boss, Giles Kent, reveals that the Doctor is a doppelganger for the corrupt political leader, Salamander, The Doctor tries to expose Salamander for what he really is, and in a final confrontation on board the TARDIS the dictator gets ejected into space

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