episode guide
earthshock
story 122 : season 19 : serial 6B : 4 episodes
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Peter Grimwade
Writer: Eric Saward
Script Editor: Antony Root
Designer: Bernard Lloyd-Jones
cast information
Peter Davison (The Doctor); Matthew Waterhouse (Adric); Sarah Sutton (Nyssa); Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka); James Warwick (Lieutenant Scott); Clare Clifford (Professor Kyle); Beryl Reid (Captain Briggs); June Bland (Berger); Steve Morley (Walters); Suzi Arden (Snyder); Ann Holloway (Mitchell); Anne Clements (First Trooper); Mark Straker (Second Trooper); David Banks (Cyber Leader); Alec Sabin (Ringway); Mark Hardy (Cyber Lieutenant); Mark Fletcher (First Crew Member); Christopher Whittingham (Second Crew Member);
crew information
Nick Laughland (Assistant Floor Manager); Dinah Collin (Costumes); Keith Hopper (Film Cameraman); Mike Houghton (Film Editor); Malcolm Clarke (Incidental Music); Joan Stribling (Make-Up); Jane Ashford (Production Assistant); Angela Smith (Production Associate); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Fred Wright (Studio Lighting); Alan Machin (Studio Sound); Peter Howell (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Steve Bowman (Visual Effects);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Part One | 8 March 1982 at 18:55 | 24'22" | 9.1mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
2 | Part Two | 9 March 1982 at 19:05 | 24'23" | 8.8mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
3 | Part Three | 15 March 1982 at 18:55 | 24'24" | 9.8mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
4 | Part Four | 16 March 1982 at 19:05 | 24'28" | 9.6mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
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Part One
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Two
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Three
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Four
» Always held by the FVTL
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Earthshock
Written by: Ian Marter
Number 078 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1983 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: Photo ISBN: 0 491 03181 5 |
18 August 1983 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Photo ISBN: 0 426 19377 6 |
16 April 1992 |
Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson ISBN: 0 426 19377 6 |
plot synopsis
An archaeological expedition into a cave region has been slaughtered one by one, with a pair of featureless androids stalking through the shadows. A military investigation starts to meet the same fate, until the TARDIS arrives and the Doctor finds that the robots are protecting a powerful bomb, which the Doctor defuses and traces the signals being sent to it from a vast space freighter. On board, he encounters the Cybermen, who turn the freighter into a bomb, intent on crashing it into the Earth, but Adric's tampering with the guidance systems sends the ship back in time where it is destroyed in the Earth's outer atmosphere, and it in turn wipes out the dinosaurs, as it has gone back to prehistoric times. Adric was on board, and to the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa's horror, they are unable to save him. .
links to other sites
- Episode Guide and Production Documents: BBC Official Site -- Official episode guide entry. Based on information combined from The Television Companion and The Discontinuity Guide. Also contains links to original production documents.
- Rankings and Ratings: GEOS Listing -- Online rankings, ratings and reviews database. Vote on this story and view ratings and broadcast information of this story for over ten countries. Also contains details of production credits and summary information
- Episode Guide: Outpost Gallifrey -- A general overview of the story. Includes information from the Doctor Handbook series of books.
- Background Information: A Brief History of Time (Travel) -- Detailed background and behind-the-scenes information
- Detailed Synopsis: Dr. Who Reference Guide -- Contains an episode-by-episode detailed breakdown
- Story Reviews: The Doctor Who Ratings Guide -- Story reviews "by fans, for fans"
- Target Novelisation: On Target -- Details of the Target Novelisation for this story.
- Images: Doctor Who's Tragical History Tour -- Images from the story from "The history of Doctor Who in images."