Introduction to the Night (TV story)

Introduction to the Night
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Main enemy:	Dalek, Krynoid
Main setting:	The Doctor's TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Mark Gatiss
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	13 November 1999
Premiere network:	BBC Two

Introduction to the Night was a multi-part story that sandwiched Doctor Who Night (1999). It featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor which was hinted at via saying "When I was Paul McGann", recalling the Doctor's adventures and inhabiting his TARDIS.

Synopsis

The Doctor introduces and evening of pure entertainment.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Crew

• Writer - Mark Gatiss
• Costume designer - June Hudson

References

• The Doctor has seven chairs in his TARDIS.
• The Doctor recalls the time he was Paul McGann.
• The Doctor mentions Cleopatra stating she was definitely a woman.
• A Dalek is seen moving down a corridor in the TARDIS where it is eaten by a Krynoid arm.
• The Doctor says he should get a watch.
• The Doctor has a hat stand and a very long corridor.
• The Doctor briefly talks about himself in the third person.

Story notes

• The story sandwiched Doctor Who Night (1999).
• The story features the reappearance of the enemies the Daleks (the first time on screen since TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and the Krynoid (the first time on screen since TV: The Seeds of Doom) and currently the last.