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|image = TwoAndVaughnOnSameSide.jpg | |image = TwoAndVaughnOnSameSide.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Season 6 | |season number = Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)| | ||
|season serial number = 3 | |season serial number = 3 | ||
|story number = 46 | |story number = 46 | ||
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|featuring2 = John Benton | |featuring2 = John Benton | ||
|enemy = The [[Cyber Module]], [[Tobias Vaughn]] | |enemy = The [[Cyber Module]], [[Tobias Vaughn]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[ | |setting = [[London]], [[International Electromatic Headquarters]] and [[Henlow Downs]], circa [[1979]]<ref>''The Invasion'' is set four years after [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', which itself is placed in circa [[1975]]. Later stories contradict this (see: [[UNIT dating controversy]] for more information)</ref> | ||
| | |contributors = Derrick Sherwin (from a story by [[Kit Pedler]]) | ||
|director = [[Douglas Camfield]] | |director = [[Douglas Camfield]] | ||
|producer = [[Peter Bryant]] | |producer = [[Peter Bryant]] | ||
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|prev = The Mind Robber (TV story) | |prev = The Mind Robber (TV story) | ||
|next = The Krotons (TV story) | |next = The Krotons (TV story) | ||
|clip = Cybermen Ambush - The Invasion - Doctor Who - BBC | |clip = Cybermen Ambush - The Invasion - Doctor Who - BBC | ||
|clip2 = Cyberman Breaks Out Of The Sewer - The Invasion - Doctor Who - BBC | |clip2 = Cyberman Breaks Out Of The Sewer - The Invasion - Doctor Who - BBC | ||
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* [[Vision Mixer]]s - [[David Langford]], [[John Barclay]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | * [[Vision Mixer]]s - [[David Langford]], [[John Barclay]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | ||
* [[Floor assistant|Floor Assistant]] - [[Michael Ward]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | * [[Floor assistant|Floor Assistant]] - [[Michael Ward]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | ||
* [[Director's | * [[Director's assistant|Director's Assistant]] - [[Sue Sly]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | ||
* [[Grams operator|Grams Operators]] - [[Ron Arnett]], [[Dave Silk]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | * [[Grams operator|Grams Operators]] - [[Ron Arnett]], [[Dave Silk]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | ||
* [[Technical manager|Technical Managers]] - [[Don Babbage]], [[Peter Valentine]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | * [[Technical manager|Technical Managers]] - [[Don Babbage]], [[Peter Valentine]] ([[INFO]]: ''The Invasion'') | ||
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* Together with ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', this story was a sort of "test run" for a format switch. For the next two or three seasons, most stories would feature [[the Doctor]] working with [[UNIT]] to protect [[human]]ity on more-or-less modern-day [[Earth]]. | * Together with ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', this story was a sort of "test run" for a format switch. For the next two or three seasons, most stories would feature [[the Doctor]] working with [[UNIT]] to protect [[human]]ity on more-or-less modern-day [[Earth]]. | ||
* Dialogue places this story four years after the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. This story is also placed "some months" before ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', according to dialogue in that story. | * Dialogue places this story four years after the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. This story is also placed "some months" before ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', according to dialogue in that story. | ||
* The episode was intended to prove that Earth-based stories could be produced cheaply and effectively.{{fact}} Ironically, it was the most expensive ''Doctor Who'' story per episode ever produced when made, and remained so for several years, costing roughly £3151 per episode.<ref name="second doctor handbook">{{Cite book|author=[[David J Howe]], [[Mark Stammers]], [[Stephen James Walker]]|title=[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]|date=[[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]|pages=|publisher=[[Doctor Who Books]]|accessdate=27 May 2024}}</ref> However, adjusting for inflation between the time periods in which they were released, {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}'s roughly £3102 per episode<ref name="first doctor handbook">{{Cite book|author=[[David J Howe]], [[Mark Stammers]], [[Stephen James Walker]]|title=[[The First Doctor Handbook]]|date=[[17 November (releases)|17 November]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]|pages=|publisher=[[Doctor Who Books]]|accessdate=27 May 2024}}</ref> comes to £3,463.19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1965?endYear=1968&amount=3102|title=Value of £3,102 from 1965 to 1968|accessdate=27 May 2024|website name=in2013dollars.com}}</ref>, roughly £300 more than ''The Invasion''{{'}}s expenditure. | |||
* It cost £24,796<ref name="second doctor handbook" />, being the second most expensive serial at the time, after {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}}, which cost £31,596<ref name="first doctor handbook />. | |||
* While the Cybermen would continue to change their appearance on the series, as they had done since their introduction, this story set the basic design for them, first developed for this story by [[Bobi Bartlett]], through the 1980s. | * While the Cybermen would continue to change their appearance on the series, as they had done since their introduction, this story set the basic design for them, first developed for this story by [[Bobi Bartlett]], through the 1980s. | ||
* It was during filming of this story that [[Frazer Hines]] announced his intention to leave the series. | * It was during filming of this story that [[Frazer Hines]] announced his intention to leave the series. | ||
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* Additionally, the animators got Zoe's costume wrong; for the beginning part of the missing episode one, Zoe would have worn her catsuit from ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' and she would have changed when Isobel got her fixed up with "some proper gear". | * Additionally, the animators got Zoe's costume wrong; for the beginning part of the missing episode one, Zoe would have worn her catsuit from ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' and she would have changed when Isobel got her fixed up with "some proper gear". | ||
** This was a deliberate choice, as the limited budget for the animated reconstruction would not have permitted the creation of a new character model for Zoe that would have only been used briefly. | ** This was a deliberate choice, as the limited budget for the animated reconstruction would not have permitted the creation of a new character model for Zoe that would have only been used briefly. | ||
* Originally, [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]] and his daughter [[Anne Travers|Anne]] were to appear, but they were replaced by Isobel and her uncle when [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]] refused to grant the rights. The DVD's production subtitles claim they ''were'' granted rights to the characters, but as the characters became less involved in the story, they thought it was not worth including them. The characters are mentioned in dialogue, however: Isobel lives in Travers' former house in London, and Professor Watkins mentions that Travers was getting "past it", so he persuaded him to live in America with Anne. | * Originally, [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]] and his daughter [[Anne Travers|Anne]] were to appear, but they were replaced by Isobel and her uncle when [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]] refused to grant the rights. The DVD's production subtitles claim they ''were'' granted rights to the characters, but as the characters became less involved in the story, they thought it was not worth including them. The characters are mentioned in dialogue, however: Isobel lives in Travers' former house in London, and Professor Watkins mentions that Travers was getting "past it", so he persuaded him to live in America with Anne. | ||
* The prologue of the novel ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' opens during the Cybermen invasion in this story. The Cybermen in that novel are said to be from [[Planet 14]], which was first mentioned in ''The Invasion'' by the [[Cyber-Planner]]. The comic story ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'' also picks up on the Planet 14 reference, though it explains it away in a very different way. Since ''The Invasion'' takes place in either in the late 1960s or 1970s (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]) and no other televised Cybermen story had taken place prior to [[1986]] (the date of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''), the Doctor must have met the Cybermen before in an untelevised story. | * The prologue of the novel ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'' opens during the Cybermen invasion in this story. The Cybermen in that novel are said to be from [[Planet 14]], which was first mentioned in ''The Invasion'' by the [[Cyber-Planner]]. The comic story ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'' also picks up on the Planet 14 reference, though it explains it away in a very different way. Since ''The Invasion'' takes place in either in the late 1960s or 1970s (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]) and no other televised Cybermen story had taken place prior to [[1986]] (the date of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''), the Doctor must have met the Cybermen before in an untelevised story. | ||
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* The Cyber Director was a modified version of the prop used for [[Cyber-Planner (The Wheel in Space)|the Cyber Planner]] in [[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|''The Wheel In Space'']]. | * The Cyber Director was a modified version of the prop used for [[Cyber-Planner (The Wheel in Space)|the Cyber Planner]] in [[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|''The Wheel In Space'']]. | ||
* [[Douglas Camfield]] was successful in securing considerable involvement from [[Ministry of Defence|the Ministry of Defence]], who appreciated the positive light in which the script portrayed the military. The Ministry promised the use of facilities, vehicles, equipment and troops for the serial. | * [[Douglas Camfield]] was successful in securing considerable involvement from [[Ministry of Defence|the Ministry of Defence]], who appreciated the positive light in which the script portrayed the military. The Ministry promised the use of facilities, vehicles, equipment and troops for the serial. | ||
* | * Furthermore, neither [[Gerry Davis]] nor [[David Whitaker]] were available to write the script{{Fact}} so [[Derrick Sherwin]] took the job. | ||
* This was originally meant to be a six-part story. It was expanded to eight parts when [[The Dreamspinner (unproduced TV story)|''The Dreamspinner'']] fell through. | * This was originally meant to be a six-part story. It was expanded to eight parts when [[The Dreamspinner (unproduced TV story)|''The Dreamspinner'']] fell through. | ||
* There were talks of bringing back [[Gwynfor Evans]] from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]],'' but it was decided that such a broad [[Wales|Welsh]] stereotype would be inappropriate for a recurring role. | * There were talks of bringing back [[Gwynfor Evans]] from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]],'' but it was decided that such a broad [[Wales|Welsh]] stereotype would be inappropriate for a recurring role. | ||
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* Isobel's photographs of the Cyberman invasion were later derided as fakes and she became a standing joke on [[Fleet Street]]. The journalist [[James Stevens]] was highly dubious of her claims that the Earth had been invaded by "robot men from outer space." She was threatened by a man with a lisp and her boyfriend left her as his career was at risk because of their relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') However, her boyfriend was not Jimmy Turner as they later married. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | * Isobel's photographs of the Cyberman invasion were later derided as fakes and she became a standing joke on [[Fleet Street]]. The journalist [[James Stevens]] was highly dubious of her claims that the Earth had been invaded by "robot men from outer space." She was threatened by a man with a lisp and her boyfriend left her as his career was at risk because of their relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') However, her boyfriend was not Jimmy Turner as they later married. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | ||
* The majority of, if not all of the Cybermen in this story were upgraded from the colonists on Isos 2. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'') | * The majority of, if not all of the Cybermen in this story were upgraded from the colonists on Isos 2. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'') | ||
* Cybermen emerging from cocoons was also used in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. They also operate in the [[London]] sewers in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''. A mass invasion of London by Cybermen also features in the [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]] stories, ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]] stories, ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', and in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''. | * Cybermen emerging from cocoons was also used in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. They also operate in the [[London]] sewers in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''. A mass invasion of London by Cybermen also features in the [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]] stories, ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 8]] stories, ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' and ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', and in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''. | ||
* A reference to Planet 14 is once again made in the 2017 finale ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''. | * A reference to Planet 14 is once again made in the 2017 finale ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''. | ||