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series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
|image                 = Enemy title.jpg
number= [[Season 5]] |
|series                 = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
story number= 40|
|season number         = Season 5 (Doctor Who 1963)|
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
|season serial number  = 4
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br/>[[Victoria Waterfield]]|
|story number           = 40
enemy= [[Ramón Salamander]]|
|doctor                 = Second Doctor  
year= early [[21st century]]|
|companions             = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]
writer= [[David Whitaker]] |
|enemy                 = [[Ramón Salamander|Salamander]]
director= [[Barry Letts]] |
|setting                = [[Australia]] and [[Hungary]], [[2018]]
producer= [[Innes Lloyd]]|
|writer                 = David Whitaker
broadcast date= [[23rd December]] [[1967]] - [[27th January]] [[1968]]|
|director               = [[Barry Letts]]  
format= 6 25-minute Episodes |
|producer               = [[Innes Lloyd]]
production code= [[List of production codes|PP]]|
|novelisation          = Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)
previous story=[[The Ice Warriors]]|
|epcount                = 6
next story= [[The Web of Fear]]}}
|broadcast date         = 23 December 1967 - 27 January 1968
|network                = BBC1
|format                 = 6x25-minute episodes
|serial production code = [[List of production codes|PP]]
|prev                  = The Ice Warriors (TV story)
|next                   = The Web of Fear (TV story)
|trailer                = The Enemy of the World Trailer - Doctor Who - BBC
|bts                    = Special DVD Bonus The Enemy of the World Doctor Who - BBC
|clip                  = The Doctor goes for a swim - Doctor Who - BBC
|clip2                  = Will the Doctor become Salamander? - Doctor Who - BBC
|clip3                  = Salamander's secret bunker *SPOILERS* - Doctor Who - BBC
|audio commentary      = https://soundcloud.com/fantompublishing/who-talk-the-enemy-of-the-world-extract-episode-one
|thwr = 60
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'''''The Enemy of the World''''' was the fourth serial of [[Season 5 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 5]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It saw [[Patrick Troughton]] play both the [[Second Doctor|lead protagonist]] and [[Ramón Salamander|antagonist]]. It was the only story of that season that did not feature a monster of some kind.


'''The Enemy of the World''' was the fourth story of [[Season 5]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the only story that year which didn't follow the "base under siege" monster format.
It was also was the first story to be directed by [[Barry Letts]]; Letts would later go on to [[producer|produce]] almost all of [[Jon Pertwee]]'s tenure as [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]].


==Synopsis==
It was the last story to be produced under the aegis of ''Doctor Who'' creator [[Sydney Newman]], who left his position as Head of Drama at the BBC upon the expiration of his contract at the end of 1967.
The time travellers arrive in Australia in the near future and learn from a man named Giles Kent that the Doctor is the physical double of Salamander, a scientist and politician who has discovered a means of storing and distributing solar energy and thus ending starvation in a world ravaged by earthquakes, floods and the like.


Most people see Salamander as a hero, but Kent and others believe him to be establishing himself as a dictator. The Doctor uncovers the truth by impersonating Salamander and gaining access to his research station. Salamander and Kent were originally working together. Almost five years ago, they convinced a group of people undergoing an endurance test in a bunker beneath the station that a war had broken out on the surface.
Before 2013, all but episode three of the [[serial]] were [[Missing episode|missing from the BBC archives]]. However, in October of that year it was announced that episodes one, two, four, five and six (together with four previously lost instalments from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', plus a higher quality copy of that story's only prior existing episode) had been located in a relay station in Jos, [[Nigeria]], and it therefore became complete. It was released on DVD in Region 2 on [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]].


It is these people, led by a man named Swann, who - deceived into thinking that they are striking back against an evil enemy - have been engineering the so-called natural disasters. Kent, now exposed as a traitor, blows up the station. Salamander meanwhile tries to escape in the TARDIS by impersonating the Doctor. He neglects to close the doors before dematerialisation, however, and is sucked out into the vortex.
== Synopsis ==
On Earth in [[2018]], the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to his uncanny resemblance to the scientist/politician Salamander. He is hailed as the "shopkeeper of the world" for his efforts to relieve global famine, but why do his rivals keep disappearing? How can he predict so many natural disasters? The Doctor must expose Salamander's schemes before he takes over the world.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
The Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are enjoying themselves on a beach in Australia when the Doctor is subject to an assassination attempt. The controller of the would-be assassins, an agent named Astrid Ferrier, rescues them by helicopter. She takes them to her boss Giles Kent. It seems the Doctor is the physical double of Salamander, a ruthless megalomaniac who is dominating the United Zones Organisation in the early part of the twenty first century. Salamander has ascended to power via exploiting new technology to yield more food, concentrating and harnessing the sun’s rays to generate more crops, but is set on increasing his power. When Kent, who was once Deputy Security Leader for North Africa and Europe, crossed Salamander, the dictator ruined him and removed his various allies. The only remaining Kent ally with any authority is Alexander Denes in Central Europe. The Doctor is persuaded to impersonate Salamander as a way of gathering more information on his designs. His first test comes when Kent’s home is surrounded by security troops and their leader, Security Chief Donald Bruce, arrives. Bruce is a bully who intimidates those in his path, but the Doctor’s impersonation is strong enough to persuade him that he is Salamander – even though the real Salamander is supposed to be at a conference in the Central European Zone. Bruce leaves, albeit with suspicion, while the Doctor turns on Kent, realising he called Bruce there himself to test the impersonation. The Doctor is not yet convinced Salamander is a villain, but Kent presses ahead with a plan. Jamie, Victoria, and Astrid are to infiltrate Salamander's retinue while he's still in the Central European zone, via Denes’ support, and gather evidence on Salamander. Meanwhile, Kent and the Doctor will travel to Salamander's research station in Kanowa to gather intelligence there.
=== Episode 1 ===
The TARDIS arrives on an [[Australia]]n beach, ten miles west of [[Cape Arid]], where the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria's seaside frolicking is observed by three men in a [[hovercraft]] named [[Anton (The Enemy of the World)|Anton]], [[Curly (The Enemy of the World)|Curly]] and [[Rod (The Enemy of the World)|Rod]]. They are incredulous at the Doctor's presence; could it be "him?" They call their boss, [[Astrid Ferrier]], who disbelieves their story and urges them to wait while she contacts the main base. Nonetheless, their leader, Anton, resolves that they'll have no better opportunity, and they ready their guns. Astrid contacts her commander, [[Giles Kent]], and reports the men's observation. It can't be him, Kent exclaims, it's impossible. He orders her to stop the men from harming the Doctor. 


The real Salamander, in the Central European Zone, warns that a dormant volcano range in Hungary is about to explode. Denes does not believe this is possible and resist the calls to send pre-emptive relief. Jamie, Victoria, and Astrid have by now reached the Central European Zone. Jamie is to try and infiltrate Leader Salamander's retinue, while Astrid contacts Denes for a meeting. Jamie manages to get himself promoted to Salamander’s personal staff by preventing a bogus attempt on the Leader’s life, and also ensures Victoria is given a position as assistant to Salamander's personal chef. When Astrid meets Denes she tells him of the two spies who have entered the Leader’s staff.
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria watch as the hovercraft approaches, see the armed men and realise that they're in danger. They begin to run as Anton and Rod shoot at them from the hovercraft. They hide behind some dunes, and the men are forced to split up in order to find them. The Doctor and his colleagues try to escape but soon run into one of the men. Jamie knocks him out. The men see the approach of a mini-[[helicopter]] and identify it as Astrid's. In their efforts to elude the gunmen, the Doctor and his colleagues end up in the same clearing in which Astrid has landed her helicopter. She beckons them inside. Once inside, the Doctor sees the [[tax disc]] of Astrid's helicopter and sees it is valid until the end of 2018. Astrid informs them that the men have punctured the fuel tank and that the helicopter could explode at any minute. 


Salamander now works on Denes’ deputy, Fedorin, to turn him against Denes. Fedorin is a weak man and gives in to Salamander’s blackmail easily, but is scared when he hears the prediction that Denes will soon be killed and Salamander will be asked to take over the Zone following the imminent natural disaster. On cue an earthquake begins as the promised volcanic eruption starts. Donald Bruce arrives but is unable to mention the Salamander in Australia issue before Denes returns to the palace too, blaming Salamander for somehow engineering the volcano. Salamander responds by saying Denes failed to heed his warnings on the volcanoes and is thus negligent and must be removed from office. Denes is arrested and Salamander now tells Fedorin to poison him before he can be brought to trial and repeat his allegations. When Fedorin fails to do so, Salamander uses the poison on him instead.
Below, the men board their hovercraft and pursue the helicopter. 


Donald Bruce has meanwhile started to have serious suspicions about the situation. He evidently does not trust Salamander, and tries unsuccessfully to get Jamie to explain the Australia incident. Another man with suspicions is Theodore Benik, Salamander’s unpleasant deputy, who has heard from Bruce that Salamander was supposed to be in two places at one time. He visits and intimidates Giles Kent, but the Doctor stays hidden while the unsolicited visitor is there destroying Kent’s property.
Astrid lands her helicopter at her private residence. She has been shot, and the Doctor tends her wounds. She explains her men have mistaken him for their sworn enemy, [[Ramón Salamander]], a man she claims is bent on becoming a global [[dictator]]. She wants to take advantage of the Doctor's apparently serendipitous arrival and urges them to go with her to meet Giles Kent, who will explain everything. The Doctor, dubious at becoming a pawn in some political machination, declines. The three armed men close in. Astrid encourages the Doctor and his colleagues to hide in a back room as she hides behind the sofa. Astrid tangles with Curly to allow the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria to escape. Curly is accidentally shot dead by his fellows as they try to kill Astrid. Rod and Anton shoot at the fleeing bunch but realise that they stand a better chance in the helicopter. As soon as the helicopter is airborne it explodes. 


Jamie and Victoria meanwhile use their new roles in the palace to get close to Fariah, Salamander’s food taster, hoping to gather information on the Leader’s intentions. Jamie also causes a diversion to try and facilitate a rescue attempt on Denes by Astrid. However, things fall apart and Denes is shot dead. Though Astrid escapes, Jamie and Victoria are arrested. This prompts Bruce to ask Salamander in private about his relationship with Jamie and his presence with him and Kent in Australia – which prompts Salamander to decide to return to Kanowa immediately and unmask the impersonator.
At his office, Giles Kent looks at the Doctor in fascination — his resemblance to Salamander is uncanny. The Doctor explains that they've been out of touch with world events lately ("On ice," he says, referring to their previous adventures in [[Tibet]] and in Earth's icy future). Kent plays a video-wire of Salamander's latest address to the United Zone General Assembly meeting. Salamander, despite a [[Mexican]] accent and swarthy complexion, is indeed a doppelganger for the Doctor. He announces highly satisfactory results from sun conservation tests in the Australasian Zone with sun-catching orbital satellites, resulting in a restoration of the [[Canada]] and [[Ukraine]]'s [[corn]] and [[flour]] production which had been devastated by natural disasters two years earlier.


Astrid returns to Australia too and contacts the Doctor and Kent to tell them of the outcome of the botched rescue attempt. Fariah has followed Astrid and makes contact with her, Kent and the Doctor, telling them that Jamie and Victoria have been brought as prisoners to the Kanowa Research Centre. Fariah also hands over the file made by Salamander to blackmail Fedorin – which finally convinces the Doctor of Salamander’s evil. However, before they can act the building is raided by Benik and his troops and Fariah is killed and the file recovered. The others escape.
The Doctor is confused as to why they are intent on stopping Salamander when his intentions appear to be so good. Kent explains that underneath his guise as a public benefactor, he has been ruthlessly solidifying his power base. Several high-ranking political figures have died under mysterious circumstances and been replaced by Salamander loyalists. Kent himself was Deputy Security Leader for [[North Africa]] and [[Europe]] before being sacked for beginning to suspect too much. Kent was forced into seclusion, and his place was taken by a man named [[Donald Bruce]] who has since risen to World Security Chief. With Bruce in place, Salamander is virtually untouchable. Kent's only remaining high-ranking ally is [[Alexander Denes]], Controller of the [[Central European Zone]]. Kent urges the Doctor to pose as Salamander and infiltrate his [[Kanowa research station|research station at Kanowa]] to find proof of Salamander's ambitions. The Doctor is dubious but attempts the accent, with limited success.


Salamander, Benik and Bruce meet at the Centre and realise the severity of the situation. When he is alone, Salamander dons a radiation suit and enters a secret lift which transports him to a secret bunker below the Centre. In the bunker are scientists who believe Salamander has just ventured to the surface of the allegedly irradiated planet to look for food. He claims to have found a safe new food stock to sustain them after their five years below ground. He also urges them to continue fighting the war against the surface by using technology to create natural disasters. Most of the scientists accept this but one, Colin, urges Salamander to take him to the surface the next time, even though no one who has accompanied Salamander there has ever returned.
Kent receives a phone call stating that Bruce has cordoned off the area and is approaching. Kent warns the Doctor that if he is found he will be arrested for impersonation due to his similarity to Salamander. The Doctor correctly surmises that Kent tipped Bruce off to test the similarity. The Doctor is given no choice but to imitate the dictator. Astrid shouts at Kent for endangering them. Bruce enters, a heavy-set, imperious and intimidating man. His armed men are investigating the dead man in Astrid's house, as well as the wrecked helicopter. He explains that Astrid was being watched and that a man was present. Astrid refuses to explain who the man was, and Bruce motions to his guards to search the building. As they open the door to the back room, "Salamander" emerges, demanding that a dumbfounded Bruce explain his presence.


When the Doctor and his friends return to Kent’s caravan they are soon discovered by Donald Bruce, who has traced their car. Bruce affirms he is a servant of the world government, not Salamander, and shows he can be persuaded by the case that the Leader is, in Astrid’s words, a traitor, blackmailer and murderer. The Doctor and Bruce reach a deal: they will travel to the Research Centre where the Doctor will impersonate Salamander to gain more evidence, while Kent and Astrid are kept under guard; but if no evidence is found they will all be arrested for conspiracy. Bruce and the Doctor leave, and shortly afterward Kent and Astrid escape their captor by means of a ruse.
=== Episode 2 ===
Bruce is dumbfounded by Salamander's presence in Australia, when he is supposed to be in a closed-door conference at the Central European Zone, and certainly not with Kent, a man he had denounced. As security chief, he ought to have been told. "Salamander" refuses to explain his presence, saying he will deal with Kent his own way. Bruce is sceptical of Kent's explanation that the dead man in Astrid's house was trying to protect her from his treasonous colleagues, but "Salamander" overrules him and dismisses him. Giles congratulates the Doctor and assumes he is fully on board now, but the Doctor still is not fully convinced that one side or the other is good or evil. He asks his companions; Jamie says they have to help, but Victoria is unsure. The Doctor agrees to pose as Salamander at the [[Kanowa research station]]. Astrid, Jamie and Victoria, using travel passes provided by Denes, the leader of the Central European Zone, are to travel to Salamander's headquarters in the Central European Zone via rocket and put into place a plan that Astrid has been forming for some time.


In the shelter the promised new food has arrived and the scientists unpack it. However, one of them, Swann, finds a stray newspaper clipping and realises there is normal life on the surface rather than the continuing nuclear war they had all been told. He confronts Salamander, who agrees to take him to the surface to show him the world is now full of hideous, depraved mutants and their actions in causing natural disasters are helping to wipe them out. Swann is unmoved but agrees to go the surface without revealing his concerns. This incenses Colin, another scientist who had been told he might get to the surface soon.
Bruce checks in with Benik, Salamander's deputy, to confirm he left for the Central European Zone. As far as Benik knows, he did and left strict orders not to be disturbed. His attempt to contact Salamander there goes unanswered. Bruce informs him that he thinks Salamander is in Australia; Benik is dubious.


Above ground Benik has begun interrogating Jamie and Victoria. He gets menacing and is only stopped when Bruce and the fake Salamander arrive, sending Benik away. While the travellers are reunited, deepening Bruce’s trust of the Doctor, Benik discovers from a guard that Salamander does not seem to have returned from the records room. The Doctor now obtains evidence that the food supplies for the Research Centre vastly exceed the expected amount of supplies needed. He heads off alone and accesses the Records Room, where he impersonates Salamander. A visitor soon arrives – Giles Kent – who has a key to the secret room and knows much more of Salamander’s plans than he ever let on.
The real Salamander is meeting with Denes and another man by the name of Fedorin and is trying to persuade them that his scientific study confirms that a range of dormant [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[volcano]]es will erupt soon with cataclysmic results. Denes is dubious at Salamander's suspiciously precise predictions; his own scientists have made no such forecasts. This act of defiance annoys Salamander. Denes leaves, but Salamander asks Fedorin to stay.


In the grounds of the research centre Astrid finds Swann. He has been bludgeoned by Salamander and is close to death but manages to tell her of the bunker below before he passes away. She now uses the secret lift to access the bunker and with some difficulty explains the truth to the scientists. Colin is the first to believe her and he and Mary join Astrid in the small lift for its journey to the surface. When they reach the Records Room, they encounter the Doctor and Kent – and the latter is denounced as the person who took them all below ground in the first place. It seems that Kent and Salamander were allies all along, and the Doctor reveals he had been slow to support Kent because he feared all along he was being used just to topple Salamander for Kent to take over. Kent manages to flee into the cave system beyond the Records Room.
Jamie, Victoria and Astrid have arrived in the [[Central European Zone]], and Astrid has set Jamie up with ID to get past the main guards. Jamie heads off. Astrid contacts Giles in Australia and tells him that all is going to plan. She also explains that she is to meet Denes later.


Donald Bruce has meanwhile asserted his authority and taken over the Research Centre, arresting Benik in the process. The Doctor contacts Bruce and tells him of the situation, after which the Doctor himself heads into the tunnels to seek out Kent and Salamander. The two felons have met, with Salamander fatally wounding his one-time ally, who seeks revenge by blowing up the cave system. Astrid co-ordinates the relief effort to get the other scientists out of the shelter
Fedorin is nervous about his meeting with Salamander. He gets chatting to a servant of Salamander's named Fariah. Salamander appears and orders a guard who approaches Fedorin, gun raised. As he does, Jamie leaps from an unseen point, knocks the guard out and points the gun at Salamander, ordering them all to back up. Jamie grabs Salamander's security device and throws it over the balcony. As he does, Astrid triggers an explosion outside. Two guards enter and approach Jamie, but Salamander calls them off. Jamie explains that there was a plot on Salamander's life and that he tried to inform the guards on the gate, but they wouldn't listen. Impressed, Salamander offers Jamie a job. Jamie says he would like to but is only visiting with his girlfriend and wouldn't want to leave her. Fariah says there is a job working in the kitchen. Jamie agrees and is allowed to go and get his "girlfriend". Fedorin mysteriously asks what the word "[[brujo]]" (a word uttered by Fariah) means. Salamander says it is the word for "[[sorcerer]]" which is used in [[Mexico]].


The Doctor, who has emerged unscathed from the tunnels, arrives on the beach with the TARDIS. Jamie and Victoria are waiting for him there and he pleads exhaustion when they enter the ship, asking Jamie to pilot it for him instead. Jamie’s suspicions are proved true when the real Doctor arrives and denounces Salamander’s impersonation of him. The dictator responds by activating the dematerialisation control and the TARDIS heads away from Earth with its doors still open. Salamander is blown out into the vortex, while the others cling on to the TARDIS console for dear life…
Jamie returns to the meeting spot and tells Victoria and Astrid that the plan has worked. Astrid disappears as Fariah comes to collect Jamie and Victoria and take them into the base.


==Cast==
Later that day, Denes meets Astrid under a jetty. Astrid wants Denes to stall Salamander while she puts her plan in place. They hear feet above them. Denes stops Astrid from shooting them on sight.
*[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]]/[[Salamander]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
*[[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
*[[Victoria Waterfield]] - [[Deborah Watling]]
*[[Giles Kent]] - [[Bill Kerr]]
*[[Astrid Ferrier|Astrid]] - [[Mary Peach]]
*[[Alexander Denes|Denes]] - [[George Pravda]]
*[[Donald Bruce]] - [[Colin Douglas]]
*[[Fedorin]] - [[David Nettheim]]
*[[Benik]] - [[Milton Johns]]
*[[Anton]] - [[Henry Stamper]]
*[[Curly]] - [[Simon Cain]]
*[[Rod]] - [[Rhys McConnochie]]
*[[Fariah]] - [[Carmen Munroe]]
*[[Griffin|Griffin, the Chef]] - [[Reg Lye]]
*[[Swann]] - [[Christopher Burgess]]
*[[Colin Redmayne|Colin]] - [[Adam Verney]]
*[[Mary Smith|Mary]] - [[Margaret Hickey]]
*Sergeant to Benik - [[Andrew Staines]]
*Fighting Guard - [[Bob Anderson]]
*Guard Captains - [[Gordon Faith]], [[Elliott Cairnes]]
*Guard in Caravan - [[Dibbs Mather]]
*Guard in Corridor - [[Bill McGuirk|William McGuirk]]
*Guard on Denes - [[Bill Lyons]]


==Crew==
Salamander shows Fedorin an official file of lies, scandal and libel he has concocted about him. Fedorin is very worried, but Salamander refers to it as insurance. Salamander offers Fedorin the job as leader of the Central European Zone if he promises to share the power with Salamander. Fedorin asks what is to happen to Denes, and Salamander explains he is to be killed. Fedorin says he can't do that, but Salamander reminds him of the file. The conversation is interrupted by the eruption of the volcanoes. Salamander is overjoyed at the fact that his predictions have come true, despite the widespread destruction he is witnessing below. Bruce enters, worried about reports he heard of an attempt on Salamander's life. Salamander placates him. Denes bursts in, horrified at the destruction. Salamander accuses him of ignoring his warnings and letting thousands die. Denes is certain that somehow Salamander engineered this disaster. Salamander coolly denounces Denes as a traitor and orders Bruce to arrest him. Denes implores Fedorin to back him up, but Salamander states that Fedorin will be chief witness against him. All eyes turn to Fedorin. Fedorin cannot even bring himself to look at Denes.
*[[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Edwina Verner]]
*[[Costumes]] - [[Martin Baugh]]
*[[Designer]] - [[Christopher Pemsel]]
*[[Film Cameraman]] - [[Fred Hamilton]]
*[[Film Editor]] - [[Philip Barnikel]]
*[[Make-Up]] - [[Sylvia James]]
*[[Producer]] - [[Innes Lloyd]]
*[[Production Assistant]] - [[Martin Lisemore]]
*[[Script Editor]] - [[Peter Bryant]]
*[[Special Sounds]] - [[Brian Hodgson]]
*[[Studio Lighting]] - [[Howard King]]
*[[Studio Sound]] - [[Tony Millier]]
*[[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]
*[[Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]


==References==
=== Episode 3 ===
*The [[World Zones Organisation]] runs the [[Earth|world]], divided as it is into large zones, including Central Asian, Arctic, European, and Central European.
Denes is unperturbed at his arrest. He looks forward to facing Salamander in open trial. After Denes is led away, Salamander congratulates Fedorin on his "promotion" to European Controller and puts his dossier of [[blackmail]] documents into a safe. He gives Fedorin a vial of poison to deal with Denes.


==Story Notes==
Bruce is surprised to encounter Jamie, now in Salamander's personal guard. Jamie refuses to divulge any details of what Salamander was doing in Australia with his supposed enemy Kent.
*Patrick Troughton is credited as '''Dr. Who/Salamander''' for Episodes 2 to 6. He also appears as Salamander in a 35mm Black & White Film sequence in Episode 1, but is credited only as '''Dr. Who'''. ''Radio Times'' credits 'Patrick Troughton as Dr. Who and Salamander' for Episodes 2 to 6, while the actual cast lists &ndash; which credit the characters in order of appearance &ndash; bill Patrick Troughton only as '''Dr. Who''' for Episodes 1 and 6, and as both '''Dr. Who''' and '''Salamander''' (separate billings) for Episodes 2 to 5.
*This marks the second time that a doppleganger of the Doctor has been featured (giving the lead actor a dual role), following [[William Hartnell]]'s double performance as the [[First Doctor]] and the [[Abbot of Amboise]] in ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''.
*Patrick Troughton's son David appears as an extra in Episodes 5 and 6
*Neither Deborah Watling nor Frazer Hines appear in Episode 4, as they were on holiday during the week when it was recorded.
*This is the final story overseen by producer [[Innes Lloyd]].
*Episode 3 marked the first use of 625-line videotape in ''Doctor Who'', as opposed to the old 405-line standard.


===Ratings===
Victoria meanwhile thoroughly fails to impress Griffin, Salamander's chief cook, with her culinary skills. Fariah, Salamander's assistant and food taster, urges her to escape at the earliest opportunity.
*Episode 1 - 6.8 million viewers
*Episode 2 - 7.6 million viewers
*Episode 3 - 7.1 million viewers
*Episode 4 - 7.8 million viewers
*Episode 5 - 6.9 million viewers
*Episode 6 - 8.3 million viewers


===Myths===
In Kent's caravan near the Kanowa research station, he and the Doctor watch footage of the European volcanoes. Kent strongly suspects that Salamander is somehow engineering these disasters, and it was his investigation into how the research station was involved which led to his downfall. The Doctor hides when Benik arrives at the trailer to taunt Kent and smash his possessions.
* The reason for Patrick Troughton being cast as The Salamander was because they could not afford another actor. ''Untrue it was scripted he play both roles''


===Filming Locations===
Astrid, Jamie and Victoria try to rescue Denes with Fariah's help. Fedorin intercepts Victoria as she delivers his food. He cannot, however, bring himself to poison the food. He confesses his failure to Salamander, who offers comforting words and a glass of [[wine]] to help him relax. Fedorin drinks and slumps over dead; Salamander had poured the [[poison]] into the wine.
*Climping Beach in Littlehampton, West Sussex
*Villiers House and Walpole Park, Ealing
*[[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing
*[[Lime Grove Studio D|Lime Grove Studios (Studio D)]], Lime Grove, London


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
The rescue attempt is a failure: although Astrid escapes, Denes is shot down, and Jamie and Victoria are captured.
* Salamander is sucked into space when the TARDIS dematerializes with the doors open. This contradicts ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' and other episodes in which the TARDIS is shown in space with its doors open, with no ill-effects to the occupants. ''(The TARDIS chooses to protect the Doctor and companions in those instances, as the Doctor explains to Donna in Runaway Bride.)''


===Promotional trailer for ''The Web of Fear''===
The light dawns on Bruce when Salamander denies being in Australia with Kent earlier. Someone is impersonating Salamander...
* Episode 6 of ''The Enemy of the World'' ends with a trailer promoting the next story, ''[[The Web of Fear]]''. The trailer featured specially shot footage of the Doctor in the London Underground talking to the audience about the impending return of the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] in the next story, before fleeing as said creatures begin chasing him. As Episode 6 is one of those that are no longer in the BBC Archives, this unique trailer is also considered lost although it survives on audio. A fan-made computer animated recreation of the trailer exists and has been circulated on YouTube.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRBWOTFNotM]


==Continuity==
=== Episode 4 ===
*The end of this story leads into the beginning of ''[[The Web of Fear]]''
Giles is waiting for contact from Astrid and is panicked by the lack of contact. She eventually contacts him, and Giles tells her to scramble her messages to ensure that no one is listening in.
*Salamander still survived in the vortex in [[NA]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]''.


==Timeline==
Benik is, indeed, listening in and frustrated by the scrambling. He sends his guards out to trace Astrid. He is informed that Salamander is returning to Australia.
*This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Saint Nicholas's Bones]]''
*This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]''


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
Astrid explains she has returned to Australia safely and is back at Giles' office. She explains that Denes has been killed. She is interrupted by a figure at the door. It is Fariah. Astrid is sceptical, thinking she has been sent by Salamander, but Fariah claims she hates him and wants him dead.
*Only Episode 3 of the story exists in the BBC Archives, and was released on the [[The Troughton Years|Troughton Years]] video. Episode 3 was also released in digitally re-mastered form on the [[Lost in Time]] DVD.
**Editing of surviving episodes DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].


==Novelisation==
The guards report to Benik that Astrid and Fariah have been seen together. Benik orders Giles' office surrounded.
[[Image:Enemy of the World novel.jpg|right|75px]]
: ''Main article: [[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]''


*Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' by [[Ian Marter]] in [[1981]].
The Doctor and Giles have joined Astrid and Fariah. The Doctor is concerned about Jamie and Victoria but Fariah says they have been brought back to Australia by Salamander. The Doctor mistrusts Fariah but she says she has spent her whole life being controlled and blackmailed by Salamander. The Doctor asks if she has any proof. She says she has nothing to prove that she has been blackmailed but has the information he was using to blackmail Fedorin.


==See also==
Meanwhile, downstairs Benik has surrounded the building.
*[[List of Doppelgängers]]
 
Kent and the Doctor look over the evidence, but the Doctor claims it's not enough to prove Salamander is evil. However, with Jamie and Victoria prisoners, the Doctor's impersonation of Salamander is their only hope. Giles says that when he gets close to Salamander the Doctor must kill him. The Doctor objects to this, but Giles says he will withdraw support in finding Jamie and Victoria. Fariah's presence, they hope, will help convince people of his identity. Fariah notices that the building has been surrounded.
 
Benik orders his men to shoot any of the party on sight.
 
The Doctor and his friends soon realise there is no escape other than the ventilation shaft. Benik is at the door. Astrid orders them all to go down the shaft whilst she stalls Benik and his men. One of the guards enters through the window. He and Astrid grapple and, on the sound of a gunshot, Benik enters. The only person there is the prostrate guard. He assumes they have all gone down through the ventilation shaft and rushes out to the street. Astrid has been hiding under a desk the whole time.
 
As Fariah tries to escape, she is shot by one of the guards. Benik tries to extract information from her but she refuses. She dies and Benik regains Salamander's file from her.
 
Salamander and Bruce lose their mind at Benik for his heavy handed way of dealing with the situation. Salamander is more concerned by his lookalike. Benik returns the file to Salamander. Left alone, Salamander locks himself inside the Records Room. Once he's sure he's alone, he opens a secret panel in the wall, revealing a small elevator capsule into which he climbs and descends.
 
Bruce tries to contact Salamander. When he discovers he can't, he is infuriated at the way that Salamander is running things.
 
Salamander has descended to a vast underground complex. He explains over tannoy that he has returned. A couple, Colin and Mary, discuss how Colin is going to demand from Salamander that he return to the surface. He goes to meet Salamander, who explains that the radiation on the surface is killing him but he has found a store of food. He has convinced them a nuclear war has devastated the surface, and their efforts to create natural disasters are helping them turn the tide against, in Salamander's words, "the enemies of truth and freedom". The research team have been down there for five years. They cannot return until the radiation levels on the surface fall to safe levels. They hail Salamander as their hero, risking life and limb to bring them food. Colin is the lone dissenter, demanding to return to the surface. Salamander feigns radiation sickness and leaves.
 
Back at the caravan, Kent and Astrid prepare the Doctor to infiltrate the station while awaiting the return of Fariah. The door opens and a figure enters.
 
=== Episode 5 ===
The figure is Bruce, who placed a tracking device on the caravan. Bruce demands to know why the Doctor is posing as Salamander. The Doctor says it is to get Jamie and Victoria back, whilst Astrid says it is to expose Salamander for what he is. Bruce says the only bad things connected to Salamander can be laid at the door of Giles. The Doctor explains they have a file, in the hands of Fariah, that proves Salamander is evil. Bruce says that Fariah is dead. Astrid wants to go and intercept the file, but Bruce refuses to let her leave. He is, however, slightly won over and says he will investigate himself. Giles says that someone so close to Salamander is only digging his own grave by doing so. Astrid overpowers and disarms Bruce's guard, pointing the gun at Bruce.
 
Benik tells the guard he wants to be informed when Salamander returns. He watches the unloading of a drugged Jamie and Victoria and wants to question them as soon as they are awake.
 
Astrid demands to be taken to the Research Centre, but Bruce calmly notes there are a dozen guards outside. The Doctor defuses the situation and says if there is bloodshed he will not help them in their plans. The Doctor takes the gun off Astrid and hands it back to Bruce as a sign of good faith. Bruce asks the Doctor if he thinks Salamander is evil, and the Doctor says there is enough evidence to suggest it. Bruce agrees to escort the Doctor into the station, provided Kent and Astrid stay behind. They leave, leaving the caravan heavily guarded.
 
In the underground complex, Salamander unloads the supplies from the surface. Colin angrily confronts the leader, Swann, as to why no one can go to the surface and what they would do if Salamander never returned. Swann dismisses him. As he inspects the food packages he finds a scrap of newspaper inside a crate bearing the headline ''HOLIDAY LINER SINKS: MANY FEARED LOST''. This appears to indicate that surface life is normal, and Swann angrily demands an explanation. Salamander claims that yes, the war is over, but the survivors are deformed in mind and body and deserve to die. When Swann asks about the creation of the natural disasters, Salamander states that their efforts are to destroy these mutants and this is necessary for a new start. Swann loses his mind at the fact he is complicit in murder. Swann insists on seeing for himself. Eventually Salamander agrees to take him to the surface as long as he tells no one what he sees. Swann informs the rest of the colony. Colin is distraught at the thought of not going.
 
Jamie and Victoria awake and are soon met by Benik. Jamie refuses to tell him anything. Benik anticipates sadistically interrogating them. Jamie disarms a guard, but Benik holds a gun to Victoria's head, forcing him to disarm. Jamie is on the verge of caving as Benik begins to harm Victoria, when Salamander enters with Bruce and orders him out. Victoria and Jamie confront Salamander with his crimes, particularly the murder of Fedorin and Denes, which appals Bruce. Victoria lashes out at Salamander, who reveals he's actually the Doctor, come to rescue them. He has been maintaining the act to prove to Bruce how good he is. Jamie and Victoria are still unsure until the Doctor mimes his [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]]. Bruce is still not convinced to turn against Salamander, but enough doubt is planted that he agrees to investigate.
 
Benik berates a guard for not telling him that Salamander had returned. The guard states that he hasn't.
 
Swann follows Salamander through a cave system where he stores the food. Swann questions why he has never brought people up here. Salamander argues that whilst it's not radioactive it is too close to the mutants. Salamander warns Swann from going on, but Swann insists. As Swann leads the way, Salamander picks up a metal pole.
 
Kent is furious with himself for allowing the Doctor to go with Bruce alone. Kent will not be calmed and wants to be able to sneak into the Research Centre. Astrid comes up with a plan. She makes it look like Kent has received a bullet to the head and breaks a window to alert the guard. When the guard rushes in to inspect Kent, Astrid runs away. As the guard hurries after her, Giles sneaks out.
 
Astrid has hidden in the undergrowth to evade the guard. As she makes her way through the forest, she hears the cries of a man in distress. She soon finds a severely injured Swann. When she asks who did this to him, he replies, "A man named Salamander."
 
=== Episode 6 ===
Swann tells Astrid that Salamander is in the [[cave]] system.
 
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria try to convince Bruce of Salamander's plans. They turn and see Benik, not knowing if he had heard the Doctor using his real voice or what they were talking about.
 
Astrid takes Swann into the cave system to get him some water. He asks her how bad the war was; when she says there has been no war he tells her about the underground colony and Salamander's part in it, then dies.
 
Benik asks the Doctor to sign some papers and also says the door to the Records Room is jammed and asks for his key. The Doctor stalls the signing of the paper and says he has lost his key, then dismisses Benik. When alone, the Doctor asks Bruce how many people work at the Research Centre. He answers with twelve; but the Doctor asks why they are actually catering for thirty? His suspicions riled, Bruce tells Jamie and Victoria to leave and phone a man named Forester, who is his deputy, and give him a password to inform him there is trouble. The Doctor tells them to go straight to the TARDIS after doing this.
 
Astrid reaches the band of scientists. The colony workers are shocked and begin to hit and beat her, fearing she is one of the mutant humans of which Salamander has warned them. Colin stops them. Astrid tells them of Swann's death at the hands of Salamander and informs them that there is no war. Colin insists she undergoes decontamination. She is taken to the decontamination booth, which reads that she is radioactive but is soon neutralised. Astrid proves this machine is a fake by putting in a ruler which registers as radioactive and then is neutralised. A hubbub breaks out. Astrid tells Colin and Mary that they should come with her to the surface.
 
The guards stop Jamie and Victoria from leaving, but Bruce intervenes. One of the guards finds this very suspicious and goes to Benik.
 
Giles has made his way to the Research Centre and overhears a conversation between the guard and Benik, suspicious about Salamander. With his knowledge of the Research Centre, Giles lets himself into the Records Room and finds Salamander. He locks the door before pulling a gun on him.
 
All of this is watched by Bruce and Benik, who attempt to break the door down.
 
Hearing this intrusion, Giles opens up a secret hatch about which he has not forgotten that has enough weaponry to blow the Research Centre sky high. At this point the Doctor drops his act and reveals it has been him all along. He tells Giles he has suspected him for a long while now. As Giles turns to run down the hatch, he is met by Astrid pointing a gun at him. She is accompanied by Colin and Mary, who say that it was Giles who took them down into the colony first, saying it was an endurance test before Salamander took over. Giles points a gun at the Doctor's head and explains that it was his plan to kill Salamander and take over, and he still can if he disposes of the evidence. He runs down the hatch.
 
Outside Benik panics and steals a guard's gun and tries to run. He is met by Forester and a group of guards. Bruce arrests him. The Doctor contacts Bruce and says that he suspects Giles is about to blow up the Research Centre and that if he can't open the door then he should escape. Bruce assures the Doctor they are trying to get in.
 
In the cave system, Salamander jumps out on Giles and disarms him. Giles insists that they can work together once more, but Salamander is unconvinced. He shoots him, only wounding him. Salamander pursues Giles through the cave system. He corners him. Before he has a chance to shoot him again, Giles pulls a lever which triggers a huge explosion.
 
The guards enter the Records Room as the explosion rocks through the centre. Astrid is worried about the people of the colony and risks her life to check that they are okay on the TV screen in the Records Room. They are fine, and Bruce assigns her some of his guards to save them.
 
Jamie and Victoria wait nervously near the TARDIS. When the Doctor finally arrives, still disguised as Salamander and clearly wounded and dazed, his behaviour is puzzling; he silently indicates for Jamie to operate [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS controls]] for him — something which neither he nor Victoria were ever allowed to do. When Jamie questions this, the real Doctor appears (dressed in his regular clothes) at the doorway of the TARDIS, mocking Salamander's impersonation of him. A desperate Salamander grabs the controls, trying to remember the button Jamie had started to touch, but the Doctor pulls him off the console. A brief scuffle ensues, in which both the Doctor and Jamie are thrown to the floor by the dictator, who then finds and hurriedly presses the dematerialisation switch. But Salamander does this while the doors are still open, creating a vacuum that blows him out into the [[Time Vortex|space-time vortex]] while the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria hang on for dear life...
 
== Cast ==
* [[Second Doctor|Dr. Who]]/[[Ramón Salamander|Salamander]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] - [[Deborah Watling]]
* [[Giles Kent]] - [[Bill Kerr]]
* [[Astrid Ferrier|Astrid]] - [[Mary Peach]]
* [[Alexander Denes|Denes]] - [[George Pravda]]
* [[Donald Bruce]] - [[Colin Douglas]]
* [[Nicholas Fedorin|Fedorin]] - [[David Nettheim]]
* [[Theodore Benik|Benik]] - [[Milton Johns]]
* [[Anton (The Enemy of the World)|Anton]] - [[Henry Stamper]]
* [[Curly (The Enemy of the World)|Curly]] - [[Simon Cain]]
* [[Rod (The Enemy of the World)|Rod]] - [[Rhys McConnochie]]
* [[Fariah Neguib|Fariah]] - [[Carmen Munroe]]
* [[Griffin (The Enemy of the World)|Griffin]] - [[Reg Lye]]
* [[Swann]] - [[Christopher Burgess]]
* [[Colin Redmayne|Colin]] - [[Adam Verney]]
* [[Mary Smith|Mary]] - [[Margaret Hickey]]
* [[Sergeant (The Enemy of the World)|Sergeant to Benik]] - [[Andrew Staines (actor)|Andrew Staines]]
* [[Fighting guard|Fighting Guard]] - [[Bob Anderson]]
* [[Guard captain 1|Guard Captain]] - [[Gordon Faith]]
* [[Guard captain 2|Guard Captain]] - [[Elliott Cairnes]]
* [[Guard 1 (The Enemy of the World)|Guard in Caravan]] - [[Dibbs Mather]]
* [[Guard 2 (The Enemy of the World)|Guard in Corridor]] - [[Bill McGuirk|William McGuirk]]
* [[Yannos|Guard on Denes]] - [[Bill Lyons]]
 
=== Uncredited cast ===
* Doubles for Dr. Who - [[Peter Diamond]], [[KR Morgan]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Double for Jamie - [[Richard Hallifax|Richard Halifax]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Double for Victoria - [[Sarah Lisemore]] ([[DWM 219]])
* [[Guard 4 (The Enemy of the World)|Guard with Bruce]] - [[Richard Knight]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Central European Guards - [[Andrew Andreas]], [[Harry Fielder|Harry Fielding]], [[Ian Hines]] ([[DWM 219]])
* [[Guard 3 (The Enemy of the World)|Guard with Benik]] - [[Paul Blomley]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Guards on Fire Escape - [[Pat Gorman]], [[Vic Taylor]], [[Arthur McGuire]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Guards at Kanowa - [[Tony Norman]], [[Ken Frazer]], [[David Troughton]], [[Dennis Balcombe|Denis Balcolmbe]], [[Blair Stewart]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Shelterers - [[Pearl Hawkes]], [[Rosina Stewart]], [[Valerie Taylor]], [[Ruth Harrison]], [[Sarah Lisemore]], [[Deborah Miller]], [[John Timberlake]], [[Geoffrey Obert]], [[John Clevedon]], [[Bill Howes]], [[Freddie Wiles|Freddie Whiles]], [[Francis Batsoni]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Guards - [[Drew Borland]], [[Charles Mylne]], [[Eric Bird]], [[Gary Dean]], [[Jay Neill|Jay Niel]], [[Tony Franks]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Double for Salamander - [[Peter Diamond]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Picture of [[Mikhail Assevski]] - [[Pat Gorman]] ([[DWM 219]])
* Double for Anton/Hovercraft Driver - [[KR Morgan|K R Morgan]] ([[DWM 219]])
 
== Crew ==
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Edwina Verner]]
* [[Costumes]] - [[Martin Baugh]]
* [[Designer (crew)|Designer]] - [[Christopher Pemsel]]
* [[Film Cameraman]] - [[Fred Hamilton]]
* [[Film Editor]] - [[Philip Barnikel]]
* [[Studio Lighting|Lighting]] - [[Howard King]]
* [[Make-Up]] - [[Sylvia James]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Innes Lloyd]]
* [[Production Assistant]] - [[Martin Lisemore]]
* [[Script Editor]] - [[Peter Bryant]]
* [[Studio Sound|Sound]] - [[Tony Millier]]
* [[Special Sounds]] - [[Brian Hodgson]]
* [[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]
* [[Doctor Who theme|Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
 
=== Uncredited crew ===
* [[Film sound|Film Recordist]] - [[John Hills-Harrop]] ([[TCH 11]])
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Swann shows Salamander a [[newspaper]] from the previous year dated [[16 August]] [[2017]]. It has an article concerning a sunken holiday liner, which is written by [[Peter Peyton]].
* When the Doctor asks for [[bucket]]s and [[spade]]s, Jamie thinks he's going to dig for [[worm]]s. Victoria then tells him that the Doctor wants to make [[sandcastle]]s.
* Benik has a [[Guard 3 (The Enemy of the World)|guard]] smash Kent's [[crockery]].
* When Benik finds binoculars in Kent's caravan, he says that Kent is "[[birdwatching]], no doubt".
* Salamander smokes a [[cigar]].
 
=== [[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and beverages]] ===
* Denes eats [[steak]].
* Griffin cooks a [[chicken]].
* Salamander poisons Fedorin's [[wine]], which was made in [[Alaska (state)|Alaska]].
* Griffin has Victoria peel [[potato]]es.
* Victoria used to make [[Kaiser pudding]] at home, which she says contains [[almond]]s, [[egg]]s, [[lemon peel]], [[candied peel]], [[orange]]s and [[cream]].
 
=== [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] ===
* Victoria mentions [[Napoleon]].
* [[Hunt (The Enemy of the World)|Hunt]], [[Jones (The Enemy of the World)|Jones]] and [[Morris (The Enemy of the World)|Morris]] are among the underground scientists.
* The Doctor says that Salamander is a "sort of [[Jekyll and Hyde]] character".
 
=== [[:Category:Locations|Locations]] ===
* The [[World Zone Authority]] runs the [[Earth|world]], divided into large zones, collectively known as the [[United Zones]].
* Salamander increased farming along the [[Dnieper River]].
* Salamander refers to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[wheat]] plains.
* Salamander was born in [[Merida]], state capital of [[Yucatan]].
* The area between the [[Poltava]] and [[Kirovograd]] in [[Ukraine]] was devastated by natural disaster [[2016|two years earlier]].
* [[Cape Arid]] and [[Kanowa research station]] are located in the [[Australasian Zone]].
* The [[Presidential Palace]] is located in [[Hungary]], in the [[Central European Zone]].
* From the Palace, Salamander observes the [[Eperjes–Tokaji Ranges]] erupt.
* Kent's office has a [[fire escape]].
 
=== [[:Category:Technology|Technology]] ===
* The [[Mark Seven Sun Catcher]] is in orbit, concentrating the sun's rays into certain areas of the world.
* Salamander uses a [[radio telephone]].
* Anton, Rod and Curly have a pair of [[binoculars]], which they use to observe the Doctor.
* Kent has a [[video wire]] of Salamander addressing the United Zones conference on World Food, which he shows to the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria.
* The Doctor says he was always interested in [[phonetics]].
 
=== [[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]] ===
* [[Hovercar]]s and [[hovertruck]]s are mentioned.
* [[Robot harvester]]s are used to harvest [[flour]].
 
== Story notes ==
* The end of this story leads into the beginning of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''.
* [[Patrick Troughton]] is credited as "Dr. Who/Salamander" for episodes two to six. He also appears as Salamander in a 35mm black & white film sequence in episode one, but is credited only as "Dr. Who". ''Radio Times'' credits "Patrick Troughton as Dr. Who and Salamander" for episodes two to six, while the actual cast lists – which credit the characters in order of appearance – bill Patrick Troughton only as "Dr. Who" for episodes one and six, and as both "Dr. Who" and "Salamander" (separate billings) for episodes two to five. This style of credit would be repeated 40 years later in [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', in which [[David Tennant]] was credited as "[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]/[[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|Smith]]".
* This marks the second time that a doppelganger of the Doctor has been featured (giving the lead actor a dual role), following [[William Hartnell]]'s double performance as the [[First Doctor]] and the [[Abbot of Amboise]] in ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]''.
* [[Patrick Troughton]]'s son [[David Troughton|David]] appears as an uncredited guard in episodes five and six. ([[DWM 219]])
* Neither [[Frazer Hines]] nor [[Deborah Watling]] appear in episode four, as they were both on holiday during the week it was recorded.
* [[Frazer Hines]]'s cousin [[Ian Hines|Ian]] plays a guard.
* [[Barry Letts]]'s nephew [[Andrew Staines (actor)|Andrew Staines]] stepped in to replace another actor as Sergeant to Benik.
* This is the final story overseen by producer [[Innes Lloyd]].
* This story marked the first use of 625 line PAL videotape in ''Doctor Who'', as opposed to the old 405-line standard. For many years, incorrect production paperwork led to the belief that this began with episode three, until analysis of the recovered episodes from Nigeria found otherwise.
* Stock footage of a volcano exploding was later reused (in colour) for the title cards of ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and again in ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''. Similarly, the footage of an exploding helicopter sourced from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Russia_with_Love_(film) From Russia with Love],'' would again be used for ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''.
* A black-and-white photograph of [[Mary Peach]] (Astrid) standing next to Astrid's helicopter accompanied the ''Radio Times'' programme listing for episode one, along with a synopsis, bearing the title ''Who's Who'', which read as follows: "Tonight's new adventure of ''Dr. Who'' finds the crew of the ''Tardis'' landing on a beach and coming under fire from a hovercraft — only to be rescued by a helicopter piloted by a girl, Astrid (Mary Peach). She takes them to her leader, who explains that the Doctor is the ''exact'' double of a would-be World Dictator. Into the fray goes the Doctor, or is it Salamander, or is it the Doctor pretending to be Salamander...?" ''(original published text)''
* ''[[Radio Times]]'', in certain regions for the week of transmission of episode two, featured a small article entitled ''Who Sets the Fashion?'', which looked at future fashion as seen in ''Doctor Who'' and focused on the costumes worn by [[Mary Peach]] (Astrid) and [[Bill Kerr]] (Giles Kent), which gave the year in which the story was set as [[2018]].
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing for episode three was accompanied by a small black-and-white head-and-shoulders shot of Frazer Hines, with the accompanying caption "[[Frazer Hines]] plays Jamie in ''The Enemy of the World''. The third part of this Dr. Who adventure is at 5.25". ''(original published text)''
* For the week of transmission of episode five, ''Doctor Who'' featured — in full colour for the first time — on the front cover of ''[[Radio Times]]'' (cover dated: 20-26 January 1968) a head-and-shoulders shot of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor examining a control panel, which was taken from the previous story, ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]''. This was used to introduce a two-page colour behind-the-scenes article in the centre pages entitled ''The Monstrous World of Doctor Who'', written by Gay Search, which opened with the following introductory paragraph: "[[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], [[Yeti]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s — familiar monsters guaranteed to chill the blood of anyone over the age of ten. But where do they come from? Who dreams them up? How are they made? How do they work? We sent Gay Search to find out..." In addition to the origins of the aforementioned monsters, the article not only looked at the creation of the seaweed monster from the forthcoming story ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' but also looked at the roles of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] and the BBC's Visual Effects Department in bringing the Doctor's enemies to life and featured a brief interview with the Head of the BBC's Visual Effects Department, Jack Kine.
* On its original broadcast, episode six of ''The Enemy of the World'' ended with a trailer promoting the next story, ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. The trailer featured specially shot footage of the Doctor in the [[London Underground]] talking to the audience about the impending return of the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] in the next story, before fleeing at the sound of distant shooting. Although episode six has now been returned to the BBC Archives, this unique trailer remains lost, although it survives on audio, so the trailer is included on the [[BBC Audio]] release of the story. The trailer has also been animated for the [[2021 (releases)|2021]] [[DVD]] release of ''The Web of Fear''.
* Episode four is the only episode of the story for which no [[Tele-snaps|tele-snap]] record exists, and it remains unknown to this day as to why this episode is not covered. There is the possibility that [[John Cura]] was either ill or on holiday at the time of broadcast.
* Images of [[Patrick Troughton]] as Salamander have often been used to illustrate the Second Doctor in books and magazines, even though technically the images are not actually of the Doctor (although the fact the Doctor impersonates Salamander complicates matters). These images are easy to spot due to the fact Salamander (or Doctor-as-Salamander) wears his hair parted and has a ruddier complexion than the Doctor.
* Episode six is notable for its sudden ending, which omits any resolution about whether the people trapped underground were ever rescued.
* The [[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)|novelisation]] of this story, published in 1981, is set in 2030, not 2018.
* In the DVD featurette ''Directing Who with Barry Letts'' (included on the DVD of ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''), Letts admitted he was very disappointed that the only surviving episode of ''The Enemy of the World'' was episode three as he felt it was the 'dullest' of the six episodes as there was material in it that was not relevant to the overall story. In October [[2013]] (four years after Letts's death), it was announced that the five remaining episodes, along with four missing episodes from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', had been discovered and returned to the BBC.
** In the same featurette, Letts also admitted that he wasn't satisfied with ''The Enemy of the World'' on the whole as he felt he tried to be "too clever" as a director and attempted too many technical feats without focusing enough on the drama of the story.
* Both this story and the previous adventure, ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', have as their premise food shortages caused by overpopulation; in this case, Salamander is exploiting the need for farms to produce multiple crops in a season to amass power.
* [[Mary Peach]] appeared in the story because her kids wouldn't believe she was a real actress until she'd been on ''Doctor Who''.
* The chase scene in episode one originally took place in a crowded holiday resort. This was changed due to logistical difficulties.
* Initially, it was planned that the Doctor and Salamander would meet more than once, but due to the technical complexity, there was eventually only the one confrontation scene, at the story's climax (utilising editing and a split-screen technique).
* This story was aired as part of a "Classic Doctor Who" marathon on Twitch, and again in 2019.
* The is the first story since ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' not to be set in a cold climate.
* The four key production roles for this story were all taken by men heavily involved in the development of ''Doctor Who''. Writer [[David Whitaker]] had been the show's first script editor; [[Barry Letts]], directing his first serial for the show, later becoming producer (for the majority of the [[Jon Pertwee]] era), executive producer, and occasional script writer; script editor [[Peter Bryant]] became the show's producer from the next story and [[Innes Lloyd]] who was the show's current producer, but left after this story.
* [[Colin Douglas]] hated working on the serial, regarding the series as low-grade children's fare and well beneath his dignity. He remarked at the time that it was the worst thing he'd ever done and that he didn't want to be asked to appear on the show again. Despite this, he returned to the show ten years later, playing [[Reuben Whormby|Reuben]] in ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''.
* While [[Patrick Troughton]] relished the opportunity to play a different character in the series, he was disappointed that the plot required Salamander to be visually similar to the Doctor rather than allowing him to substantially modify his regular appearance.
* Rod and Curly were originally named Tibor and Otto.
* [[Mary Peach]] initially dropped out of the serial after being disappointed to learn that Astrid disappeared from the plot after episode four. [[Barry Letts]] was eager to have her in the serial, so he agreed to restructure the final two instalments to make Astrid more prominent.
 
=== Ratings ===
* Episode 1 - 6.8 million viewers
* Episode 2 - 7.6 million viewers
* Episode 3 - 7.1 million viewers
* Episode 4 - 7.8 million viewers
* Episode 5 - 6.9 million viewers
* Episode 6 - 8.3 million viewers
 
=== Myths ===
* Patrick Troughton was cast as Salamander was because the production team could not afford another actor. ''(Untrue; it was scripted that he play both roles.)''
 
=== Filming locations ===
* [[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing
* [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove Studios (Studio D)]], Lime Grove, London
* Climping Beach, West Sussex (Beach)
* Walpole Park, London (Jamie meets Astrid on a park bench)
* Dungeness Power Station, Kent (Research lab)
* BBC Villiers House, London (Flats)
* United Nations HQ, New York (STOCK FOOTAGE) (Salamandar gives his speech)
 
=== Production errors ===
{{Discontinuity}}
* The inspection plate in the cockpit of Astrid's helicopter has the first word on its heading AUSTRALASION ZONE misspelled. The correct spelling is "Australasian".
* The police box's instruction plate that normally appears on the left-hand side of the TARDIS doors has been placed on the right-hand side by mistake.
* While Salamander and Fedorin watch the eruption, actor Colin Douglas (Bruce) can briefly be seen behind the doors of the house, obviously waiting for his cue to go out onto the deck.
* The newspaper is dated Friday 16 August 2017. In reality, this date was a Wednesday.
* After Giles Kent is shot in episode six, he stumbles down the cave corridor. As he does so, Kent falls then leans against the rocky walls, which wobble quite distinctly.
* Patrick Troughton's delivery of the line "Why, hello, Bruce. What are you doing here, huh?" is different at the end of episode one than it is at the beginning of episode two.
* When the TARDIS materialises on the beach at the beginning of episode one, the "[[vwoorpy]]" noise made by the TARDIS's [[dematerialisation circuit]] is significantly slower than it typically is for no apparent reason.
 
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor mishears Kent's report of Astrid's locale for her secret meeting with Denes in Hungary: Kent says "disused jetty," but the Doctor hears "disused [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
* Jamie equates the [[Sun Store]] with the [[ioniser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'')
* Salamander survived in the vortex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'')
* Two different fates for Salamander have been shown. The novel ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'' shows Salamander becoming part of a gestalt being dubbed "the Horror" while the comic [[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|''Heralds of Destruction'']] show Salamander arriving in 1970s Earth and using nanogenes to try to take over the world.
 
== Home video and audio releases ==
=== DVD releases ===
Until October 2013, only episode three of the story existed in the BBC Archives. It was released on the ''[[The Troughton Years|Troughton Years]]'' video. Episode three was also released in digitally re-mastered form on the ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD box set
 
* Editing of the surviving episode's DVD release was completed by the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].
 
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A Standard Edition DVD was released in the UK on [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. Unlike previous ''Doctor Who'' DVDs, this release contained no commentaries, information text or other special features, merely the restored episodes and a trailer for ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. It was also released in a limited edition slipcase that came with a t-shirt which was available from the BBC Shop UK. A Region 1 DVD version was released on [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]].
 
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A two-disc Special Edition was released in the UK on [[26 March (releases)|26 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]. As well as improvements in picture quality, the new release includes the following special features:
* Audio Commentary with [[Frazer Hines]] ([[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]), [[Mary Peach]] ([[Astrid Ferrier|Astrid]]), [[Milton Johns]] ([[Theodore Benik|Benik]]), [[Gordon Faith]] ([[Guard captain 1|Guard Captain]]) and [[Sylvia James]] (Make-up)
* ''[[Treasures Lost and Found (documentary)|Treasures Lost and Found]]'' - Comedian and fan [[Toby Hadoke]] embarks on a mission to uncover brand information about ''The Enemy of the World'', in this fascinating, entertaining and ultimately moving documentary. Along the way he meets with Frazer Hines, Mary Peach, [[David Troughton]], Sylvia James, [[Sarah Lisemore]] and [[Richard Bignell]], with archive material from [[Deborah Watling]] and [[Barry Letts]]. Produced by [[Ed Stradling]]
* ''[[Recovering the Past: The Search for "The Enemy of the World" (documentary)|Recovering the Past]]'' - The Search for ''The Enemy of the World''; a newly-shot interview with the [[missing episode]] hunter responsible for recovering the story. We hear first-hand how [[Philip Morris]] tracked the last surviving film copies to a dusty, forgotten room in the African desert. Produced by [[Paul Vanezis]]
* ''[[Remembering Deborah Watling (documentary)|Remembering Deborah Watling]]'' - Deborah Watling, who played popular 60s companion [[Victoria Waterfield]], passed away in 2017. Here, family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to the much-loved actress, including Frazer Hines, [[Anneke Wills]], [[Colin Baker]], [[Louise Jameson]], Sylvia James, [[Nicky Matthews]], [[Seymour Matthews]] and [[Giles Watling]] MP. Produced by [[Cameron K McEwan|Cameron McEwan]]
* ''Restoring [[Doctor Who]]'' - Footage of the restoration work performed in 2013
* [[Jon Pertwee]] 1991 Introduction - The original introduction to ''The Enemy of the World'' Episode 3, lifted from ''The Troughton Years'', a VHS of 'orphan' episodes released in 1991
* Production Information Subtitles
* 1967 [[BBC One|BBC1]] Trailer - Broadcast after the conclusion of ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', a trailer for the next adventure
* Script and ''[[Radio Times]]'' Listings (PDF)
* Photo Gallery
 
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=== Digital releases ===
* On Friday, [[11 October (releases)|October 11]], [[2013 (releases)|2013]], following a press announcement the day before, the previously existing episode three and all the remaining episodes that had been discovered in [[Nigeria]] were released in [[iTunes]] stores ([[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[UK]] and [[US]]) as ''Doctor Who: The Classic Series'' collection ''Lost Episodes: Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World''. Apart from the six episodes, the collection includes a free 2-minute trailer compiled out of original footage with modern intertitles.
* It has also been added to [[Amazon (service)|Amazon Video]] (UK) as Season 40 of ''Doctor Who (Classic)'' series.
* This story is available for streaming through [[BritBox]] (US) as part of Season 5 of ''Classic Doctor Who''.
* This story is available for streaming through [[Tubi]] (US) for free as part of Season 5 of ''Classic Doctor Who'' in November 2023 for the 60th anniversary.
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File:Enemy_of_the_World_iTunes.jpg|''Lost Episodes: The Enemy of the World'' original iTunes cover
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=== VHS and audio releases ===
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=== Commentary ===
* An unofficial commentary to the story, moderated by [[Toby Hadoke]], was released by [[Fantom Films]] in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] under the title ''[[Who Talk]], ''on CD and download.'' ''The commentary brought together [[Deborah Watling]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Carmen Munroe]], [[Milton Johns]], [[Bill Lyons]] and [[Sylvia James]].


== External links ==
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/enemyofworld/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Enemy of the World''']
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* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2p.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Enemy of the World''']
* {{radiotimes|2009-06-29/the-enemy-of-the-world|The Enemy of the World}}
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/pp.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''The Enemy of the World''']
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*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/enemyoftheworld The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Enemy of the World''']
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The Enemy of the World was the fourth serial of season 5 of Doctor Who. It saw Patrick Troughton play both the lead protagonist and antagonist. It was the only story of that season that did not feature a monster of some kind.

It was also was the first story to be directed by Barry Letts; Letts would later go on to produce almost all of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Doctor.

It was the last story to be produced under the aegis of Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman, who left his position as Head of Drama at the BBC upon the expiration of his contract at the end of 1967.

Before 2013, all but episode three of the serial were missing from the BBC archives. However, in October of that year it was announced that episodes one, two, four, five and six (together with four previously lost instalments from The Web of Fear, plus a higher quality copy of that story's only prior existing episode) had been located in a relay station in Jos, Nigeria, and it therefore became complete. It was released on DVD in Region 2 on 25 November 2013.

Synopsis[[edit]]

On Earth in 2018, the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to his uncanny resemblance to the scientist/politician Salamander. He is hailed as the "shopkeeper of the world" for his efforts to relieve global famine, but why do his rivals keep disappearing? How can he predict so many natural disasters? The Doctor must expose Salamander's schemes before he takes over the world.

Plot[[edit]]

Episode 1[[edit]]

The TARDIS arrives on an Australian beach, ten miles west of Cape Arid, where the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria's seaside frolicking is observed by three men in a hovercraft named Anton, Curly and Rod. They are incredulous at the Doctor's presence; could it be "him?" They call their boss, Astrid Ferrier, who disbelieves their story and urges them to wait while she contacts the main base. Nonetheless, their leader, Anton, resolves that they'll have no better opportunity, and they ready their guns. Astrid contacts her commander, Giles Kent, and reports the men's observation. It can't be him, Kent exclaims, it's impossible. He orders her to stop the men from harming the Doctor. 

The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria watch as the hovercraft approaches, see the armed men and realise that they're in danger. They begin to run as Anton and Rod shoot at them from the hovercraft. They hide behind some dunes, and the men are forced to split up in order to find them. The Doctor and his colleagues try to escape but soon run into one of the men. Jamie knocks him out. The men see the approach of a mini-helicopter and identify it as Astrid's. In their efforts to elude the gunmen, the Doctor and his colleagues end up in the same clearing in which Astrid has landed her helicopter. She beckons them inside. Once inside, the Doctor sees the tax disc of Astrid's helicopter and sees it is valid until the end of 2018. Astrid informs them that the men have punctured the fuel tank and that the helicopter could explode at any minute. 

Below, the men board their hovercraft and pursue the helicopter. 

Astrid lands her helicopter at her private residence. She has been shot, and the Doctor tends her wounds. She explains her men have mistaken him for their sworn enemy, Ramón Salamander, a man she claims is bent on becoming a global dictator. She wants to take advantage of the Doctor's apparently serendipitous arrival and urges them to go with her to meet Giles Kent, who will explain everything. The Doctor, dubious at becoming a pawn in some political machination, declines. The three armed men close in. Astrid encourages the Doctor and his colleagues to hide in a back room as she hides behind the sofa. Astrid tangles with Curly to allow the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria to escape. Curly is accidentally shot dead by his fellows as they try to kill Astrid. Rod and Anton shoot at the fleeing bunch but realise that they stand a better chance in the helicopter. As soon as the helicopter is airborne it explodes. 

At his office, Giles Kent looks at the Doctor in fascination — his resemblance to Salamander is uncanny. The Doctor explains that they've been out of touch with world events lately ("On ice," he says, referring to their previous adventures in Tibet and in Earth's icy future). Kent plays a video-wire of Salamander's latest address to the United Zone General Assembly meeting. Salamander, despite a Mexican accent and swarthy complexion, is indeed a doppelganger for the Doctor. He announces highly satisfactory results from sun conservation tests in the Australasian Zone with sun-catching orbital satellites, resulting in a restoration of the Canada and Ukraine's corn and flour production which had been devastated by natural disasters two years earlier.

The Doctor is confused as to why they are intent on stopping Salamander when his intentions appear to be so good. Kent explains that underneath his guise as a public benefactor, he has been ruthlessly solidifying his power base. Several high-ranking political figures have died under mysterious circumstances and been replaced by Salamander loyalists. Kent himself was Deputy Security Leader for North Africa and Europe before being sacked for beginning to suspect too much. Kent was forced into seclusion, and his place was taken by a man named Donald Bruce who has since risen to World Security Chief. With Bruce in place, Salamander is virtually untouchable. Kent's only remaining high-ranking ally is Alexander Denes, Controller of the Central European Zone. Kent urges the Doctor to pose as Salamander and infiltrate his research station at Kanowa to find proof of Salamander's ambitions. The Doctor is dubious but attempts the accent, with limited success.

Kent receives a phone call stating that Bruce has cordoned off the area and is approaching. Kent warns the Doctor that if he is found he will be arrested for impersonation due to his similarity to Salamander. The Doctor correctly surmises that Kent tipped Bruce off to test the similarity. The Doctor is given no choice but to imitate the dictator. Astrid shouts at Kent for endangering them. Bruce enters, a heavy-set, imperious and intimidating man. His armed men are investigating the dead man in Astrid's house, as well as the wrecked helicopter. He explains that Astrid was being watched and that a man was present. Astrid refuses to explain who the man was, and Bruce motions to his guards to search the building. As they open the door to the back room, "Salamander" emerges, demanding that a dumbfounded Bruce explain his presence.

Episode 2[[edit]]

Bruce is dumbfounded by Salamander's presence in Australia, when he is supposed to be in a closed-door conference at the Central European Zone, and certainly not with Kent, a man he had denounced. As security chief, he ought to have been told. "Salamander" refuses to explain his presence, saying he will deal with Kent his own way. Bruce is sceptical of Kent's explanation that the dead man in Astrid's house was trying to protect her from his treasonous colleagues, but "Salamander" overrules him and dismisses him. Giles congratulates the Doctor and assumes he is fully on board now, but the Doctor still is not fully convinced that one side or the other is good or evil. He asks his companions; Jamie says they have to help, but Victoria is unsure. The Doctor agrees to pose as Salamander at the Kanowa research station. Astrid, Jamie and Victoria, using travel passes provided by Denes, the leader of the Central European Zone, are to travel to Salamander's headquarters in the Central European Zone via rocket and put into place a plan that Astrid has been forming for some time.

Bruce checks in with Benik, Salamander's deputy, to confirm he left for the Central European Zone. As far as Benik knows, he did and left strict orders not to be disturbed. His attempt to contact Salamander there goes unanswered. Bruce informs him that he thinks Salamander is in Australia; Benik is dubious.

The real Salamander is meeting with Denes and another man by the name of Fedorin and is trying to persuade them that his scientific study confirms that a range of dormant Hungarian volcanoes will erupt soon with cataclysmic results. Denes is dubious at Salamander's suspiciously precise predictions; his own scientists have made no such forecasts. This act of defiance annoys Salamander. Denes leaves, but Salamander asks Fedorin to stay.

Jamie, Victoria and Astrid have arrived in the Central European Zone, and Astrid has set Jamie up with ID to get past the main guards. Jamie heads off. Astrid contacts Giles in Australia and tells him that all is going to plan. She also explains that she is to meet Denes later.

Fedorin is nervous about his meeting with Salamander. He gets chatting to a servant of Salamander's named Fariah. Salamander appears and orders a guard who approaches Fedorin, gun raised. As he does, Jamie leaps from an unseen point, knocks the guard out and points the gun at Salamander, ordering them all to back up. Jamie grabs Salamander's security device and throws it over the balcony. As he does, Astrid triggers an explosion outside. Two guards enter and approach Jamie, but Salamander calls them off. Jamie explains that there was a plot on Salamander's life and that he tried to inform the guards on the gate, but they wouldn't listen. Impressed, Salamander offers Jamie a job. Jamie says he would like to but is only visiting with his girlfriend and wouldn't want to leave her. Fariah says there is a job working in the kitchen. Jamie agrees and is allowed to go and get his "girlfriend". Fedorin mysteriously asks what the word "brujo" (a word uttered by Fariah) means. Salamander says it is the word for "sorcerer" which is used in Mexico.

Jamie returns to the meeting spot and tells Victoria and Astrid that the plan has worked. Astrid disappears as Fariah comes to collect Jamie and Victoria and take them into the base.

Later that day, Denes meets Astrid under a jetty. Astrid wants Denes to stall Salamander while she puts her plan in place. They hear feet above them. Denes stops Astrid from shooting them on sight.

Salamander shows Fedorin an official file of lies, scandal and libel he has concocted about him. Fedorin is very worried, but Salamander refers to it as insurance. Salamander offers Fedorin the job as leader of the Central European Zone if he promises to share the power with Salamander. Fedorin asks what is to happen to Denes, and Salamander explains he is to be killed. Fedorin says he can't do that, but Salamander reminds him of the file. The conversation is interrupted by the eruption of the volcanoes. Salamander is overjoyed at the fact that his predictions have come true, despite the widespread destruction he is witnessing below. Bruce enters, worried about reports he heard of an attempt on Salamander's life. Salamander placates him. Denes bursts in, horrified at the destruction. Salamander accuses him of ignoring his warnings and letting thousands die. Denes is certain that somehow Salamander engineered this disaster. Salamander coolly denounces Denes as a traitor and orders Bruce to arrest him. Denes implores Fedorin to back him up, but Salamander states that Fedorin will be chief witness against him. All eyes turn to Fedorin. Fedorin cannot even bring himself to look at Denes.

Episode 3[[edit]]

Denes is unperturbed at his arrest. He looks forward to facing Salamander in open trial. After Denes is led away, Salamander congratulates Fedorin on his "promotion" to European Controller and puts his dossier of blackmail documents into a safe. He gives Fedorin a vial of poison to deal with Denes.

Bruce is surprised to encounter Jamie, now in Salamander's personal guard. Jamie refuses to divulge any details of what Salamander was doing in Australia with his supposed enemy Kent.

Victoria meanwhile thoroughly fails to impress Griffin, Salamander's chief cook, with her culinary skills. Fariah, Salamander's assistant and food taster, urges her to escape at the earliest opportunity.

In Kent's caravan near the Kanowa research station, he and the Doctor watch footage of the European volcanoes. Kent strongly suspects that Salamander is somehow engineering these disasters, and it was his investigation into how the research station was involved which led to his downfall. The Doctor hides when Benik arrives at the trailer to taunt Kent and smash his possessions.

Astrid, Jamie and Victoria try to rescue Denes with Fariah's help. Fedorin intercepts Victoria as she delivers his food. He cannot, however, bring himself to poison the food. He confesses his failure to Salamander, who offers comforting words and a glass of wine to help him relax. Fedorin drinks and slumps over dead; Salamander had poured the poison into the wine.

The rescue attempt is a failure: although Astrid escapes, Denes is shot down, and Jamie and Victoria are captured.

The light dawns on Bruce when Salamander denies being in Australia with Kent earlier. Someone is impersonating Salamander...

Episode 4[[edit]]

Giles is waiting for contact from Astrid and is panicked by the lack of contact. She eventually contacts him, and Giles tells her to scramble her messages to ensure that no one is listening in.

Benik is, indeed, listening in and frustrated by the scrambling. He sends his guards out to trace Astrid. He is informed that Salamander is returning to Australia.

Astrid explains she has returned to Australia safely and is back at Giles' office. She explains that Denes has been killed. She is interrupted by a figure at the door. It is Fariah. Astrid is sceptical, thinking she has been sent by Salamander, but Fariah claims she hates him and wants him dead.

The guards report to Benik that Astrid and Fariah have been seen together. Benik orders Giles' office surrounded.

The Doctor and Giles have joined Astrid and Fariah. The Doctor is concerned about Jamie and Victoria but Fariah says they have been brought back to Australia by Salamander. The Doctor mistrusts Fariah but she says she has spent her whole life being controlled and blackmailed by Salamander. The Doctor asks if she has any proof. She says she has nothing to prove that she has been blackmailed but has the information he was using to blackmail Fedorin.

Meanwhile, downstairs Benik has surrounded the building.

Kent and the Doctor look over the evidence, but the Doctor claims it's not enough to prove Salamander is evil. However, with Jamie and Victoria prisoners, the Doctor's impersonation of Salamander is their only hope. Giles says that when he gets close to Salamander the Doctor must kill him. The Doctor objects to this, but Giles says he will withdraw support in finding Jamie and Victoria. Fariah's presence, they hope, will help convince people of his identity. Fariah notices that the building has been surrounded.

Benik orders his men to shoot any of the party on sight.

The Doctor and his friends soon realise there is no escape other than the ventilation shaft. Benik is at the door. Astrid orders them all to go down the shaft whilst she stalls Benik and his men. One of the guards enters through the window. He and Astrid grapple and, on the sound of a gunshot, Benik enters. The only person there is the prostrate guard. He assumes they have all gone down through the ventilation shaft and rushes out to the street. Astrid has been hiding under a desk the whole time.

As Fariah tries to escape, she is shot by one of the guards. Benik tries to extract information from her but she refuses. She dies and Benik regains Salamander's file from her.

Salamander and Bruce lose their mind at Benik for his heavy handed way of dealing with the situation. Salamander is more concerned by his lookalike. Benik returns the file to Salamander. Left alone, Salamander locks himself inside the Records Room. Once he's sure he's alone, he opens a secret panel in the wall, revealing a small elevator capsule into which he climbs and descends.

Bruce tries to contact Salamander. When he discovers he can't, he is infuriated at the way that Salamander is running things.

Salamander has descended to a vast underground complex. He explains over tannoy that he has returned. A couple, Colin and Mary, discuss how Colin is going to demand from Salamander that he return to the surface. He goes to meet Salamander, who explains that the radiation on the surface is killing him but he has found a store of food. He has convinced them a nuclear war has devastated the surface, and their efforts to create natural disasters are helping them turn the tide against, in Salamander's words, "the enemies of truth and freedom". The research team have been down there for five years. They cannot return until the radiation levels on the surface fall to safe levels. They hail Salamander as their hero, risking life and limb to bring them food. Colin is the lone dissenter, demanding to return to the surface. Salamander feigns radiation sickness and leaves.

Back at the caravan, Kent and Astrid prepare the Doctor to infiltrate the station while awaiting the return of Fariah. The door opens and a figure enters.

Episode 5[[edit]]

The figure is Bruce, who placed a tracking device on the caravan. Bruce demands to know why the Doctor is posing as Salamander. The Doctor says it is to get Jamie and Victoria back, whilst Astrid says it is to expose Salamander for what he is. Bruce says the only bad things connected to Salamander can be laid at the door of Giles. The Doctor explains they have a file, in the hands of Fariah, that proves Salamander is evil. Bruce says that Fariah is dead. Astrid wants to go and intercept the file, but Bruce refuses to let her leave. He is, however, slightly won over and says he will investigate himself. Giles says that someone so close to Salamander is only digging his own grave by doing so. Astrid overpowers and disarms Bruce's guard, pointing the gun at Bruce.

Benik tells the guard he wants to be informed when Salamander returns. He watches the unloading of a drugged Jamie and Victoria and wants to question them as soon as they are awake.

Astrid demands to be taken to the Research Centre, but Bruce calmly notes there are a dozen guards outside. The Doctor defuses the situation and says if there is bloodshed he will not help them in their plans. The Doctor takes the gun off Astrid and hands it back to Bruce as a sign of good faith. Bruce asks the Doctor if he thinks Salamander is evil, and the Doctor says there is enough evidence to suggest it. Bruce agrees to escort the Doctor into the station, provided Kent and Astrid stay behind. They leave, leaving the caravan heavily guarded.

In the underground complex, Salamander unloads the supplies from the surface. Colin angrily confronts the leader, Swann, as to why no one can go to the surface and what they would do if Salamander never returned. Swann dismisses him. As he inspects the food packages he finds a scrap of newspaper inside a crate bearing the headline HOLIDAY LINER SINKS: MANY FEARED LOST. This appears to indicate that surface life is normal, and Swann angrily demands an explanation. Salamander claims that yes, the war is over, but the survivors are deformed in mind and body and deserve to die. When Swann asks about the creation of the natural disasters, Salamander states that their efforts are to destroy these mutants and this is necessary for a new start. Swann loses his mind at the fact he is complicit in murder. Swann insists on seeing for himself. Eventually Salamander agrees to take him to the surface as long as he tells no one what he sees. Swann informs the rest of the colony. Colin is distraught at the thought of not going.

Jamie and Victoria awake and are soon met by Benik. Jamie refuses to tell him anything. Benik anticipates sadistically interrogating them. Jamie disarms a guard, but Benik holds a gun to Victoria's head, forcing him to disarm. Jamie is on the verge of caving as Benik begins to harm Victoria, when Salamander enters with Bruce and orders him out. Victoria and Jamie confront Salamander with his crimes, particularly the murder of Fedorin and Denes, which appals Bruce. Victoria lashes out at Salamander, who reveals he's actually the Doctor, come to rescue them. He has been maintaining the act to prove to Bruce how good he is. Jamie and Victoria are still unsure until the Doctor mimes his recorder. Bruce is still not convinced to turn against Salamander, but enough doubt is planted that he agrees to investigate.

Benik berates a guard for not telling him that Salamander had returned. The guard states that he hasn't.

Swann follows Salamander through a cave system where he stores the food. Swann questions why he has never brought people up here. Salamander argues that whilst it's not radioactive it is too close to the mutants. Salamander warns Swann from going on, but Swann insists. As Swann leads the way, Salamander picks up a metal pole.

Kent is furious with himself for allowing the Doctor to go with Bruce alone. Kent will not be calmed and wants to be able to sneak into the Research Centre. Astrid comes up with a plan. She makes it look like Kent has received a bullet to the head and breaks a window to alert the guard. When the guard rushes in to inspect Kent, Astrid runs away. As the guard hurries after her, Giles sneaks out.

Astrid has hidden in the undergrowth to evade the guard. As she makes her way through the forest, she hears the cries of a man in distress. She soon finds a severely injured Swann. When she asks who did this to him, he replies, "A man named Salamander."

Episode 6[[edit]]

Swann tells Astrid that Salamander is in the cave system.

The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria try to convince Bruce of Salamander's plans. They turn and see Benik, not knowing if he had heard the Doctor using his real voice or what they were talking about.

Astrid takes Swann into the cave system to get him some water. He asks her how bad the war was; when she says there has been no war he tells her about the underground colony and Salamander's part in it, then dies.

Benik asks the Doctor to sign some papers and also says the door to the Records Room is jammed and asks for his key. The Doctor stalls the signing of the paper and says he has lost his key, then dismisses Benik. When alone, the Doctor asks Bruce how many people work at the Research Centre. He answers with twelve; but the Doctor asks why they are actually catering for thirty? His suspicions riled, Bruce tells Jamie and Victoria to leave and phone a man named Forester, who is his deputy, and give him a password to inform him there is trouble. The Doctor tells them to go straight to the TARDIS after doing this.

Astrid reaches the band of scientists. The colony workers are shocked and begin to hit and beat her, fearing she is one of the mutant humans of which Salamander has warned them. Colin stops them. Astrid tells them of Swann's death at the hands of Salamander and informs them that there is no war. Colin insists she undergoes decontamination. She is taken to the decontamination booth, which reads that she is radioactive but is soon neutralised. Astrid proves this machine is a fake by putting in a ruler which registers as radioactive and then is neutralised. A hubbub breaks out. Astrid tells Colin and Mary that they should come with her to the surface.

The guards stop Jamie and Victoria from leaving, but Bruce intervenes. One of the guards finds this very suspicious and goes to Benik.

Giles has made his way to the Research Centre and overhears a conversation between the guard and Benik, suspicious about Salamander. With his knowledge of the Research Centre, Giles lets himself into the Records Room and finds Salamander. He locks the door before pulling a gun on him.

All of this is watched by Bruce and Benik, who attempt to break the door down.

Hearing this intrusion, Giles opens up a secret hatch about which he has not forgotten that has enough weaponry to blow the Research Centre sky high. At this point the Doctor drops his act and reveals it has been him all along. He tells Giles he has suspected him for a long while now. As Giles turns to run down the hatch, he is met by Astrid pointing a gun at him. She is accompanied by Colin and Mary, who say that it was Giles who took them down into the colony first, saying it was an endurance test before Salamander took over. Giles points a gun at the Doctor's head and explains that it was his plan to kill Salamander and take over, and he still can if he disposes of the evidence. He runs down the hatch.

Outside Benik panics and steals a guard's gun and tries to run. He is met by Forester and a group of guards. Bruce arrests him. The Doctor contacts Bruce and says that he suspects Giles is about to blow up the Research Centre and that if he can't open the door then he should escape. Bruce assures the Doctor they are trying to get in.

In the cave system, Salamander jumps out on Giles and disarms him. Giles insists that they can work together once more, but Salamander is unconvinced. He shoots him, only wounding him. Salamander pursues Giles through the cave system. He corners him. Before he has a chance to shoot him again, Giles pulls a lever which triggers a huge explosion.

The guards enter the Records Room as the explosion rocks through the centre. Astrid is worried about the people of the colony and risks her life to check that they are okay on the TV screen in the Records Room. They are fine, and Bruce assigns her some of his guards to save them.

Jamie and Victoria wait nervously near the TARDIS. When the Doctor finally arrives, still disguised as Salamander and clearly wounded and dazed, his behaviour is puzzling; he silently indicates for Jamie to operate the TARDIS controls for him — something which neither he nor Victoria were ever allowed to do. When Jamie questions this, the real Doctor appears (dressed in his regular clothes) at the doorway of the TARDIS, mocking Salamander's impersonation of him. A desperate Salamander grabs the controls, trying to remember the button Jamie had started to touch, but the Doctor pulls him off the console. A brief scuffle ensues, in which both the Doctor and Jamie are thrown to the floor by the dictator, who then finds and hurriedly presses the dematerialisation switch. But Salamander does this while the doors are still open, creating a vacuum that blows him out into the space-time vortex while the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria hang on for dear life...

Cast[[edit]]

Uncredited cast[[edit]]

Crew[[edit]]

Uncredited crew[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

  • Swann shows Salamander a newspaper from the previous year dated 16 August 2017. It has an article concerning a sunken holiday liner, which is written by Peter Peyton.
  • When the Doctor asks for buckets and spades, Jamie thinks he's going to dig for worms. Victoria then tells him that the Doctor wants to make sandcastles.
  • Benik has a guard smash Kent's crockery.
  • When Benik finds binoculars in Kent's caravan, he says that Kent is "birdwatching, no doubt".
  • Salamander smokes a cigar.

Foods and beverages[[edit]]

Individuals[[edit]]

Locations[[edit]]

Technology[[edit]]

  • The Mark Seven Sun Catcher is in orbit, concentrating the sun's rays into certain areas of the world.
  • Salamander uses a radio telephone.
  • Anton, Rod and Curly have a pair of binoculars, which they use to observe the Doctor.
  • Kent has a video wire of Salamander addressing the United Zones conference on World Food, which he shows to the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria.
  • The Doctor says he was always interested in phonetics.

Vehicles[[edit]]

Story notes[[edit]]

  • The end of this story leads into the beginning of The Web of Fear.
  • Patrick Troughton is credited as "Dr. Who/Salamander" for episodes two to six. He also appears as Salamander in a 35mm black & white film sequence in episode one, but is credited only as "Dr. Who". Radio Times credits "Patrick Troughton as Dr. Who and Salamander" for episodes two to six, while the actual cast lists – which credit the characters in order of appearance – bill Patrick Troughton only as "Dr. Who" for episodes one and six, and as both "Dr. Who" and "Salamander" (separate billings) for episodes two to five. This style of credit would be repeated 40 years later in TV: Human Nature, in which David Tennant was credited as "The Doctor/Smith".
  • This marks the second time that a doppelganger of the Doctor has been featured (giving the lead actor a dual role), following William Hartnell's double performance as the First Doctor and the Abbot of Amboise in The Massacre.
  • Patrick Troughton's son David appears as an uncredited guard in episodes five and six. (DWM 219)
  • Neither Frazer Hines nor Deborah Watling appear in episode four, as they were both on holiday during the week it was recorded.
  • Frazer Hines's cousin Ian plays a guard.
  • Barry Letts's nephew Andrew Staines stepped in to replace another actor as Sergeant to Benik.
  • This is the final story overseen by producer Innes Lloyd.
  • This story marked the first use of 625 line PAL videotape in Doctor Who, as opposed to the old 405-line standard. For many years, incorrect production paperwork led to the belief that this began with episode three, until analysis of the recovered episodes from Nigeria found otherwise.
  • Stock footage of a volcano exploding was later reused (in colour) for the title cards of Inferno, and again in The Time Monster. Similarly, the footage of an exploding helicopter sourced from From Russia with Love, would again be used for The Dæmons.
  • A black-and-white photograph of Mary Peach (Astrid) standing next to Astrid's helicopter accompanied the Radio Times programme listing for episode one, along with a synopsis, bearing the title Who's Who, which read as follows: "Tonight's new adventure of Dr. Who finds the crew of the Tardis landing on a beach and coming under fire from a hovercraft — only to be rescued by a helicopter piloted by a girl, Astrid (Mary Peach). She takes them to her leader, who explains that the Doctor is the exact double of a would-be World Dictator. Into the fray goes the Doctor, or is it Salamander, or is it the Doctor pretending to be Salamander...?" (original published text)
  • Radio Times, in certain regions for the week of transmission of episode two, featured a small article entitled Who Sets the Fashion?, which looked at future fashion as seen in Doctor Who and focused on the costumes worn by Mary Peach (Astrid) and Bill Kerr (Giles Kent), which gave the year in which the story was set as 2018.
  • The Radio Times programme listing for episode three was accompanied by a small black-and-white head-and-shoulders shot of Frazer Hines, with the accompanying caption "Frazer Hines plays Jamie in The Enemy of the World. The third part of this Dr. Who adventure is at 5.25". (original published text)
  • For the week of transmission of episode five, Doctor Who featured — in full colour for the first time — on the front cover of Radio Times (cover dated: 20-26 January 1968) a head-and-shoulders shot of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor examining a control panel, which was taken from the previous story, The Ice Warriors. This was used to introduce a two-page colour behind-the-scenes article in the centre pages entitled The Monstrous World of Doctor Who, written by Gay Search, which opened with the following introductory paragraph: "Daleks, Cybermen, Yetis, Ice Warriors — familiar monsters guaranteed to chill the blood of anyone over the age of ten. But where do they come from? Who dreams them up? How are they made? How do they work? We sent Gay Search to find out..." In addition to the origins of the aforementioned monsters, the article not only looked at the creation of the seaweed monster from the forthcoming story Fury from the Deep but also looked at the roles of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the BBC's Visual Effects Department in bringing the Doctor's enemies to life and featured a brief interview with the Head of the BBC's Visual Effects Department, Jack Kine.
  • On its original broadcast, episode six of The Enemy of the World ended with a trailer promoting the next story, The Web of Fear. The trailer featured specially shot footage of the Doctor in the London Underground talking to the audience about the impending return of the Yeti in the next story, before fleeing at the sound of distant shooting. Although episode six has now been returned to the BBC Archives, this unique trailer remains lost, although it survives on audio, so the trailer is included on the BBC Audio release of the story. The trailer has also been animated for the 2021 DVD release of The Web of Fear.
  • Episode four is the only episode of the story for which no tele-snap record exists, and it remains unknown to this day as to why this episode is not covered. There is the possibility that John Cura was either ill or on holiday at the time of broadcast.
  • Images of Patrick Troughton as Salamander have often been used to illustrate the Second Doctor in books and magazines, even though technically the images are not actually of the Doctor (although the fact the Doctor impersonates Salamander complicates matters). These images are easy to spot due to the fact Salamander (or Doctor-as-Salamander) wears his hair parted and has a ruddier complexion than the Doctor.
  • Episode six is notable for its sudden ending, which omits any resolution about whether the people trapped underground were ever rescued.
  • The novelisation of this story, published in 1981, is set in 2030, not 2018.
  • In the DVD featurette Directing Who with Barry Letts (included on the DVD of Planet of the Spiders), Letts admitted he was very disappointed that the only surviving episode of The Enemy of the World was episode three as he felt it was the 'dullest' of the six episodes as there was material in it that was not relevant to the overall story. In October 2013 (four years after Letts's death), it was announced that the five remaining episodes, along with four missing episodes from The Web of Fear, had been discovered and returned to the BBC.
    • In the same featurette, Letts also admitted that he wasn't satisfied with The Enemy of the World on the whole as he felt he tried to be "too clever" as a director and attempted too many technical feats without focusing enough on the drama of the story.
  • Both this story and the previous adventure, The Ice Warriors, have as their premise food shortages caused by overpopulation; in this case, Salamander is exploiting the need for farms to produce multiple crops in a season to amass power.
  • Mary Peach appeared in the story because her kids wouldn't believe she was a real actress until she'd been on Doctor Who.
  • The chase scene in episode one originally took place in a crowded holiday resort. This was changed due to logistical difficulties.
  • Initially, it was planned that the Doctor and Salamander would meet more than once, but due to the technical complexity, there was eventually only the one confrontation scene, at the story's climax (utilising editing and a split-screen technique).
  • This story was aired as part of a "Classic Doctor Who" marathon on Twitch, and again in 2019.
  • The is the first story since The Tomb of the Cybermen not to be set in a cold climate.
  • The four key production roles for this story were all taken by men heavily involved in the development of Doctor Who. Writer David Whitaker had been the show's first script editor; Barry Letts, directing his first serial for the show, later becoming producer (for the majority of the Jon Pertwee era), executive producer, and occasional script writer; script editor Peter Bryant became the show's producer from the next story and Innes Lloyd who was the show's current producer, but left after this story.
  • Colin Douglas hated working on the serial, regarding the series as low-grade children's fare and well beneath his dignity. He remarked at the time that it was the worst thing he'd ever done and that he didn't want to be asked to appear on the show again. Despite this, he returned to the show ten years later, playing Reuben in Horror of Fang Rock.
  • While Patrick Troughton relished the opportunity to play a different character in the series, he was disappointed that the plot required Salamander to be visually similar to the Doctor rather than allowing him to substantially modify his regular appearance.
  • Rod and Curly were originally named Tibor and Otto.
  • Mary Peach initially dropped out of the serial after being disappointed to learn that Astrid disappeared from the plot after episode four. Barry Letts was eager to have her in the serial, so he agreed to restructure the final two instalments to make Astrid more prominent.

Ratings[[edit]]

  • Episode 1 - 6.8 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 7.6 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 7.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 7.8 million viewers
  • Episode 5 - 6.9 million viewers
  • Episode 6 - 8.3 million viewers

Myths[[edit]]

  • Patrick Troughton was cast as Salamander was because the production team could not afford another actor. (Untrue; it was scripted that he play both roles.)

Filming locations[[edit]]

  • Ealing Television Film Studios, Ealing Green, Ealing
  • Lime Grove Studios (Studio D), Lime Grove, London
  • Climping Beach, West Sussex (Beach)
  • Walpole Park, London (Jamie meets Astrid on a park bench)
  • Dungeness Power Station, Kent (Research lab)
  • BBC Villiers House, London (Flats)
  • United Nations HQ, New York (STOCK FOOTAGE) (Salamandar gives his speech)

Production errors[[edit]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • The inspection plate in the cockpit of Astrid's helicopter has the first word on its heading AUSTRALASION ZONE misspelled. The correct spelling is "Australasian".
  • The police box's instruction plate that normally appears on the left-hand side of the TARDIS doors has been placed on the right-hand side by mistake.
  • While Salamander and Fedorin watch the eruption, actor Colin Douglas (Bruce) can briefly be seen behind the doors of the house, obviously waiting for his cue to go out onto the deck.
  • The newspaper is dated Friday 16 August 2017. In reality, this date was a Wednesday.
  • After Giles Kent is shot in episode six, he stumbles down the cave corridor. As he does so, Kent falls then leans against the rocky walls, which wobble quite distinctly.
  • Patrick Troughton's delivery of the line "Why, hello, Bruce. What are you doing here, huh?" is different at the end of episode one than it is at the beginning of episode two.
  • When the TARDIS materialises on the beach at the beginning of episode one, the "vwoorpy" noise made by the TARDIS's dematerialisation circuit is significantly slower than it typically is for no apparent reason.

Continuity[[edit]]

Home video and audio releases[[edit]]

DVD releases[[edit]]

Until October 2013, only episode three of the story existed in the BBC Archives. It was released on the Troughton Years video. Episode three was also released in digitally re-mastered form on the Lost in Time DVD box set

  • Lost in Time Region 2

    Lost in Time Region 2

  • Lost in Time Region 4

    Lost in Time Region 4

  • Lost in Time Region 1

    Lost in Time Region 1

  • Lost in Time Region 1 (Disc 3)

    Lost in Time Region 1 (Disc 3)

  • Lost in Time Region 4 Re release

    Lost in Time Region 4 Re release

A Standard Edition DVD was released in the UK on 25 November 2013. Unlike previous Doctor Who DVDs, this release contained no commentaries, information text or other special features, merely the restored episodes and a trailer for The Web of Fear. It was also released in a limited edition slipcase that came with a t-shirt which was available from the BBC Shop UK. A Region 1 DVD version was released on 20 May 2014.

  • Region 2 Slipcase

    Region 2 Slipcase

  • Region 2 cover

    Region 2 cover

  • Region 4 (Australian cover)

    Region 4 (Australian cover)

  • Region 4 (New Zealand cover)

    Region 4 (New Zealand cover)

  • Region 1 cover

    Region 1 cover

A two-disc Special Edition was released in the UK on 26 March 2018. As well as improvements in picture quality, the new release includes the following special features:

  • Special Edition Region 2

    Special Edition Region 2

  • Special Edition Region 4 (Australian cover)

    Special Edition Region 4 (Australian cover)

Digital releases[[edit]]

  • On Friday, October 11, 2013, following a press announcement the day before, the previously existing episode three and all the remaining episodes that had been discovered in Nigeria were released in iTunes stores (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK and US) as Doctor Who: The Classic Series collection Lost Episodes: Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World. Apart from the six episodes, the collection includes a free 2-minute trailer compiled out of original footage with modern intertitles.
  • It has also been added to Amazon Video (UK) as Season 40 of Doctor Who (Classic) series.
  • This story is available for streaming through BritBox (US) as part of Season 5 of Classic Doctor Who.
  • This story is available for streaming through Tubi (US) for free as part of Season 5 of Classic Doctor Who in November 2023 for the 60th anniversary.
  • Lost Episodes: The Enemy of the World original iTunes cover

    Lost Episodes: The Enemy of the World original iTunes cover

  • Lost Episodes: The Enemy of the World second iTunes cover

    Lost Episodes: The Enemy of the World second iTunes cover

VHS and audio releases[[edit]]

  • The Troughton Years VHS UK

    The Troughton Years VHS UK

  • CD Release

    CD Release

Commentary[[edit]]

External links[[edit]]

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