Earthshock (TV story)

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Earthshock

Season:	19
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion	Adric
	Nyssa
	Tegan
Original Airdate:	9th March - 17th March 1982
Format:	4 25-minute episodes
Production Code:	6B
Writer:	Eric Saward
Director:	Peter Grimwade
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner

The Doctor and his companions Adric, Nyssa and Tegan materialize on a freight ship en route to Earth.

Cast

Peter Davison (The Doctor) Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) (Tegan Jovanka) (Cyberleader)

Bad Guys

Cybermen.

Story Notes

This is one of the few serials in which the ending credits have been changed from the regular credits. Adric's gold math medal is shown broken in pieces while the credits roll in silence.

Statistics

Broadcast Dates

Episode 1 - 8th March 1982 6:55pm

Episode 2 - 9th March 1982 7:05pm

Episode 3 - 15th March 1982 6:55pm

Episode 4 - 16th March 1982 7:05pm

Continuity

A major plot element involves the use of Adric's gold math medal (the gold star worn on his tunic to asphixiate a Cyberman. This was seen before in Revenge of the Cybermen.

The Cybermen use emotional words like "Excellent". Positive emotion is supposedly absent in Cybermen.

Cultural References

A major plot element is the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

More Info

• Story Synopsis

• Story Transcript

• Story Novelization

• DVD Release

• Video Release

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Television

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