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|+ '''Earthshock'''
| '''Season:''' || [[Season 19|19]]
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| '''Doctor:''' || [[Fifth Doctor]]
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| '''Companion''' || [[Adric]]
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| || [[Nyssa]]
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| || [[Tegan]]
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| '''Original Airdate:''' || [[9th March]] - [[17th March]] [[1982]]
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| '''Format:''' || 4 25-minute episodes
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| '''Production Code:''' || 6B
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| '''Writer:''' || [[Eric Saward]]
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| '''Director:''' || [[Peter Grimwade]]
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| '''Producer:''' || [[ John Nathan-Turner]]
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|}
 
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)
 
 
== Crew ==
 
 
 


== Bad Guys ==
{{Infobox TV|
story name= Earthshock |
image= |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] <br> [[Season 19]]|
number= ?? |
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Adric]], [[Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] |
enemy= (none, not in the conventional sense) |
year= ? |
writer= [[Eric Saward]]|
director=  [[Peter Grimwade]]|
producer= [[John Nathan-Turner]]|
broadcast date= 6th March - 17th March [[1982]]|
format= 4 25-minute episodes|
production code= 6B |
previous story= [[Black Orchid (TV story) | Black Orchid]] |
next story= [[Time-Flight]] }}


[[Cybermen]].
==Synopsis==
''to be added''


==Plot==
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== Story Notes ==
==Cast==
[[Fifth Doctor | The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]


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.
[[Adric]] - [[Matthew Waterhouse]]


=== Myths ===
[[Tegan]] - [[Janet Fielding]]


== Statistics ==
[[Nyssa]] - [[Sarah Sutton]]




==Crew==
''to be added''


=== Broadcast Dates ===
==References==
''to be added''


Episode 1 - 8th March 1982 6:55pm
==Story Notes==
* This is one of the few serials in which the ending credits have been changed from the regular credits. Adric's gold star is shown broken in pieces while the credits roll in silence.


Episode 2 - 9th March 1982 7:05pm
===Ratings===
''to be added''


Episode 3 - 15th March 1982 6:55pm
===Myths===
''to be added''


Episode 4 - 16th March 1982 7:05pm
===Location Filming===
''to be added''


=== Duration ===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
* The Cybermen use emotional words like "Excellent". Positive emotion is supposedly absent in Cybermen.


* The Cyberleader says "I know that object" speaking about the TARDIS, which  infers that the Cyberleader has encountered the Doctor and the TARDIS previously. Which ''could'' have happened off screen as the previous story in which the Cybermen appeared supposedly happened in their future and in the story previous to that there was no Cyberleader.


==Continuity==
* The Doctor uses [[Adric]]'s gold star to asphyxiate the [[Cyberleader this was first demonstrated as a weakness in [[Revenge of the Cybermen]].


=== [[Ratings]] ===
* The Cybermen 'watch' several scenes from previous Cybermen stories including: [[The Tenth Planet]], [[The Wheel in Space]] and [[Revenge of the Cybermen]] (which supposedly occurs in the Cybermen's future).


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
''to be added''


==Target Novelisations==
''to be added''


 
==External Links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
 
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.
 
 
=== Influences ===
 
 
 
 
== Location Filming ==
 
 
 
== Quotes ==
 
 
 
== Story Arcs ==
 
 
 
 
== Errors and Plot Holes ==
 
 
 
 
== More Info ==
 
 
* [[Earthshock Synopsis | Story Synopsis]]
 
* [[Earthshock Transcript | Story Transcript]]
 
* [[Earthshock Novelization | Story Novelization]]
 
* [[Earthshock DVD | DVD Release]]
 
* [[Earthshock Video | Video Release]]
 
 
== External Links ==
 




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[[Category:Cybermen episodes|Earthshock]]
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Revision as of 14:37, 4 February 2007

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Synopsis

to be added

Plot

to be added

Cast

The Doctor - Peter Davison

Adric - Matthew Waterhouse

Tegan - Janet Fielding

Nyssa - Sarah Sutton


Crew

to be added

References

to be added

Story Notes

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

Ratings

to be added

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • The Cybermen use emotional words like "Excellent". Positive emotion is supposedly absent in Cybermen.
  • The Cyberleader says "I know that object" speaking about the TARDIS, which infers that the Cyberleader has encountered the Doctor and the TARDIS previously. Which could have happened off screen as the previous story in which the Cybermen appeared supposedly happened in their future and in the story previous to that there was no Cyberleader.

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

to be added

External Links

to be added


Television

Previous story:
Black Orchid 		Next story:
Time-Flight
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