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doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]] |
doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Leela]] (departure) <br/> [[K-9 Mark I]] (departure)<br>[[K-9 Mark II]] (introduction)|
companions= [[Leela]] (departure) <br/> [[K-9 Mark I]] (departure)<br>[[K-9 Mark II]] (introduction)|
enemy= [[Vardan|The Vardans]]<br>[[Sontaran|The Sontarans]] |
enemy= [[Vardan]]s<br>[[Sontaran]]s |
year= [[Gallifrey]] |
year= [[Gallifrey]] |
writer= [[David Agnew]] (pseudonym for [[Anthony Read]] and [[Graham Williams]]) |
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==References==
==References==
*While in [[the Matrix]] the Doctor learns of the [[Timewyrm]] but erases his memory to protect himself from it and leaves a message for his future self. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
 
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan artefacts|Gallifreyan artefacts]]===
*The [[Sash of Rassilon]], The [[Rod of Rassilon]], [[The Great Key]] and The [[Coronet of Rassilon]] are all [[Artefacts of Rassilon]] given to a Gallifreyan President when they're elected.
*The [[Sash of Rassilon]], The [[Rod of Rassilon]], [[The Great Key]] and The [[Coronet of Rassilon]] are all [[Artefacts of Rassilon]] given to a Gallifreyan President when they're elected.
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan culture|Gallifreyan culture]]===
*Those who live outside the Citadel are the [[Outsider]]s.
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan locations|Gallifreyan locations]]===
*The [[Capitol]] is a part of the [[Citadel]].
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan weapons|Gallifreyan weapons]]===
*The Doctor has [[Rodan]] and K9 build the [[De-mat Gun]], powered by [[The Great Key]], [[Iridium alloy]] is used in the construction of the de-mat gun..
*The Doctor has [[Rodan]] and K9 build the [[De-mat Gun]], powered by [[The Great Key]], [[Iridium alloy]] is used in the construction of the de-mat gun..
*The [[Capitol]] is a part of the [[Citadel]].
 
*Those who live outside the Citadel are the [[Outsider]]s.
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]] and [[:Category:Timeline|Timeline]]===
*The Doctor discusses [[Quasar Five]], [[Riga]], [[Sinian Empire]] second dynasty and [[Earth]] 073 period architecture with Kelner.
 
===[[:Category:Psychic powers|Psychic powers]]===
*Borusa taught the Doctor [[telepathy]].
*Borusa taught the Doctor [[telepathy]].
===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
*The Vardans can travel along any broadcast wavelength and are [[telepathic]]. Their planet has the co-ordinates 3052 alpha 7, 14th span.
===[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]===
*When a [[Time Lord]] becomes [[Lord President]] they gain access to [[the Matrix]].
*When a [[Time Lord]] becomes [[Lord President]] they gain access to [[the Matrix]].
*The Vardans can travel along any broadcast wavelength and are [[telepathic]]. Their planet has the co-ordinates 3052 alpha 7, 14th span.
*The Doctor discusses [[Quasar Five]], [[Riga]], [[Sinian Empire]] second dynasty and [[Earth]] 073 period architecture with Kelner.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC8), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (TC8), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Production errors===
*There are gaps around the collar of [[Stor]]'s armour.
*There are gaps around the collar of [[Stor]]'s armour.
*Stor also has a cockney accent. ''If, as the Ninth Doctor says, "lots of planets have a north" then it's quite conceivable that many planets, including the home of the Sontarans, can have different accents.''
*The Doctor forgets his induction, though in later [[Gallifrey]] stories such as ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', he seems to remember the events very well. ''He was faking forgetfullness to get out of it. Alternatively, Leela, Andred, or K-9 could have explained what happened between the scene in which the Doctor returns to the warehouse after having stopped Stor and the scene in which the Doctor prepares to leave.''
*What happens to the Sontarans waiting to invade Gallifrey? ''They are trapped outside Gallifrey when the transduction barrier goes back up.''
*Why don't the Sontaran ships just come in one at a time? The first one got through alright. ''The Transduction Barrier went back up.''
*After taking ages wandering round the TARDIS, they find their way out rather quickly. ''It's often easier to retrace your steps when returning along a path.''
*Just after the Doctor takes something similar to fit when the [[Crown of Rassilon]] is placed on his head [[Borusa]] said "This is unearthly" Even though they are [[Gallifreyan]] ''Unearthly is just an expression, meaning something like "unnatural". It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the planet Earth.''
*If the Doctor has lost all memory of becoming President after he uses the disintegrator, why does he return to Leela and the others who are waiting for him in the TARDIS workshop?
*Why did the Doctor contact the Vardans in the first place? If the Transduction Barrier prevented their invading, why take it down? Even as a ruse to trap them, it makes no sense, for Gallifrey was impenetrable. ''He felt they were so dangerous that they needed to be preemptively stop.''
*Why would aliens as powerful as the Vardans require to ally themselves to the Sontarans?
*The Doctor tells Borusa that the Vardans have 'more power than you could possibly imagine'. If so, why do they want the Great Key? ''Again, the Doctor may just be using the Vardans' inflated egos to manipulate them, and for it to work, he may need the others to believe the Vardans are as powerful as they themselves believe. ''
*It is not explained why the Matrix attacked the Doctor. ''(He was involved in an attempt to invade Gallifrey, albeit somewhat unwillingly.)''
*When the Doctor is on the spaceship at the beginning of the story, he has his hat and scarf with him but when he enters the TARDIS, they are on the his hat stand, and not with the Doctor.
*When the Doctor is on the spaceship at the beginning of the story, he has his hat and scarf with him but when he enters the TARDIS, they are on the his hat stand, and not with the Doctor.


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*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils]]''
*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[The Snow Devils]]''


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
==DVD and Video Releases==
'''DVD releases'''
===DVD releases===
* Region 2 [[5th May]] [[2008]]
* Region 2 (PAL) [[5th May]] [[2008]]
::PAL -


* Region 4 [[3rd July]] [[2008]]
* Region 4 (PAL) [[3rd July]] [[2008]]
::PAL -


* Region 1 [[2nd September]] [[2008]]
* Region 1 (NTSC) [[2nd September]] [[2008]]
::NTSC -


Bonus features:
Bonus features:
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* Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].
* Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].


'''Boxset release'''
<gallery>
File:The Invasion of Time DVD UK cover.jpg|DVD Region 2 UK cover
File:The Invasion of Time DVD Australian cover.jpg|DVD Region 4 Australian cover
File:The Invasion of Time DVD US cover.jpg|DVD Region 1 US cover
</gallery>
 
====Boxed set release====
This story was released in the [[Bred for War]] DVD boxset on the [[5th May]] alongside all the classic series Sontaran stories. The DVD is the same as the one sold seperately. Released [[8th July]] in [[Australia]].
This story was released in the [[Bred for War]] DVD boxset on the [[5th May]] alongside all the classic series Sontaran stories. The DVD is the same as the one sold seperately. Released [[8th July]] in [[Australia]].


'''Video Releases'''
<gallery>
File:Bred for War.jpg|DVD Region 2 UK cover
</gallery>
 
===Video Releases===


Released as ''Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time''
Released as ''Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time''
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*[[Australia]] [[August]] [[2000]] (Single tape set)
*[[Australia]] [[August]] [[2000]] (Single tape set)
*[[US]] [[August]] [[2000]] (Same as UK edition)
*[[US]] [[August]] [[2000]] (Same as UK edition)
<gallery>
File:The Invasion of Time VHS UK cover.jpg|VHS UK cover
File:The Invasion of Time VHS Australian cover.jpg|VHS Australian cover
File:The Invasion of Time VHS US cover.jpg|VHS US cover
</gallery>


==Novelisation==
==Novelisation==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/invasiontime/ BBC Episode Guide for '''The Invasion of Time''', with video clips]
*{{bbcepguideclassic|invasiontime/|The Invasion of Time}} (with video clips)
* {{dwrefguide|who_4z.htm|The Invasion of Time}}
*{{dwrefguide|who_4z.htm|The Invasion of Time}}
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4z.html A Brief History of Time (Travel): '''The Invasion of Time''']
*{{briefhistory|serials/4z.html|The Invasion of Time}}
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/invasionoftime The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Invasion of Time''']
*{{locguide|invasionoftime|The Invasion of Time}}
* [http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?871 The Tardis Library: Video release information for '''The Invasion of Time''']
*{{library|display.asp?871|Video|The Invasion of Time}}
* [http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?485 The Tardis Library: Target book release information for '''The Invasion of Time''']
*{{library|display.asp?485|Novelisation|The Invasion of Time}}
*{{library|display.asp?1731|DVD|The Invasion of Time}}


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The Invasion of Time was the sixth and final story of Season 15. It marked the final appearances of Leela and K-9 Mark I.

Synopsis

The Doctor returns to Gallifrey but is arrested after bringing the Vardans to the planet, this breaks out into a bit of a battle until the Sontaran invasion force arrives and attempts to take over Gallifrey.

Plot

After a meeting in space with a group of unseen aliens the Doctor returns to Gallifrey and claims the presidency of the Time Lords. Leela meanwhile tries to work out why he is behaving out of character. At his induction, the Doctor is 'crowned' with a device giving him access to the Matrix. He then arranges for the transduction barriers around Gallifrey to be put out of action by K9. When this is done, his alien 'friends' materialise. They are telepathic invaders called Vardans.

The Doctor links K9 to the Matrix in order to determine their point of origin. His plan is to place a time loop around their home planet, but he must avoid arousing their suspicions - hence his erratic behaviour. He banishes Leela to the wastelands of outer Gallifrey for fear that she might unintentionally jeopardise his plans. There she meets a group of Gallifreyan outsiders, and together they organise an attack on the Capitol to fight off the invaders.

The Doctor finally springs his trap and the Vardans are banished. Then, however, Gallifrey is invaded by Sontarans who, unknown to the Doctor, were using the Vardans to enable them to conquer the Time Lords. The Doctor uses knowledge extracted from the Matrix by K9 to construct a forbidden de-mat gun, activated by the Great Key of Rassilon. He then uses this to kill the Sontarans, although his memory of recent events is wiped in the process.

Leela announces that she wishes to stay behind with Andred, one of the Chancellery guards, with whom she has fallen in love. K9 elects to remain with her. Inside the TARDIS, The Doctor constructs another robot dog-K9 II/ The Doctor smiles as the adventure ends.

Cast

Crew

References

Gallifreyan artefacts

Gallifreyan culture

  • Those who live outside the Citadel are the Outsiders.

Gallifreyan locations

Gallifreyan weapons

Planets and Timeline

Psychic powers

Races and species

  • The Vardans can travel along any broadcast wavelength and are telepathic. Their planet has the co-ordinates 3052 alpha 7, 14th span.

Time Lords

Story Notes

  • Leela remains on Gallifrey in the conclusion of this story. This was Louise Jameson's final ongoing onscreen appearance; she reprised the role in Dimensions in Time and later in the Big Finish Productions Gallifrey series of audio dramas.
  • Leela's romance with Andred is undeveloped in the story. Jameson was invited to continue her role. She was unsure whether she would stay until the end of recording, so a plot device had to be ready to allow her to stay on Gallifrey.
  • The Sontarans return in this story making it their third appearance on TV.
  • This story had a working title of The Invaders of Time.
  • Rodan is the first female Gallifreyan to appear on screen since Susan Foreman more than a decade earlier.
  • The Doctor breaks the fourth wall at the end of Part 6, by looking directly at the camera and smiling to the audience. He also breaks it earlier in the story, when trying to open the secret door in Borusa's office, saying "Even the sonic screwdriver won't help me here!" to the audience.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 11.2 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 11.4 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 9.5 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 10.9 million viewers
  • Part 5 - 10.3 million viewers
  • Part 6 - 9.8 million viewers

Myths and rumours

  • Rodan was the prototype for Romana. Related rumours include actress Hilary Ryan being unavailable for the following season, which resulted in Romana being created as a replacement for Rodan.

Filming Locations

  • Beachfields Quarry, Cormongers Lane, Redhill, Surrey
  • St Anne's Hospital, Redstone Hill, Redhill, Surrey
  • British Oxygen, Blacks Road, Hammersmith
  • Bray Studios, Slough
  • BBC Television Centre (TC8), Shepherd's Bush, London

Production errors

  • There are gaps around the collar of Stor's armour.
  • When the Doctor is on the spaceship at the beginning of the story, he has his hat and scarf with him but when he enters the TARDIS, they are on the his hat stand, and not with the Doctor.

Continuity

Timeline

DVD and Video Releases

DVD releases

Bonus features:

    • Commentary:Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Anthony Read and Mat Irvine
    • Out of Time: the making of this story.
    • CGI effects: new CGI effects to accompany this story.
    • The elusive David Agnew: a feature on the writer (who is, in fact, a house pseudonym used by several Doctor Who writers)
    • The Rise and fall of Gallifrey: a feature on the planet of the Time Lords.
    • Deleted Scenes: scenes removed from this story.
    • Continuity Compilation: continuity announcements from the BBC.
    • Radio Times billings: artwork and articles for this story from the Radio Times.
    • Photo Gallery: a selection of rare production photos from this story.
    • Coming Soon: a preview of the K-9 Tales Box set.

Notes:

  • DVD Region 2 UK cover

    DVD Region 2 UK cover

  • DVD Region 4 Australian cover

    DVD Region 4 Australian cover

  • DVD Region 1 US cover

    DVD Region 1 US cover

Boxed set release

This story was released in the Bred for War DVD boxset on the 5th May alongside all the classic series Sontaran stories. The DVD is the same as the one sold seperately. Released 8th July in Australia.

  • DVD Region 2 UK cover

    DVD Region 2 UK cover

Video Releases

Released as Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time

Released:


  • VHS UK cover

    VHS UK cover

  • VHS Australian cover

    VHS Australian cover

  • VHS US cover

    VHS US cover

Novelisation

Invasion of Time novel.jpg
Main article: Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time

Novelised as Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time by Terrance Dicks in 1980.

See also

Concerning Gallifrey being invaded or destroyed

External Links

Template:Season 15 Template:Time Lord stories

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