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story name= The Enemy of the World|
story name= The Enemy of the World|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
number= 40 |
number= [[Season 5]] |
story number= 40|
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companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br/>[[Victoria Waterfield]]|
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==References==
==References==
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*The [[World Zones Organisation]] runs the [[Earth|world]], divided as it is into large zones, including Central Asian, Arctic, European, and Central European.


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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*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 three marked the first use of 625-line videotape in ''Doctor Who'', as opposed to the old 405-line standard.


===Ratings===
===Ratings===
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===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
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*Climping Beach in Littlehampton, West Sussex
*Villiers House and Walpole Park, Ealing
*Ealing Film Studios
*Lime Grove Stuios (Studio D)


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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==Continuity==
==Continuity==
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*The end of this story leads into the beginning of ''[[The Web of Fear]]''


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
* [[The Enemy of the World Novelisation]]
*Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' by [[Ian Marter]] in [[1981]].


==See Also==
==See also==
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*[[List of Doppelgängers]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/enemyofworld/ Official BBC Episode Guide for '''The Enemy of the World''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=pp Outpost Gallifrey '''The Enemy of the World''' page]
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=pp Outpost Gallifrey '''The Enemy of the World''' page]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2p.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Enemy of the World''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_2p.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Enemy of the World''']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/enemyofworld/ BBC '''The Enemy of the World''' episode guide]
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/pp.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''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''']
 
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/enemyoftheworld The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Enemy of the World''']
 
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Revision as of 13:12, 18 March 2008


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.

Synopsis

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.

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.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

References

Story Notes

  • 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 three marked the first use of 625-line videotape in Doctor Who, as opposed to the old 405-line standard.

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

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Filming Locations

  • Climping Beach in Littlehampton, West Sussex
  • Villiers House and Walpole Park, Ealing
  • Ealing Film Studios
  • Lime Grove Stuios (Studio D)

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

Target Novelisations

See also

External links

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