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broadcast date= [[23rd December]] [[1967]] - [[27th January]] [[1968]]|
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*[[Alexander Denes|Denes]] - [[George Pravda]]
*[[Alexander Denes|Denes]] - [[George Pravda]]
*[[Donald Bruce]] - [[Colin Douglas]]
*[[Donald Bruce]] - [[Colin Douglas]]
*[[Theodore Fedorin|Fedorin]] - [[David Nettheim]]
*[[Fedorin]] - [[David Nettheim]]
*[[Theedore Benik|Benik]] - [[Milton Johns]]
*[[Theodore Benik|Benik]] - [[Milton Johns]]
*[[Anton]] - [[Henry Stamper]]
*[[Anton]] - [[Henry Stamper]]
*[[Curly]] - [[Simon Cain]]
*[[Curly]] - [[Simon Cain]]
*[[Rod]] - [[Rhys McConnochie]]
*[[Rod]] - [[Rhys McConnochie]]
*[[Fariah Neguid|Fariah]] - [[Carmen Munroe]]
*[[Fariah Neguib|Fariah]] - [[Carmen Munroe]]
*[[Griffin|Griffin, the Chef]] - [[Reg Lye]]
*[[Griffin|Griffin, the Chef]] - [[Reg Lye]]
*[[Swann]] - [[Christopher Burgess]]
*[[Swann]] - [[Christopher Burgess]]
*[[Colin]] - [[Adam Verney]]
*[[Colin Redmayne|Colin]] - [[Adam Verney]]
*[[Mary (Enemy of the World)|Mary]] - [[Margaret Hickey]]
*[[Mary Smith|Mary]] - [[Margaret Hickey]]
*Sergeant to Benik - [[Andrew Staines]]
*Sergeant to Benik - [[Andrew Staines]]
*Fighting Guard - [[Bob Anderson]]
*Fighting Guard - [[Bob Anderson]]

Revision as of 16:47, 29 April 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

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

Target Novelisations

See also

External links

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