Downtime (home video)
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Synopsis
The Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith investigate New World University, a sinister school run by none other than Victoria Waterfield and a gateway to Earth by the Great Intelligence which has taken over her.
Plot
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Cast
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling
- Professor Travers - Jack Watling
- Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Beverley Cressman
- Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - Alexander Landen
- Daniel Hinton - Mark Trotman
- Harrods - Geoffrey Beevers
- Christopher Rice - Peter Silverleaf
- Anthony - John Leeson
- Captain Cavendish - Miles Richardson
- The Lama - James Bree
- Receptionist - Kathy Coulter
- Chilly 1 - Jonathon Clarkson
- Chilly 2 - Miles Cherry
- Lead Yeti - Richard Landen
- Yeti - David Howe, Tony Clark, Conrad Turner
- UNIT Soldiers - Stephen Bradshaw, Keith Brooks, Mark Moore, Gabriel Mykaj, John Reddington
Production crew
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References
- Kate Lethbridge Stewart is from Alistair Lethbridge Stewart's first marriage to Fiona.
Story notes
- Several actors (other than the lead cast) previously played roles in Doctor Who; John Leeson (voiced K-9, Geoffrey Beevers (played several roles including the Master in DW: The Keeper of Traken).
- Additionally Miles Richardson went on to voice the character Irving Braxiatel in Big Finish's range of audio dramas.
Myths
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Filming Locations
- University of East Anglia, Norwich
Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
- The year this story is set is 1995, however the events of The Web of Fear are said to have taken place 25 years ago, making the date 1970.
Continuity
- Sarah is still driving her MG last seen in DW: Robot.
- Sarah retuned to Earth in DW: The Hand of Fear.
- The Brigadier last appeared chronologically in DW: Mawdryn Undead, he will go on (within his own chronology) to meet the Doctor in DW: Battlefield.
- Victoria Waterfield stopped travelling with the Doctor in DW: Fury from the Deep.
DVD and Video releases
- This story was released on video in 2nd September 1995.