Earthshock (TV story)

Earthshock
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Adric, Tegan, Nyssa
Main enemy:	(none, not in the conventional sense)
Main setting:	?
Key crew
Writer:	Eric Saward
Director:	Peter Grimwade
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner
Release details
Release number:	??
Premiere broadcast:	6th March - 17th March 1982
Format:	4 25-minute episodes
Production code:	6B

Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Peter Davison

Adric - Matthew Waterhouse

Tegan - Janet Fielding

Nyssa - Sarah Sutton

Crew

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References

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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

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Myths

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Location Filming

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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.

• 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

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Target Novelisations

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External Links

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Television

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