Introduction to the Night (TV story)

Introduction to the Night
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Main enemy:	Dalek, Krynoid
Main setting:	The Doctor's TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Mark Gatiss
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	13 November 1999
Premiere network:	BBC Two

Introduction to the Night was a multi-part story that sandwiched Doctor Who Night of 1999. It featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Him being the Doctor was hinted at via saying "When I was Paul McGann", recalling the Doctor's adventures and inhabiting his TARDIS but ultimately confirmed by Baker himself.

Synopsis

The Doctor introduces and evening of pure entertainment.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Crew

• Writer - Mark Gatiss
• Costume designer - June Hudson

References

• The Doctor has seven chairs in his TARDIS.
• The Doctor recalls the time he was Paul McGann.
• The Doctor mentions Cleopatra stating she was definitely a woman.
• A Dalek is seen moving down a corridor in the TARDIS where it is eaten by a Krynoid arm.
• The Doctor says he should get a watch.
• The Doctor has a hat stand and a very long corridor.
• The Doctor briefly talks about himself in the third person.

Story notes

• The story sandwiched Doctor Who Night (1999).
• The story features the reappearance of the enemies the Daleks (the first time on screen since TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and the Krynoid (the first time on screen since TV: The Seeds of Doom) and currently the last.