Doctor Who Guide: The Invasion

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Six

Series Episode Number: 225

World Premiere: Sat 7 Dec 1968 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 20 seconds

Appreciation Index: 56 (UK)

Chart Position: 72 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 25 Oct 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Zoe, Jamie and Isobel confront the Cybermen advancing on them from all sides in the sewers beneath London.

The Doctor hurries to devise a protection from the Cybermen's hypnotic signal, as they set their sights on a paralysed London.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Isobel		Sally Faulkner
Captain Turner		Robert Sidaway
Private Perkins		Stacy Davies
Sergeant Walters		James Thornhill
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Tobias Vaughn		Kevin Stoney
Packer		Peter Halliday
Gregory		Ian Fairbairn
Professor Watkins		Edward Burnham
Benton		John Levene
Cyberman		Pat Gorman
Cyberman		Charles Finch
Cyberman		Derek Chafer
Cyberman		John Spadbury
Cyberman		Terence Denville
Cyberman		Ralph Carrigan

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Derrick Sherwin
From a story by		Kit Pedler
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Peter Bryant
Designer		Richard Hunt
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Incidental Music		Don Harper
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas (uncredited)
Film Sound Recordist		Bill Chesneau (uncredited)
Film Editor		Martyn Day (uncredited)
Costumes		Bobi Bartlett (uncredited)
Make-up		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Lighting		Robbie Robinson (uncredited)
Sound		Bryan Forgham (uncredited)
Visual Effects		Bill King (uncredited)
Visual Effects		Trading Post (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Chris D'Oyly-John (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Ron Arnett (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Don Babbage (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Sue Sly (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Sue Willis (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Michael Ward (uncredited)
Film Operations Manager		Hugh Wilson (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)