Doctor Who Guide: The Invasion

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Episode Seven

Series Episode Number: 226

World Premiere: Sat 14 Dec 1968 - 5:14pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 46 seconds

7.20 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 51 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 01 Nov 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Cybermen have immobilised the Earth's population with a hypnotic signal. Their fleet arrives and they invade in force. The Doctor desperately attempts to persuade Vaughn to help him resist the invaders.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Isobel		Sally Faulkner
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Captain Turner		Robert Sidaway
Sergeant Walters		James Thornhill
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Tobias Vaughn		Kevin Stoney
Packer		Peter Halliday
Professor Watkins		Edward Burnham
Major Branwell		Clifford Earl
Sergeant Peters		Norman Hartley
Cyberman		Ralph Carrigan
Cyberman		Charles Finch
Cyberman		Pat Gorman
Cyberman		Richard King
Cyberman		John Spadbury
Cyberman		Peter Thornton

Production Teamhide 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)
Makeup		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Lighting		Robbie Robinson (uncredited)
Sound		Bryan Forgham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Visual Effects		Bill King (uncredited)
Visual Effects		Trading Post (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Chris D'Oyly-John (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Dave Silk (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		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)

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