Doctor Who Guide: The Invasion

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Eight

Series Episode Number: 227

World Premiere: Sat 21 Dec 1968 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes 3 seconds

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 80 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 08 Nov 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Cybermen have launched their deadly megatron bomb which will destroy all life on Earth unless the Doctor can deactivate the homing signal.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Tobias Vaughn		Kevin Stoney
Isobel		Sally Faulkner
Benton		John Levene
Major Branwell		Clifford Earl
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Packer		Peter Halliday
Captain Turner		Robert Sidaway
Sergeant Peters		Norman Hartley
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Cyberman		Ralph Carrigan
Cyberman		Charles Finch
Cyberman		Pat Gorman
Cyberman		Richard King
Cyberman		John Spadbury
Cyberman		Peter Thornton
Stunts		Terry Walsh (uncredited)
Stunts		Maurice Brooks (uncredited)
Stunts		Alan Chuntz (uncredited)
Stunts		Billy Horrigan (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Bobby Beaumont (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Reg Cranfield (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Robert Pearce (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Derrick Sherwin
From a story by		Kit Pedler
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Peter Bryant
With thanks to		Ministry of Defense
Designer		Richard Hunt
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas
Film Sound Recordist		Bill Chesneau
Film Editor		Martyn Day
Lighting		Robbie Robinson
Sound		Alan Edmonds
Costumes		Bobi Bartlett
Make-up		Sylvia James
Visual Effects		Bill King
Visual Effects		Trading Post
Incidental Music		Don Harper
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop