Doctor Who Guide: The Invasion

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Episode Five

Series Episode Number: 224

World Premiere: Sat 30 Nov 1968 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 23 minutes 25 seconds

6.70 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 52 (UK)

Chart Position: 67 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 18 Oct 1968 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor discovers that the Cybermen are planning to immobilise Earth's population by transmitting a hypnotic signal broadcast through International Electromatics products.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Isobel		Sally Faulkner
Captain Turner		Robert Sidaway
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart		Nicholas Courtney
Major General Rutlidge		Edward Dentith
Phone Operator		Sheila Dunn
Tobias Vaughn		Kevin Stoney
Packer		Peter Halliday
Workman		Peter Thompson
Gregory		Ian Fairbairn
Sergeant Walters		James Thornhill
Policeman		Dominic Allan
Benton		John Levene (uncredited)
Warehouseman		Miles Northover (uncredited)
Cyberman		Derek Chafer (uncredited)
Cyberman		Pat Gorman (uncredited)
Cyberman		Ralph Carrigan (uncredited)
Cyberman		Charles Finch (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Ron Conrad (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Richard Kitteridge (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Steve Kelly (uncredited)
UNIT Soldier		Roy Pearce (uncredited)

Production Team include 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

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