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Doctor Who The Invasion TV Story

The Invasion Synopsis

The Doctor and his team go to International Electromatics in search of a missing scientist. The Brigadier’s UNIT force aids the Doctor in discovering what lies under the surface of International Electromatics and what exactly it’s nefarious leader, Tobias Vaughn, is up to.

Story Order

  • Story 46 from Doctor Who
  • Story 3 of 7 from Season 6

Episodes

Saturday
2nd November 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode One

The TARDIS lands in London where the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe agree to help find Isobel Watkins' missing uncle.

Saturday
9th November 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Two

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart confirms that there is something suspicious occurring at International Electromatics.

Saturday
16th November 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Three

The Doctor and Jamie are taken prisoner by Tobias Vaughn who denies abducting Zoe and Isobel.

Saturday
23rd November 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Four

Trapped by Vaughn's men at International Electromatics, the Doctor requests help from the Brigadier and UNIT.

Saturday
30th November 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Five

The Doctor discovers that the Cybermen are planning to immobilise Earth's population.

Saturday
7th December 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Six

Zoe, Jamie and Isobel confront Cybermen in the sewers beneath London.

Saturday
14th December 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Seven

The world's population is unconscious and the Cybermen invade in force.

Saturday
21st December 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invasion - Episode Eight

The Cybermen have launched their deadly megatron bomb which will destroy all life on Earth.

Credits

The Invasion

Credits
  • Writer Derrick Sherwin (From a story by Kit Pedler)
  • Director Douglas Camfield
  • Producer Peter Bryant
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Dr. Who Patrick Troughton
  • Jamie Frazer Hines
  • Zoe Wendy Padbury
  • Isobel Sally Faulkner
  • Tobias Vaughn Kevin Stoney
  • Packer Peter Halliday
  • Lorry Driver Murray Evans
  • Benton John Levene
  • Tracy Geoffrey Cheshire
  • Patrolman Walter Randall
  • Phone Operator Sheila Dunn
  • Gregory Ian Fairbairn
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Sergeant Walters James Thornhill
  • Captain Turner Robert Sidaway
  • Professor Watkins Edward Burnham
  • Major General Rutlidge Edward Dentith
  • Workman Peter Thompson
  • Policeman Dominic Allan
  • Private Perkins Stacy Davies
  • Cyberman Pat Gorman
  • Cyberman Charles Finch
  • Cyberman Derek Chafer
  • Cyberman John Spadbury
  • Cyberman Terence Denville
  • Cyberman Ralph Carrigan
  • Sergeant Peters Norman Hartley
  • Cyberman Richard King
  • Cyberman Peter Thornton
  • Major Branwell Clifford Earl