The TARDIS has brought the Doctor Tegan and Turlough to the English country village of Little Hodcombe in 1984 where an alien war machine, the Malus, is affecting its inhabitants. A re-enactment of a civil war battle becomes dangerously real as the Malus gather sufficient psychic energy to re-awake.
Story Order
- Story 131 from Doctor Who
- Story 2 of 7 from Season 21
Episodes
Thursday
19th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)
Teacher Jane Hampden is increasingly frustrated by the war games being played around the village.
Friday
20th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)
The Malus's influence is asserting itself all over Little Hodcombe, and the war games take an unpleasant turn.
Credits
- The DoctorPeter Davison
- TeganJanet Fielding
- TurloughMark Strickson
- Jane HampdenPolly James
- Sir GeorgeDenis Lill
- Colonel WolseyGlyn Houston
- Joseph WillowJack Galloway
- Will ChandlerKeith Jayne
- TrooperChristopher Saul
- Andrew VerneyFrederick Hall