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Doctor Who The Invisible Enemy TV Story

The Invisible Enemy Synopsis

When The Doctor answers a distress call from a shuttle crew who have been infected with an intelligent virus, he too becomes contaminated. The only solution is to create clones of The Doctor and his companion Leela (Louise Jameson) to enter his body and fight the virus.

Story Order

  • Story 93 from Doctor Who
  • Story 2 of 6 from Season 15

Episodes

Saturday
1st October 1977
6:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy - Part One

Deep space, 5000 AD. An Earth supply shuttle is infected by a strange sentient space-born virus.

Saturday
8th October 1977
6:05PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy - Part Two

Leela and Lowe take the Doctor to the Bi-Al Foundation for help.

Saturday
15th October 1977
6:10PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy - Part Three

Miniaturized clones of the Doctor and Leela are injected into his brain.

Saturday
22nd October 1977
6:10PM
BBC 1 (21 mins)

Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy - Part Four

The Nucleus, now grown to human size, is determined to spawn and take over the Galaxy.

Credits

The Invisible Enemy

Credits
  • Writer Bob Baker
  • Writer Dave Martin
  • Director Derrick Goodwin
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Robert Holmes
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Leela Louise Jameson
  • Lowe Michael Sheard
  • Safran Brian Grellis
  • Meeker Edmund Pegge
  • Silvey Jay Neill
  • Crewman Anthony Rowlands
  • Nucleus Voice John Leeson
  • Professor Marius Frederick Jaeger
  • Parsons Roy Herrick
  • Marius' Nurse Elizabeth Norman
  • Reception Nurse Nell Curran
  • Voice of K-9 John Leeson
  • Opthalmologist Jim McManus
  • Cruikshank Roderick Smith
  • Hedges Kenneth Waller
  • Medic Pat Gorman
  • Nucleus John Scott Martin