The Enemy of the World
Joe Siegler
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The Enemy of the World
This Story: Season 5, Story 4. Production Code PP
Overall: Story 40, Episodes 186-191
Airdates: 23 Dec 1967 to 27 Jan 1968
Written by David Whittaker. Directed by Barry Letts.
Notes
- All six episodes exist, but that wasn’t always the case. For the longest time we had just Episode 3, but then all six episodes were recovered and released in October 2013.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon UK SE DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 186 - Enemy of the World 1/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 23 Dec 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 19, 2022
In 2013, this story was fully recovered. It shows how much nuance can be missed by recons, especially the bit with Troughton running on the beach in Ep1. This is the story when pic.twitter.com/h3QdHlshKV
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 186 - Enemy of the World 1/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 23 Dec 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 19, 2022
Troughton played both the Doctor & Salamander, the villain. This episode is mostly setup for the overall story, with two sides battling over killing/saving Salamander. pic.twitter.com/QK63YjdJX5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 187 - Enemy of the World 2/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 30 Dec 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 21, 2022
The Doctor agrees to help Kent and impersonate Salamander to infiltrate his camp to find some proof he's evil. Salamander is believed to be a beneficial person who is "saving pic.twitter.com/kw2qYRW3Ie
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 187 - Enemy of the World 2/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 30 Dec 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 21, 2022
the world", but the people the Doctor runs into are rebels of a sort. Jamie pretends to save Salamander to get inside his organization. This episode still feels like setup. pic.twitter.com/vPQxH4iK9g
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 188 - Enemy of the World 3/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 6 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 22, 2022
For decades, this was the only ep available, and on its own out of context, it's not a great ep. But it's a good story/character development ep - the kind that would get cut now. pic.twitter.com/Vqe2HfQU3A
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 189 - Enemy of the World 4/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 13 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 23, 2022
Things get interesting with Salamander's food taster turning against him. Various people are all plotting against each other. There's a lot of action, too. Enjoyable episode. pic.twitter.com/FguMiNpA7x
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 190 - Enemy of the World 5/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 20 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 23, 2022
Have to say I really had to stop myself from rolling into ep5 when I was done with 4 last night - I really enjoyed that one. Troughton's performance is great - forming a big pic.twitter.com/m5X0BS5ThI
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 190 - Enemy of the World 5/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 20 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 23, 2022
difference between the Doctor & Salamander, and not just in accents, but in body language too. The scales of threat and betrayal are all amped up here in this penultimate ep. pic.twitter.com/My6a597xkc
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 191 - Enemy of the World 6/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 27 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 24, 2022
Salamander's hold on his staff wanes, and he is overthrown partially by the Doctor impersonating him. Salamander's hidden people are freed by Astrid. Salamander follows pic.twitter.com/BzBKSXgrzr
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 191 - Enemy of the World 6/6 (Serial PP, Story 40) - 27 Jan 1968. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 24, 2022
our crew to the Tardis, and he's killed when he tries to start the Tardis w/the doors open. I have to say I enjoyed this story. Far more than any other time I saw it in past. pic.twitter.com/bpKWgVc9zb
