The Invisible Enemy
Joe Siegler
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The Invisible Enemy
This Story: Season 15, Story 2. Production Code 4T
Overall: Story 93, Episodes 458-461
Airdates: 1 Oct 1977 – 22 Oct 1977
Written by Bob Baker & Dave Martin
Directed by Derrick Goodwin
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 458 - The Invisible Enemy 1/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 1 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2022
This is one I have STRONG memories of. Mostly because it was "Doctor Who does Fantastic Voyage". I loved the concept. Also, this is the first story with K9! Leela's back to her pic.twitter.com/VtLugGwic6
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 458 - The Invisible Enemy 1/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 1 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2022
regular outfit. For a 70's BBC budget, they don't do too bad here. We also abandon the wooden Tardis console room, back to regular white now which I prefer. #ContactHasBeenMade pic.twitter.com/kAiefZWp0Q
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 459 - The Invisible Enemy 2/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 8 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2022
The Doctor has been infected with the "Nucleus of the Swarm", and he's fighting for control of his mind. He finds an ally in Prof Marius, on a nearby space station. Marius has pic.twitter.com/4rSeXhN4Cx
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 459 - The Invisible Enemy 2/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 8 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2022
as his aide, K9, a robot dog. The Nucleus wants the Doctor protected to protect itself, but Marius figures out what's going on. The enjoyable Fantastic Voyage stuff starts here. pic.twitter.com/wlNxjP9mdx
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 460 - The Invisible Enemy 3/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 15 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 8, 2022
Despite the limitations of 70's BBC budget, I thought the Fantastic Voyage bits worked reasonably well. There's some nice action I liked in Leela & K9 defending Prof Marius. pic.twitter.com/MaQBi7chZ5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 460 - The Invisible Enemy 3/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 15 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 8, 2022
Most of this ep is taken up w/ the clones inside the Doctor's body & Lowe's attempt to get the Doctor. I found myself wrapped up in this and enjoyed it more than I remembered. pic.twitter.com/0KnnmXMK3b
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 461 - The Invisible Enemy 4/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 22 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 9, 2022
The Nucleus makes it to full size in our world, & is eventually defeated by the Doctor, who figures out an anti-body and saves the infected. It was Leela's idea to blow up the pic.twitter.com/MSYWQXtKTf
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 461 - The Invisible Enemy 4/4 (Serial 4T Story 93) - 22 Oct 1977. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 9, 2022
Nucleus that defeats it. Prof Marius gives K9 to the Doctor, and he becomes a new companion. Despite me really liking this story, the Nucleus looked kind of silly in full form. pic.twitter.com/sp9wJXqHyV
