The Invisible Enemy: Part One 

"Contact has been made!" A relief crew en route to Titan in 5000 AD unwarily pick up hitchhikers that change them. Shortly thereafter the Doctor, passing through the same point in space, is... See full summary »

Director:

Derrick Goodwin

Writers:

Bob Baker (by), Dave Martin (by)

Stars:

Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Michael Sheard

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Tom Baker	...	Doctor Who
Louise Jameson	...	Leela
Michael Sheard	...	Lowe
Brian Grellis	...	Safran
Edmund Pegge	...	Meeker
Jay Neill	...	Silvey
Anthony Rowlands	...	Crewman
John Leeson	...	Nucleus (voice)

Storyline

"Contact has been made!" A relief crew en route to Titan in 5000 AD unwarily pick up hitchhikers that change them. Shortly thereafter the Doctor, passing through the same point in space, is hitchhiked as well, but not Leela - a reject who must die.

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Plot Keywords:

laziness | microorganism | warrioress | spaceship | rejection | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Leela is left-handed, or at least writes with her left hand. Louise Jameson is right-handed, but chose to make Leela a left-handed writer in order to increase her awkwardness at this task.

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Quotes

Leela: We've never been in here before.
Doctor Who: [correcting] *You've* never been in here before.
Leela: What is it?
Doctor Who: Number two control room, been closed for redecoration. I don't like the colour.
Leela: White isn't a colour.
Doctor Who: That's the trouble with computers, always think in black and white. No aquamarines, no blues
[the Doctor leans in close to the console]
Doctor Who: no imagination!
[the TARDIS's time rotor switches off]

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Connections

Referenced in Doctor Who: School Reunion (2006)

User Reviews

A highly entertaining and fun story

Seeing this for the first time, thanks to BritBox, I must say it's rather a forgotten gem.

The story is convoluted, the main action a bit silly, and the sets, costumes and effects vary wildly from nicely realised to blummin ridiculous, sometimes in the same scene, but there's model work a-plenty, big silver spaceships, timelord trans-dimensional trickery, the very first appearance of K9, and a giant alien prawn with aspirations far beyond being tossed in any Thousand Island dressing.

It's not a particularly sciencey bit of science fiction, but it's certainly entertaining.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1977 (UK)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1