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The Invisible Enemy: Part Three

  • Episode aired Oct 15, 1977
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  • 23m
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6.9/10
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Tom Baker and Louise Jameson in Doctor Who (1963)
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The medical center mounts a defense against alien forces trying to take the comatose Doctor while clones of Leela and the Doctor go microscopic so they can hunt down the intelligent infectio... Read allThe medical center mounts a defense against alien forces trying to take the comatose Doctor while clones of Leela and the Doctor go microscopic so they can hunt down the intelligent infection that's in his head.The medical center mounts a defense against alien forces trying to take the comatose Doctor while clones of Leela and the Doctor go microscopic so they can hunt down the intelligent infection that's in his head.
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6.9/10
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    • Director
      • Derrick Goodwin
    • Writers
      • Bob Baker(by)
      • Dave Martin(by)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Tom Baker
      • Louise Jameson
      • Frederick Jaeger
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Derrick Goodwin
    • Writers
      • Bob Baker(by)
      • Dave Martin(by)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Tom Baker
      • Louise Jameson
      • Frederick Jaeger
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • Doctor Who
    Louise Jameson
    Louise Jameson
    • Leela
    Frederick Jaeger
    Frederick Jaeger
    • Professor Marius
    Michael Sheard
    Michael Sheard
    • Lowe
    John Leeson
    John Leeson
    • Nucleus
    • (voice)
    • …
    Roy Herrick
    Roy Herrick
    • Parsons
    Elizabeth Norman
    • Marius' Nurse
    Jim McManus
    • Opthalmologist
    Roderick Smith
    Roderick Smith
    • Cruikshank
    Pat Gorman
    Pat Gorman
    • A Medic
    John Scott Martin
    John Scott Martin
    • Nucleus
    • (as John Scott-Martin)
    Derek Hunt
    • Bi-Al Member
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Sedd
    • Bi-Al Member
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Derrick Goodwin
    • Writers
      • Bob Baker(by)
      • Dave Martin(by)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Tom Baker found the confrontation with Nucleus difficult to film, due to the creature's design unfortunately resembling a prawn. He would break character by laughing, even singing 'Prawn Free'. At one point, he blurted out, "How am I supposed to act to a fucking prawn?"
    • Quotes

      Leela: [as a bright light noisily shoots past them in the Doctor's head] What was that?

      Doctor Who: Ah, just a passing thought.

    • Connections
      References Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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    4/10
    What is visible is the increased aim for comedy and a drop in the top quality of Seasons 12 to 14
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    Review of all 4 episodes:

    This story is not awful at all but is clearly a change in general direction for the series and not a good one. The first 2 parts are not bad at all but show clearly the start of the more humour based, lightweight story writing that was forced upon the series by bosses. Parts 1 and 2 fall into what I would term as the category 'quite fun and enjoyable with plenty of good aspects but not at all outstanding by Doctor Who's very high standards': 7.5/10. Part 3 then falls quite a lot further down into the category of rather silly and disappointing by Doctor Who standards: 4/10 and Part 4 is rather too jokey and flimsy, not too bad but below the expected level for the show: 6/10.

    The story is a space adventure in which the TARDIS is infiltrated by 'the swarm', an alien intelligence that wishes to spread itself across the universe. The arrival of K-9, the robot dog who becomes The Doctor's companion is notable and K-9 is enjoyable in his debut. The line saying "I hope he is TARDIS trained" and a few other moments regarding him are examples of the sillier humour creeping in though. The idea of cloning and shrinking the Doctor and Leela then wandering about inside the Doctor's body to fight the virus is overly ambitious with limitations of effects and is not convincing (an idea re-used to rather better standards in 'Into the Dalek' in 2014). This journey inside the body and the rather embarrassing giant shrimp-like swarm nucleus are the low points.

    The script and production is not bad but following more than three years of such amazing high quality it stands out as less high standard. There are some decent effects such as the spaceship coming in to land in Part 1 but also some really bad effects, some funny lines and some cringe-making ones, some good ideas and some problematic ones, some good sets and costume ideas and some unimpressive costumes/make-up, some nice touches and some clumsy bits. Overall a below par adventure but not really poor.

    My ratings: Parts 1 & 2 - 7.5/10, Part 3 - 4/10, Part 4 - 6/10.
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    • Release date
      • October 15, 1977 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Studio TC6, BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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