(Parts one and four are based on two sources: the novelization, and the soundtrack. I pay closer heed to the soundtrack, and where they differ, the soundtrack wins.) > DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE ONE The TARDIS slowly reassembles itself, phasing away, fro, to, and near as its interior dimensions compile themselves, now released from the Land of Fiction. Its three occupants materialize within the reconstituted console room, all glad to be alive, with Jamie exclaiming how "It worked!" The Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie see from the console that they are not in motion and so the Doctor consults the TARDIS scanner. On the screen Zoe recognizes the features of the Earth's moon, and the Doctor points out further that they seem to be on the dark side, stopped in space. That side brightens slightly when a dot of light appears on its surface and slowly grows bigger. Zoe thinks that whatever it is is coming towards them, and a tell-tale glint of rocket exhaust tips the Doctor to the conclusion that it's a missile. The Doctor struggles with the main console but the engines merely grunt in return, and the time column stubbornly refuses to rise and fall. Zoe and Jamie ask what's wrong, and he tells them the landing circuit seems to have jammed. They're stuck in space. Zoe cries, "We'll never make it" as the missile grows larger and larger in the scanner screen and the TARDIS still stubbornly remains corporeal. . . . . . until the missile strikes the Police Box, lighting the eternal night with clouds of sparks and glowing debris. . . A quiet, pastoral pasture is being a pasture: silent but for the moos of cows and the singing of birds. The sun shines brightly through a clear sky on a patch of ground that inexplicably begins to whine and shudder. A sound like that of a tornado whirls through air which doesn't whirl in response, but rather up and admits a very solid and dark box to materialize out of it to the accompanyment of even more unhealthy than usual engine noises, ending in a thud which says by its thudding, "I'm staying right here in this pasture and there's nothing any missile, man, or cow can do to change that." Jamie gets up off the console room floor and tells his friends he thinks they've landed. Zoe crawls up off the floor too and asks the Doctor who he thinks it was that fired at them and why they did so quickly without even asking them who they were. The Doctor says he doesn't have an explanation, unless the launchers already knew who they were. . Zoe then remarks how the question now is if they are still in the same time zone or not, meaning they could still be out there. The Doctor turns on the scanner again. This time, instead of a missile filling the screen, the head of a cow fills the screen. All three laugh with relief as the Doctor points out that they are obviously no longer near the moon's surface. The TARDIS console at this point lets out a groan that seems to say, "And don't expect me to take you there anytime soon." Jamie asks the Doctor what's wrong with the ship as it seems to go wrong all the time these days. The Doctor says it merely needs an overhaul, like any other machine. Zoe asks if he has any spares, and he tells her he doesn't, but that they could try to get some made. He adjusts the scanner to get a further look at the area and decides by what he sees that they could be in 20th century England in summertime. This gives him the idea of going to London and looking up their old friend Professor Travers for help with repairs, assuming of course that he isn't a baby or a schoolboy. The Doctor examines the underside of the console and removes several circuitboards. He rises and then changes his mind and decides to take the visual stabilizer circuit as well. When he removes this one, suddenly everyone in the TARDIS becomes invisible. Jamie asks the Doctor where he is and the Doctor tells him to just take his hand and follow him outside. The TARDIS exterior is now also invisible, but the three travellers regain their visibility as they step outside of it. Jamie and Zoe follow as the Doctor leads them away from the pasture toward a nearby road. Further down the road the Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe manage to wave down a passing covered truck. The driver looks at them and suddenly asks, "Are you trying to get out?" The Doctor answers that they're trying to get to London, and at this the driver tells him to get in. The Doctor begins to say thank you when the driver cuts him off and says, "Shut up and get in." He is obviously in some sort of nervous hurry. The travellers climb inside the cab of the truck and the driver takes them a short distance when suddenly he stops and looks around suspiciously. The Doctor asks if something is wrong and the driver says they've got to get clear of the lorry and hide. The four of them jump out of the lorry and crouch down in the ditch by the side of the road. Jamie asks why and the driver replies that it's because company security are on his tail. Zoe asks which company, and the driver says, "Come on, there's only one company." The Doctor tells him they're strangers. The driver looks at them with some surprise and says, "You're not from the Community then? How did you get into the compound?" The Doctor tells him it's a very long story and then Zoe asks if the people in this Community are prisoners. The driver says that those who haven't gone over to "their" side are, yes. "They" don't say that you can't leave but they make it pretty impossible without passes. Jamie points out that the driver can seem to get in and out easily enough, but the driver says it's easy to get in. Getting out is the problem. The Doctor asks what this company is. "International Electromatics," responds the driver, "I'm sure you've heard of them." The Doctor tells him they've been a little out of touch and the driver sceptically replies that they must have been not to know about the world's biggest electronics manufacturer. He adds it's nearly impossible to buy a piece of equipment in the world that isn't theirs. He breaks off suddenly and tells everyone to get down quickly. Two large motorcycles wearing two uniformed guards roar past their hiding place. Once they've moved out of sight, the driver goes on to explain how the Community is like a self-contained world of their own, with factories, houses, and a vast network of industrial complexes. All the local people were bought out, and most joined the company. "The others. . . " Zoe asks, "What about them?" "My people haven't been able to trace them," answers the driver. "Your people?" asks the Doctor suggestively. The driver pretends not to have heard the question and tells them they should be safe now and that they're not far away from the guardpost. He tells them they'd better stay out of sight in the back of the truck while he tries to bluff their way out. All four leave the ditch and climb into the truck. After a short drive, Jamie tells Zoe to get down and hide amongst the crates in the back of the lorry as they have stopped and must be at the guardpost now. Zoe asks the Doctor why they're hiding like this since they've done nothing wrong, and he tells her they'll find out later. The driver shows his pass to the men at the guardpost and they let him drive through the gate and out of the compound. After he turns a corner he stops the lorry and lets the Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe out. The Doctor tries to thank the driver again but he tells them to get lost as it's obvious he's still very worried. They get away from the lorry and the driver floors the accelerator. The trio leave the road and walk across the open countryside. The two motorcycles overtake the lorry and motion for the driver to pull over. He does so and the senior of the two guards steps up to him and asks to see the driver's pass. The driver hands it over and the guard looks at it quickly. He then says, "You will come back for questioning." "Come on, the pass is in order, isn't it?" asks the driver. "Don't argue," replies the guard with force implied in his voice. "I'm not going back inside that compound, and there's nothing you can do to make me," says the driver. "You are to come back with us," says the guard a second time. "Look, we're not on IE property now," protests the driver, "You've no authority." Authority is granted by the gun the guard now grips tightly in his hand. The driver doesn't think the guard will use the gun, and says, "Sorry, if you want to hold me, get on to the police." He puts his hand on the gear shift and starts to get the lorry underway. "See you," says the driver. The guard says a loud, crisp noise with his gun, and a message conveyed by an accelerating piece of lead. The message is delivered into the driver's body. The driver looks bewildered and shocked and starts to feebly try to escape, when the guard tells him two more things. The lorry driver lies limp and dead with the marks of three fresh bullet wounds in his chest. The motorcycles roar away into the distance. The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe catch a lift to London by a friendly driver. In London, the trio walk to a tall terraced house, but the Doctor stops in dismay at the name at the door which says Watkins instead of Travers. Jamie thinks they're at the wrong house but the Doctor presses on because the telephone directory they consulted definitely said it was here, at Number 18. He rings the bell and gets no answer. After a few seconds of waiting he rings the bell again, and again, and again and finally holds the thing in to incessantly ring until at last the door is opened by a woman in her early twenties with shoulder-length blond hair who says to him, "If you don't mind, I'm trying to work!" The Doctor apologizes and asks if she could help them as she moves back inside the house. He and the others follow her inside to where she is crouched over a camera mounted on a tripod in a room which has obviously been made into a makeshift photo studio. She complains that the stupid thing has gone and jammed and the Doctor offers his help in fixing it. She tells him the problem is with the shutter and as he examines it he asks if she was taking photos of herself. She says that she was until they interrupted her and the camera jammed. She tells them if they're looking for her uncle he isn't here and then asks if they're "fellow nuts" of his. The Doctor asks to tackle just one question at a time. The woman disapproves of his handling of the camera and asks him to be careful because it cost her a fortune, but he tells her it's alright as it's a very simple mechanism. He asks her who her uncle is and she says Professor Watkins. The Doctor says, "Oh, then Professor Travers doesn't live here," and the woman explains that Travers did live there until a month ago when he left to go to America with his daughter. Jamie says that this is "just great," as the woman goes on to explain that Travers' allowed Watkins to move in and use his daughter's lab here, and then that she moved in a week ago when she was kicked out of her photo studio. The Doctor asks what field her uncle is in and she says it's "applied physics or something" and that he's always messing about with computers. The Doctor says this is fortunate, wondering if perhaps Watkins can help and then asks where he is, and the woman tells him she doesn't know, saying she isn't "his keeper." She suddenly notices that the Doctor seems to have got her camera working again and she takes it back eagerly to examine the repair, and then she notices what Zoe is wearing and remarks on what a jolly outfit it is, and then she asks if Zoe would mind posing for her, and then she starts showing Zoe how to pose as the Doctor tries to interrupt by saying "Miss," to which the woman then says her name is Isobel, and then she goes on to say that her uncle left a week ago and that she hasn't seen him since. . . all more or less in one breath. Isobel adds that Watkins said that he had been prattling on about some new invention and getting the chance to develop it. The Doctor asks if she can get in touch with him and she says she already tried when she wanted to borrow some money from him in a pinch but "they" said he wasn't available for phone calls. The Doctor asks who "they" are, and experiences de ja vu as Isobel says "they" are International Electromatics. The Doctor asks if her uncle went to work for these people, and Isobel nods in confirmation, as the Doctor asks again if they can get in touch with him. Isobel says they can try but she doesn't think he'll get any joy. She points them into the next room where there is a telephone on the wall and says the number is scribbled on the wall. Jamie and the Doctor go to make the call but Isobel shanghais Zoe into doing some more posing for her. Jamie reads off the numbers "342" to the Doctor and the Doctor dials the number. Jamie asks if the Doctor thinks this IE is the same one the driver talked about and the Doctor says he thinks so. Jamie wonders if Watkins could have been kidnapped, but the Doctor says Jamie's letting his imagination wander. A thin, nasal, boring-sounding female voice comes on the line and says, "International Electromatic Company. State your business." The Doctor says he'd like to speak with Professor Watkins, and the operator says, "One moment." One moment passes and then she says, "Party not available." The Doctor tries to explain that it's very important he talk to Watkins but the operator tonelessly continues to repeat "Party not available" back at him. The Doctor realizes he's talking to an answering machine and shouts, "Shut up you stupid machine!" He then hangs up, loudly. Jamie asks what they should do now and the Doctor says they'll have to go to this company themselves. Zoe continues to pose for Isobel's camera, now outfitted with a large feather boa. The Doctor and Jamie return and Isobel asks if they had any luck, and the Doctor explains his run-in with the "stupid simple- minded computer answering service" and that he and Jamie are going to go to the IE building themselves. Zoe says she'll stay and pose for Isobel for a while. The Doctor asks where the address it written down and Isobel tells him it's scribbled on the wall next to the phone number. Jamie asks if she doesn't write anything down on paper at all, and Isobel says she'd only lose it if she did. "You can't lose a wall, can you?" she asks him, and he replies, after a moment, "No." The Doctor and Jamie enter the International Electromatic office building in London via the main lobby. There is no human receptionist to be seen, and the Doctor realizes that the reel-tape machine in front of them is the stupid computerized automatic receptionist that IE seems to employ for this task. He soon finds out that this is the exact same machine that answers the phones when it replies with the same voice and the same replies to his questions about Watkins. He next tries to ask for someone in authority, and the machine tells him his request will be considered and his appointment arranged, if he will leave his name and address. The Doctor tells it this is no good, and that he needs to see someone now. The machine tells him its sorry, but all personnel are engaged. The Doctor says he insists and that this is an emergency. The machine asks about the nature of the emergency and the Doctor tells it it's a private matter. The machine tells him that all private matters have no emergency status. The Doctor gives up and tells it again, "Shut up you stupid machine!" and sets off with Jamie to try and find someone in the building besides stupid machines. The Doctor and Jamie roam around the IE grounds in London, eventually going around the back of the main building down a side alley. High atop a neighboring building, two men stand watching the Doctor and Jamie with high-power binoculars. A young man with a large build, pleasant smile, and fair hair approaches his fellow with an R/T and he tells him that HQ is checking now. He asks where they have gone and his dark-haired friend says tells him of the Doctor and Jamie's new entry into the building. The fair-haired man says that that way is a dead end, so therefore the two have to come back this way, towards them. His friend agrees, assuming the two ever will come out. Two other men also watch the Doctor and Jamie. One is a cruel-faced slightly overweight man in guard's uniform, and the other is a smooth- looking aged businessman with an odd furrow over his eyes. They watch the Doctor and Jamie from inside a luxurious office, on a series of circular television screens. The businessman asks the guard, "The same two?" The guard says, "Yeah." "Deal with them," replies the businessman. The Doctor and Jamie try to enter the building via a sliding electronic door. The door slides shut behind them as does a second door in front of them. The room they are now sealed into starts to flood with a thick gas. . . The fair-haired man tells his colleague, "OK. Let's move." "HQ?" asks his friend. "Yes, they've run a check. They want these two, priority." "Right, let's get 'em." The Doctor and Jamie are nearly unconscious from the gas when the interior door opens. The chief guard enters and immediately starts to handle Jamie roughly, when the businessman's voice booms at him from nowhere. "Packer! Bring them to my office." Packer protests to "Mr. Vaughn" that he hasn't interrogated them yet, but Vaughn's ignores him, telling him to do as he says. Packer starts dragging the Doctor and Jamie away. The Doctor and Jamie are led into Vaughn's office. Vaughn seems immediately charming and he asks the two to sit down. He tells Packer he can go, and when Packer protests, Vaughn says, "Thank you" in a silencing tone. Packer steps back to his desk and asks the Doctor and Jamie to forgive Packer's cruel devotion to duty, but notes that their method of entry into his building was somewhat unorthodox. Jamie starts to protest about the gas but the Doctor stops him and starts to apologize for their intrusion. Vaughn introduces himself fully as "Tobias Vaughn" at this point, and asks what pressing business it was that drove them to such extremes, and if it has to do with Watkins. Jamie asks how Vaughn knows this, and Vaughn tells him his computer reported it directly to him. Vaughn assures them that they've gone to a lot of trouble over nothing, since the Professor is so absorbed in his work that he refuses to see anyone. Jamie says they only want to talk to him, and then Vaughn asks if he can help. The Doctor says he doesn't think so, but Jamie disagrees saying, "Come on Doctor, it's only a couple of electronic circuits. . ." until the Doctor steps on his foot, silencing Jamie's big mouth. Vaughn boasts that his technicians are the best in the world, and that he is sure they can help. The Doctor doubts this, as his are rather complex, but Vaughn insists he sees them. He does see them and the furrow on his eyes deepens even further as he sees just how complex they are. He swallows and still says he'll have them sent to his labs at once. The Doctor says he doesn't want to trouble them, but Vaughn insists that any friend of Watkins' is a friend of his. He lays the circuits on his desk and then picks up a small thin box and asks Jamie if he's seen one of these before. He says it's a disposable transistor radio and that he's sold ten million in this country alone. He offers it to Jamie as compensation for the treatment they received from the worthy Packer. Jamie asks how it works, accidentally turns it on blaring rock music, starts dancing to the music, and then frowns as the Doctor grabs it, shuts off the music, and says, "Yes, that's how you turn it off Jamie." Vaughn asks them to excuse him as he now has an urgent appointment. He says Packer will show them out, and then trails his sentence with "Mister, uh. . . " "Doctor," answers the Doctor, "Thank you. Goodbye." Jamie thanks him again for the radio and Vaughn uses his desk intercom to tell Packer to show their visitors off the premises. Packer shouts the Doctor and Jamie out the door, telling them to read the notices next time. "Don't tell me you can read as well?" laughs Jamie, "What else do you do?" The Doctor snaps, "Jamie!" and leads him away before Packer's temper cracks. As they walk away from the building, Jamie remarks how Vaughn was a friendly sort of chap. The Doctor says, "Yes. That fellow is not what he seems." Jamie asks what he means and the Doctor explains that the normal rate of human blinking is ten or fifteen times per second. Vaughn was blinking far less frequently than that. Jamie thinks he's joking, but the Doctor nods gravely, "Underneath all that charm is something odd, sinister, almost inhuman." Vaughn touches a control on his desk, and a wall at the back of his office starts to pivot on its low right corner, sliding away to reveal a dark alcove beyond. Inside it stands a complex spinning mechanism, metal tubes and wires supporting a glowing sphere which hums with an alien power. . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON JAMIE FRAZER HINES ZOE WENDY PADBURY LORRY DRIVER MURRAY EVANS PATROLMAN WALTER RANDALL ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER BENTON JOHN LEVENE TRACY GEOFFREY CHESHIRE TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY PACKER PETER HALLIDAY TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 2 November 1968 this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this synopsis all you like provided it is not for reasons of profit In this episode, Zoe reads out a program in ALGOL. I have included as much of it as I can make out from my somewhat poor copy of the episode (Isobel talking over some of it doesn't help), in case anyone out there knows ALGOL and wants to see if this program can actually crash a system which uses it. I am not familiar with its conventions myself, so it may look typed like a pseudo-FORTRAN. Apologies in advance. DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE TWO Tobias Vaughn presses a large control on the wall of his office, which activates a sliding panel. The wall pivots with a loud whine on it lower right corner to reveal a dark alcove. Inside stands an odd tangle of metal wires and tubes, spinning around a glowing sphere. The device hums electronically at Vaughn. Jamie and the Doctor continue walking through an alley near the IE building. They look behind themselves and see a large black car following them slowly down the alley. They back away. Inside the car, the fair-haired man points his finger at the Doctor and Jamie and his dark-haired colleague eases the car forward. Isobel tells Zoe this will be the last picture she takes. She snaps her camera and then tells Zoe she can relax. She is grateful and adds that she never knew standing still could be so exhausting. Isobel offers coffee and Zoe accepts. While Isobel readies the coffee pot, Zoe wonders aloud how long the Doctor and Jamie have been gone. Isobel says she thinks its been a couple of hours by this time, and adds that perhaps they just got lost on the way to or from IE. She then asks Zoe what's so important about these circuits they need repaired, and Zoe starts to explain they're part of the . . . and then she breaks off and says simply that it's a machine they all travel in. Isobel asks if it's a kind of electric car and Zoe says it's much more sophisticated than that. Isobel says she's grateful Zoe has remained as she's sick of photographing herself. She explains, at Zoe's behest, that she doesn't always use a model because she can't afford to pay one. All she has is cash she earned as a model herself which she used to buy the gear she already has. She notices that Zoe is still worried about the Doctor and Jamie. "They can't be in any sort of trouble, can they?" she asks. Zoe answers, "You wouldn't say that if you knew them. If there's trouble to be found, the Doctor and Jamie can't miss it." The Doctor and Jamie are now running down the alley as the car still pursues them and then suddenly stop as another car blocks off the other end. Both cars stop and a pair of occupants emerge from each vehicle. Jamie asks what they should do now, and the Doctor suggests they simply accept the situation since there's nothing else they can do. He suddenly sits on the curbside and starts an impromptu game of solitaire. The four men surround them and the Doctor offers the cards to them as if to say, "Join in!" A worried looking bearded fellow in a white lab coat and dark-rimmed glasses stands in Mr. Vaughn's office looking worried over the TARDIS circuits the Doctor left behind. Vaughn asks him, "Well?" and the man simply nods, worriedly. "You're my Head Research Assistant, Gregory," says Vaughn, "I expect a more coherent reply than an enigmatic shake of the head." Gregory apologizes and explains he's seen nothing like these circuits before, but he's sure given time he can work them out. Vaughn tells him to take time, precisely one hour. Gregory, now very worried, leaves with the circuits in hand. Vaughn touches the intercom button on his desk and calls for Packer. Packer's enlarged close-up of a face appears in an enlarged close-up on Vaughn's monitors. Vaughn asks him for security photos taken of the Doctor and Jamie when they broke in. Isobel is showing off an old-fashioned grammophone and record she got at a good price, but Zoe is preoccupied and not taking an interest. She says she feels something's happened to the Doctor and Jamie and then wonders why she does since it isn't a logical conclusion. Isobel chalks it up to intuition, and then says they should go looking for them both herself. She leaves to get her coat and to write down a message for them in case they do return before Isobel and Zoe come back. The car carrying the Doctor and Jamie rolls into an airfield and approaches a large cargo plane. The plane lowers its cargo ramp and four men rush out to complete the ramp for the car to drive onto and into the plane, which it then does. Grey-suited yet obviously military personnel populate the interior of the airplane in a chamber that appears to be some sort of information center, with maps and telephones and radios dotted about the sides and a master map in the center on a table. The Doctor and Jamie are escorted by the fair-haired man and the dark-haired man inside. Jamie asks them if they'd mind telling them what this is all about, and the fair-haired man tells him, "You'll find out." On the opposite side of the room, a tall dark-haired slim man climbs down a short ladder and approaches the Doctor and Jamie. As he nears, we see familiar features, a new feature in the form of a dark moustache, and rank insignia on the shoulders befitting a Brigadier. "All right, Benton, thank you," he tells the fair-haired man and both Benton and his colleague turn and leave the room. "Very nice to see you again, Doctor," says the Brigadier, and the Doctor breaks into a broad smile and says, "It's Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart!" The Brigadier corrects him as to his new promotion, and Jamie suddenly remembers where they met before, against the Yetis in the Underground. The Brigadier comments that that happened about four years ago, and Jamie wonders at this since for him it seemed to be only a few weeks ago, until the Doctor says, "I've told you over and over again Jamie. Time is relative." "Are you still making a nonsense of it in your, what was it called? TARDIS?" asks the Brigadier. "Yes, we're still travelling," answers the Doctor. The Brigadier explains that Travers told him all about it, and comments that it seems to be an unbelievable machine. The Doctor asks if it's any more unbelieveable than the Yeti were and the Brigadier nods and says how he isn't sure he's still as skeptical as he was before that little escapade. The Doctor asks what this operation is in aid of, in particular the cloak and dagger techniques. The Brigadier apologizes for the melodramatic means by which they were brought there, but his chaps tend to get a little over the top. He offers them chairs while he tries to explain, and he orders his Sergeant Walters to get them all some tea. The Doctor says he'd like some biscuits too. The Brigadier explains that since the Yeti business he's been placed in charge of an independent intelligence group they call UNIT, short for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Jamie asks if they're a sort of world secret police force, but the Brigadier says that's not quite true because they don't actually arrest people: just investigate. Jamie says they seem to have arrested them, and the Brigadier says that's not quite true. His men have the IE building under constant surveillance and when their pictures were transmitted to this HQ, he recognized them and had them picked up. The Doctor asks what's so odd about people going into the IE building. The Brigadier answers that there's nothing wrong with them going in. The trouble is, "some of them haven't come out." Zoe and Isobel walk up to the tall skyscraper of the IE building, look up at it for a second, swallow their intimidation and press on in the main door. Inside the lobby the women meet the robot receptionist that also takes the phone calls. Zoe presses a switch on its surface and it tells them, "International Electromatic Company. State your business." "Enquiry: Reference two persons seeking whereabouts of Professor Watkins," answers Zoe. The machine starts whirring to itself and asks them to please wait. Vaughn looks over a photograph of the Doctor and Jamie taken while they were outside the IE building and considers it. He then stands and presses the wall switch to reveal the alcove and the standing apparatus. He asks the machine, "Has the information been considered?" A thickly synthesized voice replies, "The images of the two humans have been analyzed and are registered. They are known and are hostile." "How can that be," asks Vaughn, "Have you been on Earth before?" "No," resonds the machine, "They have been recognized from Planet Fourteen. They are dangerous and must be destroyed." "Planet Fourteen," asks Vaughn, "But how?" "They must be destroyed," insists the machine. "Yes, I'll deal with them," replies Vaughn. "Plans for invasion are nearing completion," says the machine tonelessly, "Nothing must be allowed to interrupt them." "Don't worry," soothes Vaughn, "Nothing will." The machine repeats its last sentence as Vaughn closes the alcove door. A high-pitched oscillating alarm tone sounds from his desk and Vaughn crosses to it and presses a switch. The monitor screens light up to show Zoe and Isobel confronting the automatic receptionist in the lobby. "Now listen you me, you stupid, primitive machine," says Zoe, "I asked a perfectly simple question, and I expect an answer!" The machine whirrs to itself for a moment and apologizes to them, saying no information is available. Isobel suggests these efforts are no good, but Zoe retorts, "I will not be beaten by this brainless tin box!" "We can't do anything about it," points out Isobel. "Can't I?" asks Zoe, "A little problem in ALGOL, I think." Isobel asks what ALGOL is and Zoe explains its a language one talks to computers in. She turns to the receptionist and presses its switch again. "International Electromatic Company. State your business," says the machine. Zoe tells it, " BEGIN REAL X SUM POSTIVE DELETE SQUARE BEGIN SUM 2(J) " The machine begins to whirr. "That's ALGOL?" asks Isobel. Zoe nods and goes on. . . " INTEGER COMPUTE PRINTOUT Y**(-X) VARIABLE 1 " The machine begins to whirr more furiously and starts to greet them again. "I'm enjoying this," enthuses Zoe as she completes her program. . . " GOTO FINISH CONTINUE INTEGRATE ON INVERSINE " Isobel wonders what this will do and Zoe explains this equation is one which is insoluble. Isobel suggests Zoe stands back as the machine is now beginning to spew smoke. "Now, CONTINUE PRINTOUT CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION " The machine printouts a bang and a flash, and continually integrates the curves between billows of smoke issuing from its inert innards. Vaughn smiles at the screen and calls for Packer on the intercom. He tells him there are two young girls at reception and that he wants them brought to his office. Packer leaves to get on with this and Vaughn starts to laugh out loud in amusement. "It'll take more than a soldering iron to put that right," says Zoe as she and Isobel recline in chairs and admire Zoe's handiwork. Isobel then climbs out of her chair and suggests they get moving before someone gets annoyed with what they've done. Zoe agrees and they make for the door, where they are ambushed and grabbed by Packer and his security men. The Brigadier shows the Doctor and Jamie a picture of a dark-haired man named Gordon Jones, who is(was?) a lecturer in physics at Churchill College, Cambridge. He next points out someone he knows himself in another picture, one Billy Rutledge who has a nice cushy job at the Ministry of Defence. The Doctor asks if all these people went into the IE building and never came out again, and the Brigadier corrects the Doctor, saying most of these did come out, but there was something definitely odd about them when they did. Billy Rutledge, for instance, had been quite cooperative about his investigation when it started but ever since he visited the IE building he'd been sticky about the operation. "Doctor, would you look at that one!" exclaims Jamie at one picture. The Brigadier asks if they know this man, and Jamie explains this man gave them a lift in a lorry this morning. The Brigadier says this man is an agent of theirs who is almost twelve hours overdue. Jamie says the man said something about security guards on the man's tail, but the Doctor admonishes Jamie and says this the man was alright this morning when they left him. The Doctor asks about the IE set-up, and the Brigadier says there isn't much to tell. He starts to explain about Tobias Vaughn and Jamie interrupts and shows off the transistor radio Vaughn gave him earlier. The Brigadier looks at it but says this is just the small stuff and that IE controls practically all the major computer lines. Their major breakthrough came with micromonolithic circuit designs which they used to undercut everyone else in the market. The Doctor asks what the Brigadier's interest is and he explains how he knew little about Vaughn before his sudden success so he ran a check and found one or two things of interest. "Like the disappearance of Professor Watkins," remarks Jamie and the Brigadier nods. The Doctor stands and paces and considers the situation. He asks the Brigadier is he has any authority to search the IE compound, and he answers that he isn't close as Vaughn has too many powerful friends. He daren't make a move without good reason to do so. The Doctor says how it looks that if he wants to find the Professor, Jamie and he will have to do it their own way. The Brigadier does offer some help. He asks that Walters go get a "TM45 ready." "Is that a tank?" asks the Doctor. Walters returns with a small walkie talkie radio which the Brigadier explains has a range of about fifty miles, which the Doctor may use to call his units in the area if he gets into any trouble at the IE building. He then lays on some transport for them back to London. Back in London, Jamie rings the doorbell to Isobel's house and gets no answer. They open the door and go inside, shouting for either Zoe or Isobel. Neither are there, and Jamie wonders if perhaps they went for a walk. The Doctor notices a plate full of sandwiches on the floor which the Doctor and Jamie start to eat. Jamie starts to say again that he doesn't think Vaughn is such a bad man, and he takes out his little radio and starts blaring some rock music again. The Doctor grabs it and shuts it off complaining that he can't think with that on. He starts to prise the radio open to get a look inside it, while Jamie says things like "Don't break it" with his mouth full of sandwich. The Doctor first looks over the radio's circuitry with mild interest and then pays closer attention to one micromonolithic circuit in particular which doesn't appear to be part of the rest of the radio. Jamie starts to look around for a note from Zoe or Isobel and comes up a blank, until the Doctor suggests he try looking on the wall in the next room, reminding him that Isobel never writes anything down and that you can't lose a wall. They look at the phone and find a message from Zoe and Isobel saying they've gone to the IE building, and the Doctor looks worried and decides to go after them. Vaughn is lecturing at Zoe and Isobel who are being guarded by Packer. Vaughn explains how both Zoe and her friend the Doctor have caused him a great deal of trouble today, him by first breaking into his building, and her by ruining a very expensive device. Isobel says that was only because the thing wouldn't tell them what they wanted to know. Vaughn acknowledges that Isobel is concerned about her uncle, and he assures her he is perfectly well, if a little uncooperative at the moment. He says her arrival is most opportune and that she could be useful to him in helping him persuade the Professor to continue his work for him. Isobel doesn't think she can do anything about this, but Vaughn says that thanks to her presence, now _he_ can. He orders Packer to take the women away. The Doctor and Jamie stop outside the lobby of the IE building and Jamie asks why they aren't going inside to look for the Zoe and Isobel. The Doctor replies that going into the lobby will only give them another audience with the stupid computer. Jamie asks how they even know they are in there. The Doctor decides to find out by asking the Brigadier. He turns on the little radio the Brigadier gave him and asks to speak to the Brigadier. While they wait for the Brigadier to be put through, he remarks how the radio is an interesting little gadget, but Jamie says it can't play good tunes like his can. The Brigadier takes a microphone and answers affirmatively when the Doctor asks if two women answering to Zoe and Isobel's description went into the IE building. The Doctor says he's going into the building now and he'll call if he gets into trouble. The Brigadier's men look around in bemusement at the odd way the Doctor and Jamie are handling even calling in on the radio (arguing with each other over the air), but the Brigadier tells one Captain in particular known as Jimmy not to underestimate the Doctor, explaining that "That man has a knack of being one jump ahead of everyone else. If there is a safe way into that place, he'll be the one to find it." The Doctor and Jamie come to the end of a set of railroad tracks which lead to an unlocked fence gate which they use to get into the back of the IE compound. Gregory looks worried again at Mr. Vaughn as he tries to explain that the circuits he's holding worriedly in his hand don't seem to make any sense, that the material they're made of is no known metal alloy, the structure is in fact more like a plastic, and that the connections in the circuit seem to be completely illogical. Vaughn turns from his office window and mentions how this Doctor intrigues him more and more. Gregory asks if Vaughn would like him to do more tests, but Vaughn says he doesn't need them and that Gregory can go. Gregory goes, worriedly. Vaughn again touches the wall panel and asks for more data on the man the machine says it recognizes. "It is enough that you know he is hostile," it replies, "He must be destroyed." "You said you recognized him on Planet Fourteen," says Vaughn, "How is this possible?" "These questions are unnecessary. He must be destroyed." "That is for me to decide," insists Vaughn. "You will obey," affirms the machine. "You forget I control the operation from Earth!" shouts Vaughn, "Unless that is clearly understood, our partnership will cease. Tell that to your leaders." The machine's whirrs change pitch and it rotates more rapidly as it appears to transmit and receive data. "It has been agreed," it announces. "I felt sure you would be reasonable," says Vaughn, "Now, you say you recognize this Doctor on Planet Fourteen. How did he get there?" "He has a machine," answers the machine. "What sort of machine?" asks Vaughn. "We have no more information," answers the machine, "He must be destroyed. The invasion must succeed." "It will," assured Vaughn, "The Doctor will be taken care of. I shall see to that personally." The Doctor and Jamie duck behind a corner inside a large warehouse in the IE compound. They watch as a workman carries in a very large crate with one arm. The Doctor says this is incredible, the ease with which the man carried the crate. Jamie wonders if it could be empty, and the Doctor suggests they check now that the man has gone. They creep up to the crate and attempt to open it, and then to try and shift it, succeeding in neither effort. Jamie says he must have been a superman. The superman appears to be returning and so they run and hide again. He is again carrying a giant crate, which he again places on the floor, next to the last one. The Doctor remarks that it's amazing and Jamie suggests they get out this place, since it's giving him the creeps. The alarm bell rings on Vaughn's desk and he answers it. Packer is on the intercom, telling Vaughn that the Doctor and Jamie are back again, in the warehouse this time. He asks if they should go to full security alert, and Vaughn says no becuase that would frighten them off. He tells Packer to seal off the area and then they will flush them out. He asks if he's sent the two young ladies on yet, and Packer replies that he hasn't. He was about to when this new alert happened. Vaughn says this is very fortunate and that he needs bait to catch their macherel. He orders Packer to take them to the warehouse area. The Doctor and Jamie continue their search of the warehouse when suddenly they hear the screams of Zoe and Isobel. They turn and run back along the corridor they came along. Packer is ordering two guards to load the unconscious forms of Zoe and Isobel into two of the crates. They do, and once the smooth cabinets are sealed, Packer orders the crates to be loaded onto the return van. Jamie sees this and tells the Doctor to come on, to the Doctor's dismay. Jamie rounds the corner and tackles Packer to the floor. The other two guards and some friends of theirs hear and turn towards them. The Doctor tries to lead Jamie away but their way is blocked by more guards. Packer draws his revolver as he pulls up off the floor and gloats at the Doctor, Jamie, and their raised hands of surrender. "Caught," he says, "like rats in a trap. . . . " DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY JAMIE FRAZER HINES TRACY GEOFFREY CHESHIRE BENTON JOHN LEVENE ZOE WENDY PADBURY ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER GREGORY IAN FAIRBAIRN PACKER PETER HALLIDAY BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 9 November 1968 this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE THREE Packer orders that the crates be loaded onto the return van. Around the corner, Jamie hears this and rushes into the room, tackling Packer to the ground. Packer calls for help and more guards arrive. The Doctor pulls Jamie away and they dart back around the corner, only to be cut off by another pair of guards. They are escorted before Packer who declares them caught, like rats in a trap. He goes on to say how the pair never seem to learn, that they're in the restricted zone of private property. Jamie demands to know where Zoe and Isobel are and Packer shouts him down. Jamie lunges for Packer's throat but Packer catches Jamie and easily hurls him back across the wall. Packer intends further damage to Jamie's well-being until Vaughn steps into the room and tells Packer he must restrain this violent streak, although he admits the situation is provoking. He tells the Doctor and Jamie that they really are beginning to try his patience, and Jamie retorts that Vaughn is trying his. They explain that they are looking for two friends of theirs. Vaughn asks if these are two ladies that they're looking for, and Jamie points out that Vaughn has admitted they are there. Vaughn corrects him and says that they _were_ here, and it seems the two pairs have been chasing each other's tails. The Doctor asks where they are now, and Vaughn says they left. Jamie says it seems they did, because he knows they were carted away by two of Vaughn's thugs. Vaughn smiles and dismisses this. Jamie answers by saying he heard them scream and he saw a piece of Zoe's clothing sticking out of the box. Vaughn says Jamie has a very fertile imagination, but Jamie holds fast to his claim. The Doctor intercedes and says it would put their minds at rest if they could have a look inside the boxes, and Vaughn says that they shall. He asks Packer if the only crates going back to the factory are the empties, and Packer confirms they are. Vaughn says they may inspect them at their leisure, and gestures for them to lead the way. On the way out, he turns and nods to Packer. Packer turns on a small wristwatch radio he is wearing and tells the train engine driver to get moving immediately. The Doctor, Jamie, and Vaughn emerge into open air to find they've just missed the train carrying the boxes. Vaughn says this is a pity, but since he's going up to the factory himself today he asks the Doctor and Jamie to accompany him, and they can meet the train on its arrival. The Doctor accepts the invitation. The Brigadier is on the radio to his surveillance crews and he is asking how long it's been since the Doctor and Jamie went inside the IE building. Benton replies and says it was some time ago. Tracy had followed them in as far as the official boundary, and adds it was about one hour since they went in. The Brigadier asks if they're still there and Benton says they are. The Brigadier orders them to stick around and keep watching until Benton interrupts him as something's happening; the Doctor and the boy are coming out of the building. The Doctor and Vaughn climb into Vaughn's very large private car. Jamie darts round the car and takes the front seat, to the annoyance of Packer, who wanted it. The Brigadier pesters Benton for news on what's happening. Benton says it's nothing really, that they've all got into Vaughn's private car and it's now driving off. The Brigadier asks if anything looked suspicious and Benton says nothing did; it all looked quite friendly in fact, even though Packer was there. Benton asks if they should follow them, but the Brigadier says they shouldn't. He's going to have them traced more discretely. He signs off, and then tells Sergeant Walters to alert all area patrols in section three. He turns to his Captain and tells "Jimmy" they're going to get him aboard a chopper to rendezvous with the official tracker. The Captain asks if there are any special instructions and the Brigadier says there aren't as they're playing things by ear. He adds that if the Doctor contacts them, he'll have the signal relayed to the chopper. Vaughn's car drives to the main gate of the countryside IE compound the Doctor and Jamie left earlier. The guards open the gates and allow the car to drive through. As they close the gates, they see a helicopter hovering nearby, watching them. Inside the chopper, the Captain is on the radio telling the Brigadier that the Doctor and Jamie have just gone into the IE area. He asks if he should follow. The Brigadier tells Jimmy not to do so and to just circle the area. They aren't allowed to do anything until the Doctor requests help. The Captain says OK, and the Brigadier tells him to also stay out of sight in case Vaughn's private army get ticked off by their presence and make things difficult for the Doctor and Jamie. Vaughn's car parks next to the main building and Packer, Vaughn, Jamie, and the Doctor climb out. The security guards in front of the building all give a loud militaristic salute as Vaughn passes them. Inside the building, Vaughn leads the party to the end of a corridor and a lift. They start going up, making Jamie wonder aloud what's going on since they're supposed to be there to look for Zoe and Isobel. Vaughn says they will do so, but all in good time. They've beaten the train to the building by some margin, allowing them a chance to talk. The Doctor wonders about this, and Vaughn tells him it's to do with the circuits the Doctor lent him. He wants to know more about them. When the lift reaches its destination, the four people file out, but Vaughn and Packer lag behind. Vaughn tells Packer to go and see if Professor Watkins is finished yet, and if he isn't Packer can offer him "a little encouragement." Packer climbs back into the lift and smiles. Jamie, the Doctor, and Vaughn enter Vaughn's office. . . and Jamie gapes in astonishment because this office is exactly the same as the one in London, the video screens, the swirly patterned carpet, the desk, the window (with a different view of course), everything. "Confusing, isn't it?" says Vaughn. Vaughn explains that this is part of the secret of his success: uniformity and duplication. His whole empire his based on that principle. He offers the Doctor and Jamie chairs. Vaughn explains how he should be angry with the Doctor because of how he's broken into his secutiry system twice. He wants to know why. The Doctor explains it's quite simple, "I hate computers and refuse to be bullied by them." Vaughn mentions how Zoe seems to feel the same way, since she wrecked his receptionist computer. Jamie accuses Vaughn that this is why he kidnapped her, but Vaughn insists he wasn't angry with her. On the contrary he found the incident amusing. He compliments Zoe and says she's a remarkable girl, and then says the Doctor is obviously a man of no mean scientific ability. The Doctor asks why Vaughn says this, and Vaughn explains that his research department found these circuits (he pulls them from a breast pocket) fascinating, particularly the illogical factor in their construction. He asks if they're the Doctor's own invention, and the Doctor gives a noncommital answer with his eyes fixing themselves on something interesting on the ceiling. Vaughn sees the Doctor is determined to guard his secret and says he doesn't blame him. In fact, he says, he'll do everything he can to help you by letting him talk to Professor Watkins. He leaves then to try and persuade Watkins to put aside his current work and concentrate his efforts on the Doctor's behalf. Jamie stands and tells the Doctor not to trust Vaughn because of what's happened to Zoe and Isobel. Jamie adds that he's sure the girls are inside that box. The Doctor speaks calmly and reminds Jamie that annoying Mr. Vaughn isn't going to get them anywhere. Jamie says he thinks it's impossible to upset Vaughn. "He's being as nice as pie." The Doctor comments that Vaughn is being too nice. Jamie asks why Vaughn should be so, and the Doctor says he doesn't know, but that he's a little too interested in the TARDIS circuits for his liking. Jamie asks if Vaughn somehow knows about the TARDIS, and the Doctor says he doesn't see how he could have done. Jamie hopes that Professor Watkins will be able to tell them what's going on around here. The Doctor remarks that this worries him; Vaughn letting them see Watkins. Packer is telling Professor Watkins to think about cooperation, for Isobel's sake. Watkins, a short bearded little man tells Packer he's a viscious sadist, and that he doesn't believe they have Isobel. Vaughn enters the room and assures Watkins they do. Watkins says he knows how much Vaughn's word is worth and still doesn't believe them. He asks Packer if there's been any progress and then crosses the laboratory to examine a tangle of technology which he judges to be incomplete. Watkins says it isn't, and it won't ever be. Vaughn says he detests violence but he finds it difficult to restrain Packer's indisputable talent for persuasion. He says again that Watkins' neice is his prisoner, and unless Watkins does as he asks, he'll hand her over to Packer. Watkins asks if he cooperates if Vaughn will let her go, and Vaughn laughs and says of course he won't; she's their guarantee, but she will come to no harm. Watkins insists before he cooperates that he sees that they do have Isobel. Vaughn then says there's one more thing, that two friends of his have come to visit. Watkins asks why Vaughn is now being so considerate, especially since he might tell them everything he knows. Vaughn tells Watkins he knows nothing that could threaten him, and besides, there's Isobel the guarantee. Packer asks Watkins if he'd rather leave Isobel to him. Vaughn once again soothes that the Professor will do exactly as they ask. The Doctor and Jamie are looking out the window in Vaughn's office at something interesting in the compound. The Doctor takes an extending telescope from a pocket and rests it on Jamie's shoulder to get a better look. Through the lens he sees three large white spheres resting on buildings. He tells Jamie it's a deep space radio communication system, and he wonders what it's doing here. "Don't ask me," says Jamie, "You're the brain." Jamie then sees something else and he points out a helicopter that could be the Brigadier's lot, hovering outside the compound. At this moment, Packer enters and tells them to come on. Sergeant Walters is manning the radio and telling the Captain to wait for the Brigadier to arrive. He turns as the Brigadier approaches and tells him it's Captain Turner on the radio. The Brigadier takes the microphone and asks if there's any news, and Turner replies that there's still no sign of the Doctor or Jamie. The Brigadier tells them to stay in the area until they do hear from the Doctor. Watkins, the Doctor, and Jamie are alone in Watkins' lab, and Watkins is telling them that Anne Travers told him all about them, and that she was a student of his years ago and a brilliant one at that. The Doctor seems to step around the room nervously and asks if he's right that he heard they went to America, and Watkins says he is. Anne had persuaded him to go with her there since he's been getting a little around the bend of late. The Doctor looks around the room, still nervously and suspiciously and asks what Watkins is doing here. Vaughn stands in his office, confiding events to Packer. He tells him the Doctor's been on another planet, using some sort of machine that Vaughn wants to learn more about. He tells Packer to "switch on with sound." A view of the lab and the Doctor's voice appear on the monitors in the room, and Packer smiles as he realizes this is the reason Vaughn wanted them to talk alone. The Doctor is saying that Watkins is supposedly working on something very important. The Doctor has identified something on a wall and is stepping back towards it as Jamie tells Watkins that the Doctor needs some help with certain electronic circuits for the TARDIS. Watkins wants to hear all about this but the Doctor says he won't find it very interesting. He points to the camera from out if its shot to Jamie and Jamie catches on when the Doctor says they have other things to talk about. Jamie asks the Professor what it is he's working on as the Doctor fumbles in his pockets for something. Watkins says it's very simple, a new kind of teaching machine he calls the Cerebraton Mentor which is able to induce emotional changes in the subject. The Doctor suddenly places a small piece of metal up against the camera's box. The picture and sound go to static in Vaughn's office and they check other cameras to see if it's just the screen that's broken down. All the others are working perfectly, and so Vaughn concludes the Doctor has done this, and notes that it's this resourcefulness that has his allies worried about him. Packer is surprised they know of him, and Vaughn tells him he's been ordered to destroy him, but first he wants to know about this machine of the Doctor's. Packer protests that Vaughn's been ordered to destroy the Doctor, and Vaughn rounds on Packer loudly saying he doesn't take orders, he gives them. He then says it's time to stop playing games with this Doctor and walks out of the office. Watkins asks the Doctor what they can do since Vaughn does still have Zoe and Isobel. The Doctor says they're not entirely helpful thanks to the Brigadier. He next asks what's going on around this company and Watkins says he's just as much in the dark as the Doctor is. He voices his opinion of Vaughn as a ruthless man without principles. He thinks Vaughn's object is to get control of the computer industry of the entire world, but the Doctor says he thinks Vaughn's aiming higher than that. . . Jamie warns the Doctor that Vaughn is coming, but before he can undo his work to the camera, Vaughn enters and says "Allow me." He looks at the piece of metal on the camera and says it's a simple magnet. He congratulates the Doctor and now says he's forced to use other methods to make him talk. He says Zoe will be arriving shortly. Jamie triumphs in this news and warns Vaughn not to harm her. "You may still be adolescent enough to make idle threats, young man, but I assure you, I am not," warns Vaughn. He point-blank tells the Doctor he wants his travel machine and warns that if he doesn't get it, Zoe will be handed over to Packer. He tells him he has one hour to make up his mind and orders Packer to take them away. Packer escorts the Doctor and Jamie out as Vaughn turns and orders the Professor to return to work. As they step down the hallway, the Doctor complains to Jamie that he's always been rather scared of lifts and that he doesn't even like to start them. "You'll have to push the button for me," he says significantly. Packer tells them to shut up and the Doctor says to Jamie, "Yes, Jamie. Do as you're told." Jamie nods recognition and steps into the lift. The Doctor suddenly turns and tells Packer that he realizes he can't let them hurt Zoe and so he's decided to tell them everything they want to know: now. "Yes, I'm sure Mister Vaughn, oh, there he is now. . ." Packer turns to look at Vaughn coming, but Vaughn isn't coming. The Doctor instantly pushes Packer to the floor and leaps into the lift with Jamie who instantly closes the door and starts the lift. Inside the lift, the Doctor quickly gets Jamie to lend him his knife. He uses it to prise the cover off the lift's control panel and says he's about to yank the wires to try and break the circuit in the hopes that that will stop the lift (it will either do that or make the lift fall out of control, he says). He pulls the wires to Jamie's protests and the lift shudders to a sudden stop. "Why are you so gullible Packer?" demands Vaughn. Packer tells him to just wait until he gets a hold of them, and Vaughn tells him he'll do nothing. He wants the Doctor in one piece. A call comes over Packer's wrist radio and he answers. He asks if they've got the Doctor and Jamie and the voice on the other end tells him the lift's stuck between floors four and five. He at first thinks it's a mechanical fault until Vaughn's look tells him to guess again, and he realizes the Doctor did it. Vaughn says the Doctor's outwitted Packer, not that that would be very difficult. Packer says this can't do them much good since they're stuck in place. Vaughn wonders why they did do it then, since the only possible motive seems to be playing for time, and he doesn't think that's it. Jamie protests that the Doctor could have killed them, but the Doctor says that's nonsense since they had a fifty-fifty chance. Jamie thinks they're stuck here now, and he wonders what this has gained them until the Doctor notes that it's the lift that's stuck, not them. He draws Jamie's attention to the emergency door at the top of the lift and he bends down to allow Jamie to climb up to it. Jamie first says, "You know something? You're a clever wee chappie!" Packer orders into his wrist radio that the emergency circuits be activated and that he wants the lift operational in three minutes. He tells the guards assembled in front of them that he wants a man on every floor, and he shouts for them to move, which they do, rather fast. Vaughn tells Packer not to panic, since their birds can't fly away. The Doctor and Jamie emerge onto the top of the lift and see they have a long climb ahead of them. The Doctor first closes the emergency door and then leads the way up the ladder on the side of the lift shaft. Jamie asks what will happen if they get the lift going again while they're still climbing, and the Doctor says it's very simple. "We get squashed." Jamie tells the Doctor to get moving. Packer gets a report that the lift's working and Vaughn orders it to be brought to the floor they are on, the sixth. As they climb, Jamie hears a noise and asks if it's not what he thinks it it. The Doctor is afraid it is and he goads Jamie to come on. Jamie thinks they'll never make it, as the lift is catching them, until it suddenly stops. The Doctor says they must be checking it and he says they should keep going in the meantime. They do. The lift doors open and Packer enters, gun ready. He says they've vanished and he orders via his radio for the other floors to be checked. The lift engineer insists the lift didn't stop on any other floors on its way up. Vaughn gets the right idea and asks if he's right in thinking the lift shaft terminates in the roof. "Why didn't you think of that?" he demands of Packer. Packer says he will get them, and Vaughn angrily says, "Call me when you do get them. I'll be in my office, and PLEASE DON'T FAIL THIS TIME, THERE'S A GOOD FELLOW." Packer tells his guards via his radio to get up to the roof and not to take the lift. . . when he suddenly gets an idea. He says he'll take the lift, straight to the top. . . The Doctor and Jamie are nearing the top of the shaft when the lift starts moving again. . . . . . and they climb out through a door onto the open rooftop of the IE building. The Doctor suggests they first look and see where they are before they run again. They approach the edge of the roof and look all the way down. Jamie asks where they need to go now, and the Doctor points and says, "Down there." Jamie isn't at all thrilled about this, until the Doctor spots a fire escape. They run to it and the Doctor begins climbing down. Jamie swallows and follows. "Oh, Packer you do disappoint me," says Vaughn from his desk. "They must have gone down the fire escape," whimpers Packer. "And you didn't think to have a guard on that!" points out Vaughn. "Well, normally. . ." starts Packer . . .and Vaughn thunders him down shouting, "YOU'RE A STUPID INCOMPETENT! I WANT THE DOCTOR!! PUT THE WHOLE COMPOUND ON ALERT! HAVE EVERY AVAILABLE GUARD ON THE JOB!! FIND HIM PACKER! FIND HIM!!!!" The Doctor and Jamie hide in an alleyway formed by a wall and a railcar. They crouch down and crawl under the train, hiding from guards passing by. They come up from the other side and then climb into the door of the car, closing it behind them. Inside, Jamie asks the Doctor if he thinks this car may be the same one that Zoe and Isobel were taken away in. The Doctor says it could be, and they decide to check and see if these crates are empty like the ones Vaughn said were on that train. They push one of the crates open, and to Jamie's disappointment, it's full of a cobwebby substance. From outside shouts the voice of Packer saying he wants all these rail cars checked. The Doctor tells Jamie to hide, and they both open up boxes to climb inside and hide beneath the lids they close. "You two, search this one," orders Packer to someone. Jamie lies still nervously, and then even more nervously as he feels something shift beneath him. He turns and looks and sees that the cobwebby substance he's on top of is stirring silently. . . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON JAMIE FRAZER HINES PACKER PETER HALLIDAY TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY BENTON JOHN LEVENE CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL PROFESSOR WATKINS EDWARD BURNHAM TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 16 November 1968 this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE FOUR As the alarm bell sounds throughout the compound, Jamie crouches down inside the crate he's hiding in. Guards' voices are heard outside, forcing Jamie to stifle himself as he feels something beneath him move. . . The guards' voices recede into the distance and the Doctor climbs out of his hiding crate. He opens Jamie's and he immediately starts telling the Doctor about the thing that moved. The Doctor is skeptical, suggesting the darkness sometimes plays funny tricks on the imagination. Jamie still insists the thing moved and so they decide to have a closer look. As they are about to look inside the crate, they hear a guard's voice outside shouting, "You two! Over here! Get those two girls to the Main Administration Building! Move!" Jamie says it must be Zoe and Isobel and he wants to get them right then and there, but the Doctor stops him and says they'll wait a few moments. Packer reports to Mr. Vaughn in his office and says the whole compound's under alert. Vaughn points out that Packer still hasn't found the Doctor and Jamie yet, but Packer protests that it can only be a matter of time. Vaughn doubts this. "This Doctor is far too clever a fish for you to net." Packer says if Vaughn had let him "take care of them properly in the first place and obeyed the orders of their allies. . . " "Orders? Me Packer?" quizzes Vaughn, "I told them and I'll tell you. I give orders, not take them." "You told them that?" asks Packer. "The invasion's under my control," assures Vaughn, "and when our purpose has been achieved I shall still be under complete control." "You can't fight *them*," insists Packer. Vaughn asks Packer why he thinks they've kept that old fool Watkins alive. Packer says it's so the Professor can keep working on his machine, and Vaughn asks why he should want him to do that. Packer admits that he doesn't know. Vaughn tells Packer that their allies appeared to find the Professor's machine disturbing, so much so in fact that when they saw the first prototype they ordered him to destroy it and all other similar machines. "You mean they're frightened of it?" asks Packer. Vaughn says the teaching power of the machine didn't frighten them, but when it generated some emotion pulses. . . He's convinced that emotion could be used to destroy them. Packer thinks this is only a guess, but Vaughn says it's a gamble, and considering the stakes they're playing for, a gamble like this is worth it. Packer still thinks it's too big a chance. "Do you wish to be totally converted?" asks Vaughn, "to become one of them? Completely inhuman?" Packer says no, and Vaughn says that's what will happen if "they" take over.. "We will cease to be human. We must use their force and their might and then discard them." Packer asks if he's sure the machine can do it, and Vaughn says that even if they fail they can still escape. "The Doctor. We must secure this spacecraft of his." "Oh yeah," says Packer, "I see. Insurance." Vaughn answers that he's right. Vaughn asks if the two young ladies have arrived yet, and Packer says they have, under guard and are on their way to the Main Administration Building now. Vaughn says that when they're safely tucked away, they'll flush out the clever Doctor. . . The Doctor and Jamie follow the guards that have Zoe and Isobel and overhear them say they'll be taken inside the central block and then up to the tenth floor. Jamie looks up at a whirring noise and sees a helicopter hovering over the compound. "It could be the Brigadier's lot!" he enthuses and asks the Doctor to call him in for help. The Doctor says they can't yet as they've got to rescue the girls first. He repeats what they overheard and set off across the compound for the central block (hiding in shadows on the way). Captain Turner is reporting in over the radio from inside the helicopter. He tells the Brigadier that there seems to be a lot of unusual activity going on in the compound, like there's some sort of emergency. The Brigadier's voice returns over the RT and tells Jimmy to get out of the area and stand-by. Turner acknowledges and the helicopter pulls back across the IE property line. The Brigadier, inside his cargo plane HQ, orders all units to stand-by. "Full penetration of red sector imminent." "A helicopter?" asks Vaughn. Packer replies "yes," and goes on to say that two of the outer perimeter guardposts reported seeing strangers in the area outside. Packer thinks this means the Doctor is with the UNIT organization and asks Vaughn what he should do. Vaughn tells him to do nothing, since UNIT can't harm them. "We're in control, or at least I am. Leave this to me." Outdoors, the alarm continues to blare over Jamie and the Doctor's heads as they find the tall central block building. Jamie asks how they're going to get the girls out, and the Doctor tells Jamie to stop looking for problems. They set off for the fire escapes snaking down the central block building. Suddenly, Vaughn's amplified voice echoes across the compound and the Doctor and Jamie stop to listen. He tells them, if they can hear him, that they have ten minutes to relinquish their freedom. At the end of that time, their young friend Zoe will pay the consequence of their foolish and totally pointless opposition. He repeats the time interval of ten minutes a few times. Jamie points out this doesn't give them much time, but the Doctor says it's time enough for them to conduct a simple rescue operation. He leads the way up the fire escape towards the roof of the building. Inside a large-windowed room on the tenth floor of the building, Zoe and Isobel pound on the locked door and demand to know why they've been brought here, getting no response in return. Zoe speculates this has something to do with her ruining that stupid computer, but Isobel asks why they didn't just hand them over to the police instead of kidnapping them. Zoe wonders about this too, and then insists they try and find a way out of this room. They look out the window and see that there isn't any escape this way as it's a sheer drop. Suddenly, Isobel sees Jamie and the Doctor climbing nearby fire escapes on the side of the building (nearby but not near enough). They start shouting and waving at them. Jamie tells the Doctor to look up and he sees what Jamie sees: Zoe and Isobel waving at them. He is glad to know exactly where they are but he doesn't want them to give the game away too soon, so he motions for Zoe and Isobel to move back from the window. Isobel sees this and wonders what they're trying to tell them. Zoe thinks the Doctor wants them to keep away from the window for some reason, but neither are sure why at the moment. The Doctor and Jamie continue climbing the building, past the tenth floor. Zoe suddenly realizes what's going on and whispers to Isobel to try and act as though nothing's happening. She motions with her eyes across the room and suggests that "Big Brother is watching us." The Brigadier gets a call from the Doctor and he tells him to come in. THe Doctor says he's going to need some assistance in a few moments. The Brigadier asks if he's in trouble, and the Doctor says no, but they will need some help. He asks if they have a helicopter in the area, and the Brigadier says they do. The Doctor asks if they have a rope ladder on board with them, and the Brigadier says he's sure they do. The Doctor says this is good and tells him that they're going to be on the roof of the main building, central block, on the north side to give their chopper any cover from ground fire. The Brigadier acknowledges and signs off. Packer orders into his wrist radio for everyone to keep looking and find the Doctor and Jamie. Vaughn tells Packer not to worry, since he's sure they won't risk any harm coming to their little friends. He turns on the loudspeakers again and says the Doctor now only has five minutes. Packer doesn't think they'll give themselves up. "They'd be mad to." "Not mad Packer, merely human," answers Vaughn. Suddenly they hear something out their window and they go to look. The UNIT helicopter approaches the main administration building's north side. Packer says it's the same helicopter. Vaughn speculates that perhaps the Doctor and Jamie do mean to save their own skins after all, and this helicopter is coming to pick them up. He orders Packer to stop them and shoot the helicopter down if necessary. The helicopter hovers over the Doctor and Jamie and Jamie asks the Doctor if they're not going to leave the "lassies" behind. The Doctor says of course they're not. The helicopter extends a very long rope ladder down to them, and the Doctor extends the extra length across the roof, secures the rope on the ledge, and then drops the rest over the side of the building at the right point so that it lines up nearly with the room Zoe and Isobel are in. The Doctor then says to Jamie, "Down you go!" "Me?" asks Jamie, but at the sound of more alarms, he swallows his fear and starts climbing down the side of the building. Isobel says something must be going on, and Zoe thinks she hears a helicopter. Suddenly they see Jamie climbing down to them, and Isobel runs to barricade the door to their room. Zoe helps and the two pile filing cabinets and office furniture in front of the door. Jamie gets into the room from the window and tells the girls to be careful as they go up the rope ladder. "Surely you don't think we're going up that!" insists Isobel, and Jamie asks if she'd rather stay with Packer and Vaughn. Isobel swallows and listens as Jamie tells her not to let go and not to look down. From the ground, Packer sees the rescue attempt in operation, and he orders his guards to open fire at the figures climbing the ladder now some twelve stories above them. No one comes close to hitting them, and so Packer orders guards to get up to the roof after them. On the roof of the building, Isobel thanks goodness the climbing's over, until the Doctor points out to her that there's more to come, pointing to the ladder leading to the helicopter. Once all are on the roof, the Doctor frees up the extra length of ladder and all start climbing the ladder to the helicopter. Guards emerge onto the roof and start to fire at the helicopter hovering high above. Jamie still hasn't gotten into the helicopter when the firing begins. The Doctor tells the pilot to get them out of here and he yells to Jamie to hang on. The guards fire everything they've got, including some machine guns, at the departing helicopter and the figure of Jamie hanging beneath it. Jamie continues climbing up and finally gets inside the chopper. The Brigadier hears shots over the RT and asks Jimmy what's happening and if he needs ground support. Captain Turner comes back that he doesn't and that the mission has been accomplished, and they're on their way back now. The Brigadier asks if there are any casualties, and Turner says they are all well. "Luckily Vaughn's attack goons couldn't shoot a flying elephant." Laughs are heard from the cockpit and the Brigadier signs off. He then tells Sergeant Walters to get him all units again and he cancels the red alert, telling everyone to return to base. Packer tells Vaughn the helicopter _was_ part of the UNIT force group. Vaughn tells him not to panic. "You've blundered again, but fortunately it won't really matter." Packer says there's bound to be an official reaction, but Vaughn says there will not be. Packer starts to argue, and suddenly Vaughn's voicebox erupts into a molten monologue: "DON'T ARGUE PACKER! "JUST DO AS YOU'RE TOLD, MAN! AND FOR ONCE, DO IT RIGHT!" Packer whispers, "Yessir," and Vaughn orders him to have Professor Watkins' Cerebraton machine loaded into his car. They're going back to London. Packer asks why this is and Vaughn tells him that because of his clumsiness, they must alter their plans. He intends to bring the invasion forward. They now have twenty-four hours to prepare for it. Packer says they'll never agree to it since the invasion force is nowhere near complete. Vaughn says what they have will be sufficient for their immediate purpose, and after the invasion they will have no need for secrecy. He tells him to attend to the Professor while he attends to their UNIT friends. He also tells Packer to bring Watkins up to his office immediately. Packer says, "yessir" and leaves. Vaughn sits down in his desk and presses the intercom switch. He tells his computer to get him the Ministry of Defense and to switch it on to his visual circuit. A secretary appears on his monitor screens and says he's reached the Ministry of Defense. Vaughn asks her to get him Major General Rutledge. The secretary checks something and then asks who is calling. "Tobias Vaughn," he answers. Major General Bill Rutledge sits at a desk in an ornate office inside the MOD building in London. He is on the telephone with someone he calls sir and he tells the person he'll meet him for dinner tonight at about eight. They arrange a pub where they will dine, and then he hears a second phone ring. He tells his sir goodbye and hangs up the first phone. He picks up the second and asks the secretary why she's calling. The secretary tells him he has an outside call. "Male or female?" asks the general, and the secretary, somewhat disgustedly, says it is Tobias Vaughn calling. The General's face suddenly grows worried and he tells the secretary to put him through, on priority scramble. There is a whine over the line and then Vaughn's voice comes through clearly, as does his picture on a video screen. Vaughn asks if they can be overheard and Rutledge says priority scramble is in operation. Vaughn says this is good and then tells Rutledge that UNIT has been causing trouble, and that they must be stopped. Rutledge stutters and then says he understands. His face is confused and glazed over, unsure of himself. Vaughn says there must be no more interference, and Rutledge says he'll deal with it. Vaughn says, "Good fellow. Knew I could rely on you," and signs off. Rutledge looks around for a moment and says to himself, "I understand." The Brigadier is telling the tea-drinking Doctor that he was lucky, dead lucky. All the rescuers and rescuees are seated at the central table in the cargo plane UNIT HQ. Jamie looks over at the Doctor and says it was supposed to have been a *simple* rescue operation. Isobel asks the Brigadier what's going on about her uncle. The Brigadier tells her not to worry. As soon as the plane returns to base, he's going to raise some hell and get some action. Jamie asks if he thinks they'll listen to him this time and the Brigadier seeths, "No one, not even Tobias Vaughn can go as far as trying to shoot down one of my helicopters!" Isobel wishes she had had her camera with her during the escapade and Turner agrees, saying pictures would have clinched it as far as the Ministry's concerned. The Brigadier tells him not to worry since they'll have to get some action now. There is an awkward silence for a moment, and Zoe notices the Doctor in a deep contemplative mood. She asks him what he's thinking about and the Doctor says he's thinking again about that ship that fired at them earlier that morning, that forced them to land. The Brigadier asks who did this and Zoe says whoever was in that spaceship on the other side of the Moon. "Spaceships?" repeats the Brigadier, "On the other side of the Moon?" "And then there was that deep space radio at Vaughn's place," adds the Doctor as he continues to wonder aloud. Turner steps into the conversation and suddenly asks the Brigadier if the recent reports about UFOs could have anything to do with this. Isobel asks if he means flying saucers, and Turner says the reports all were clear that these weren't saucers. Jamie has to have UFO defined for him by Isobel, and then the Doctor asks if anyone photographed these objects. Turner says they've got lots of such photos in the files, and the Doctor asks to see them. Watkins is brought before Vaughn and he demands to know what that shooting was earlier and says that if Vaughn's harmed Isobel. . . Vaughn assures Watkins that Isobel is perfectly safe. Watkins then asks why he's being taken back to London, and asks again about Isobel and what's happened to her. Vaughn tries to tell him again that she's perfectly safe, and Watkins says he wants to see her right then and there. Vaughn says he will, when he's finished working on the machine. If he does as he asks, he will let both Isobel and Watkins go free. "You don't even expect me to believe you, do you?" observes Watkins. Vaughn points out that Watkins has very little choice, and that they're going back to London, where he will work on the machine to his specifications, and he now has 24 hours to complete it. Only if he hasn't finished by that time will he have cause to worry about his niece. Packer makes sure Watkins has everything he needs and then both leave. The Doctor looks over the pictures of cylindrical shaped, glowing objects in night skies and the Brigadier asks if they mean anything to the Doctor. The Doctor says they possibly do and asks how long ago these were first sighted. The Brigadier says they've been getting reports for over a year now, and that they send up fighter planes to investigate, but nothing ever came of it. Turner adds that the odd thing about these sightings is that they usually disappear somewhere over southeast England. Isobel notes that this is near Vaughn's place, and Turner says this is why he brought it up. The Doctor turns the topic back to the shape Jamie felt move in the crate earlier, and he asks Jamie if it felt at all familiar to him. Jamie says no, and then Zoe asks the Doctor what he thinks it was, and he answers that he doesn't know, but they have to find out quickly. Zoe asks how. The Doctor points out that obviously they bring these things into London from the factory in the country, and if they're going to get answers it's going to be in the London IE premises. Jamie is worried about this idea, going back to Vaughn's place. The Brigadier adds that this isn't wise, that the Doctor's just been lucky so far. Jamie says if he thinks he's going back there. . . The Doctor insists he has to see what's inside those crates. He asks the Brigadier for a map of the London premises, and the Brigadier gets one from Sergeant Walters. The Doctor looks over the map as Jamie points out that they can't use the entrance they used last time because they'll be ready this time. The Doctor sees something very fortunate on the map, and then asks the Brigadier if he can find him a canoe. . . The Doctor and Jamie are paddling a canoe down a small canal leading into the IE London premises. Inside a bland laboratory in the IE building, the Doctor and Jamie enter and hide behind a piece of equipment. They watch as men in lab coats activate a strange, alien-looking spinning device. The device emits a low-pitched pulsing sound. It grows in pitch, volume, and frequency, and across the room stands one of the webbed cocoons Jamie saw earlier. As the pitch gets louder, a shape inside the cocoon stirs and stirs until finally, something pierces the web from the inside. A metal hand emerges and the cocoon tears. A large man-shaped creature strides out, with metal limbs, piping on its joints, a large complex chest unit, and a blank noseless face with jughandle hoses for ears. . . A Cyberman. . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON JAMIE FRAZER HINES PACKER PETER HALLIDAY VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER ZOE WENDY PADBURY OPERATOR SHEILA DUNN MAJOR GENERAL RUTLIDGE EDWARD DENTITH PROFESSOR WATKINS EDWARD BURNHAM TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv originally transmitted 23 November 1968 (the Fifth Anniversary story!) this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE FIVE Staccato tones rise in pitch as the webbed cocoon writhes in agitation. Its surface tears at its top, and two metal hands part the fabric to free its head, a head with a blank face, no nose, a slit for a mouth, featureless eyes, metal for skin, and jug-handle shaped stiff hoses replacing ears. The figure struggles out of its berth, revealing stiff metal limbs, a complex bank of lights and equipment affixed to its chest, and a looming stature. "The Cybermen," says Jamie. The Doctor confirms this from his hiding place, and then both leave the warehouse, heading back for their canoe. Jamie and the Doctor paddle through the canal in the same manner they came, escaping with the news their eyes have gathered. Isobel asks Captain Turner what he thinks will happen now. Turner says the whole affair is no longer really a military matter. Isobel asks if they'll turn this over to the police, and Jimmy says he thinks they will. Isobel says this is a pity since she could have made a bomb selling photographs of the entire adventure to the press. Turner asks if he can compensate by taking her out to dinner that night, and Isobel is surprised and delighted, saying that would be nice. A thought suddenly occurs and she asks, "Hey are you stinking rich?" "Not on a Captain's pay, I'm not," answers Jimmy Turner. "It's not my day is it?" asks Isobel. "Money isn't everything, you know," answers Turner, but their conversation is interrupted when Jamie and the Doctor return to the UNIT HQ airplane with the news that some old friends of theirs, the Cybermen, were back. Zoe thinks this is what the Doctor suspected earlier, but he doesn't get a chance to answer her when Isobel cuts in and asks what on Earth are Cybermen. "They're from another world, inhuman killers," he answers. Turner asks if they're from space or something, and Zoe tells him yes, and that the spaceship on the other side of the Moon was obviously their craft. "What are they? Little green men?" asks Isobel jokingly until the Doctor sits down with a very worried expression on his face, and she then says, "You're serious aren't you?" Zoe tells Isobel that they've seen the Cybermen before and they've seen what they can do. Turner asks where exactly the Cybermen are and how many there are. Jamie thinks they're at Vaughn's headquarters in London (since this is where they saw one) and the Doctor adds that there are probably thousands of them. Zoe makes the point that Vaughn is helping them. The Doctor speculates on the deep space transmitter, which is obviously going to be used by the Cybermen spaceships to home in on. Turner says this then is what all the UFOs were, and he points out worriedly that there were hundreds of them. Jamie completes the thought by saying they must have quite an army built up by now, but he wonders where they're hiding them all. The Doctor stands and asks Captain Turner where the Brigadier is. Turner says he's at the Ministry of Defense, and that he'd better get on to him immediately and tell him the news. The Doctor asks Turner again about how all the people who went into Vaughn's HQ came out different. Zoe asks if the Doctor thinks they're controlled. Turner asks what this is and Zoe explains that the Cybermen have means of controlling people's minds, and that the people can appear to be almost normal but they're not. The Doctor asks who the Brigadier is immediately answerable to, and Captain Turner says this person is Major-General Rutlidge. "No cause for alarm?" asks the Brigadier increduously of Major-General Rutlidge. He stands before Rutlidge's desk in the Ministry of Defense, and tells Rutlidge again that Vaughn tried to shoot down one of his helicopters. Rutlidge argues with him, pointing out that that helicopter was trespassing over their top security area, and the Brigadier answers that if you can't trust a UNIT force, who can you trust? Rutlidge begins to say that there's nothing they . . . and then breaks off suddenly. The Brigadier asks him what the matter is, and Rutlidge insists that there isn't anything wrong, even though he does have an odd glazed look on his eyes. "Look, Billy," says the Brigadier, "Vaughn's a powerful man, I know that. We can at least request a formal investigation." Rutlidge insists this isn't their province. "Then who's province is it?" thunders the Brigadier. Rutlidge tells the Brigadier that there's no point in getting angry about this, but that he must see this from his point of view. He says all the Brigadier's given him is vague reports, nothing conclusive, and no proof. The Brigadier can't believe this and says, "No proof?" Rutlidge says this is all surely a misunderstanding, but he does promise to talk to the C in C of internal security about this immediately. The Brigadier tries to tell him that talk won't work, and that he wants some sort of action, and that he wants at least the civil authorities to investigate. Rutlidge tells the Brigadier to leave this matter with him. "Will I?" threatens the Brigadier. Rutlidge tells him if he's thinking about going to see the C in C himself, he's wasting his time. The Brigadier can't quite believe that he's hearing him ask, "You're going to do nothing?" and then a thought occurs to him. "What sort of hold has Vaughn got on you?" he asks. This surprises Rutlidge, who at first just repeats the word "Vaughn?" absent-mindedly, and then pulls himself together and categorically orders the Brigadier's UNIT force not to take any precipitous action. The Brigadier acknowledges the order, but then says he's going to go over Rutlidge's head and make a full report to UNIT Central Command in Geneva. He salutes, turns on his heel, and leaves briskly. Rutlidge looks worried and he asks the secretary (over the intercom) to get him the International Electromatic Central Office for him on priority scramble. Packer holds the London office door open for the entering Tobias Vaughn. His telephone is trilling on his desk and he answers it. His computer answering service tells him he has communication from Major General Rutlidge incoming on public video. Vaughn has it switched into his visual circuit and a close-up of Rutledge's face appears on three screens set into the wall of the office. Vaughn asks Rutlidge what he wants, and Rutlidge says there's trouble with the UNIT force that he can't stop. Vaughn asks how this is since he has authority to stop it, and Rutlidge tells him he has no authority outside this country and that a report is being made to UNIT Central Control. They're bound to investigate and take action. Vaughn says he sees and then asks how long it will be before this can be effective. Rutlidge tries to say something, but his sentence falters and he just stares into the camera. Packer mutters a question about this to Vaughn, and Vaughn becomes suddenly insistent, telling Rutlidge to listen to him and obey his commands. Rutlidge repeats the words, "your commands." Vaughn tells him to leave his office and come there to him, and asks if he understands. Rutlidge at first just repeats he has to obey Vaughn's commands, and finally with some more prompting from Vaughn he says he understands. "Good fellow," says Vaughn, and the picture fades off. Packer asks what's the matter with Rutlidge and Vaughn tells him their control over him is weakening. Packer thinks this could be dangerous if he doesn't obey the order to come to the IE building. Vaughn assures him he will. Sergeant Walters hangs up a phone and tells Captain Turner that Rutlidge's secretary tells him Rutlidge left some time ago, and that the Brigadier left even longer ago after not having stayed long. Turner tells the Doctor that they're too late and the Brigadier's already been in to see Rutlidge. The question is now where exactly they stand with Rutlidge. Rutlidge sits glassy-eyes before Vaughn's desk as Vaughn questions him. Vaughn is telling Rutlidge he must tell him how long before the UNIT forces can take action. Rutlidge at first says nothing, and suddenly Vaughn slams his fist into the desk and screams, "How long before the UNIT forces can take action?!!?" At last Rutlidge says, "One day, maybe two." Vaughn says this is good and they have time enough. Packer interrupts from his perch near the window and says he doesn't like this, asking "Supposing the UNIT forces move faster than that?" "Only supposing, Packer," assures Vaughn, but he adds that to be on the safe side they're going to conduct an experiment. He tells Packer to have the machine taken down to the warehouse where he is to wait with it outside for Vaughn. Packer asks what he's going to do and Vaughn tells him to wait and see. Before Packer leaves he asks what they're going to do with Rutlidge, who is still marketing glass eyes, and Vaughn casually tells Packer to leave it to him. Packer leaves and Vaughn stands. Vaughn crosses to the rear wall and presses the slide control. Again the wall pivots back on a corner and reveals the dark alcove and the CyberPlanner standing and whirring at him. Vaughn tells the Planner that there have been some difficulties and that they must alter their plans. The Planner responds in its dull, monotone, electronically treated tenor for Vaughn to report the difficulty so that they may assess it. Vaughn tells it they must bring the invasion forward. The Planner objects, saying their invasion force is not yet complete. Vaughn tells it the invasion must take place within fifteen hours otherwise they may have to face the combined military forces of the entire world. The Planner tells him to wait and his plan will be assessed. Vaughn tells it to accept what he says or else their partnership will be at an end. "The invasion will take place at dawn tomorrow." The Planner begins spinning and it whirrs at a different pitch as it transmits the data into space and receives instructions. "It has been agreed," it finally agrees, "The data will be completed and invasion plans transmitted to you. Discussion terminated." Men wearing welding masks operate the controls of the waking device as it pours power into another one of the gauze-like cocoons. The cocoon tears open as the Cyberman within emerges. Packer enters and asks the technicians how many more they have to do, and the technician tells him they have fifty more crates. Packer tells him to hurry up and he then approaches the two newly awakened Cybermen and orders them to follow him. Both Cybermen follow willingly through a door into an adjoining room with a raised platform with a large opening set into its floor. Packer stands on this platform and asks the two Cybermen if they have received their instructions. One of them replies, "Yes." Packer tells them to proceed through the sewer tunnels to their alotted sectors, where they are to take the orders of their section leaders. The Cybermen acknowledge the orders and start climbing up the platform. The Doctor studies yet another map, this one of the sewers of London, which he describes to his audience of the Brigadier, Jamie, Zoe, and Isobel. The Brigadier asks him if he thinks this is where the Cybermen might be, and the Doctor answers yes, then pointing out a main flood release sewer running under the warehouse. The Brigadier wonders about the water in the sewers affecting the Cybermen, but the Doctor insists that wouldn't hurt a Cyberman, and besides, many of the sewers are only flooded during heavy rainfall. Isobel breaks in and asks if they should pray for a cloudburst. The Brigadier chastises her and tells her this could be very serious. She apologizes but says this is all a pretty crazy story to swallow. The Brigadier tells her the attack from the Yeti also was, but nevertheless it happened. Captain Turner bends over the Brigadier's shoulder and tells him he thinks Isobel's right, that if they send this story into Geneva they'll never believe it. The Brigadier says he's right, that what they need is some kind of evidence or proof. The Doctor changes the subject and suggests it might be better at the moment for them to investigate the form the attack is going to take. A sinister thought comes to his mind and he warily asks Jamie if he still has the transistor radio Vaughn gave him. Jamie says he does and he hands it over to the Doctor. The Doctor then asks if the Brigadier has any IE equipment in the plane, a question he hands to Captain Turner who says they do have an IE computer as well as some radio and radar components. The Doctor asks to see them right away and Turner leads him to them. Packer watches as the two Cybermen climb down through the "Cyber"manhole, then gets up and returns to the wake-up room. There Vaughn and Gregory are waiting for him. Vaughn notices Packer's presence and tells him it's time for the experiment to begin. Gregory looks worried and tells Vaughn this is going to be very dangerous. Vaughn tells him it would be even more dangerous if they didn't try this. "We must make sure we have an effective weapon against the Cybermen." Packer asks if he's going to try it on one of the Cybermen, and Vaughn doesn't see why not. He steps forwrd and examines one of the cocoons. He turns and tells the technicians to revive the Cyberman inside, but only enough to bring it out of its cocoon. One of the technicians replies yes and then attaches wires to the cocoon. They activate the waking device and the Cyberman slowly tears its way out of the web, and then stops and stands in place. Vaughn tells them to hold it there, and he tells the worried Gregory to attach the Professor's machine. Gregory steps forward hesitantly, kneels down on the floor nervously, sets the box of wires that is the machine on the floor apprehensively, gets up and attaches wires around the Cyberman's neck cautiously, then picks up the machine again and steps back finally with a high degree of concern. He asks Vaughn what emotion he should try to induce in the Cyberman, and Vaughn tells him, "Fear! Let's see how the Cybermen will react to fear." Gregory already knows how he reacts to fear as he switches on the machine. At first the Cyberman does nothing but then begins to move a little, somewhat in pain. Vaughn tells Gregory to increase the power, and he does. The Cyberman suddenly cries out in an electronic frenzy of half- choked screams and begins to writhe in pain. Vaughn shouts for Gregory to further increase the power, but Gregory can only worry quite a bit more and tell Vaughn that it's already at the limit. The Cyberman suddenly goes berserk and tears the wires from its neck. It screams in agony and twists its arms in circles, slowly moving Packer against the wall. Packer pulls his pistol and fires several shots into the Cyberman to no effect. The Cyberman suddenly changes its deranged mind and stumbles in the opposite direction, out the door into the room leading to the sewers. Gregory fearfully tells Vaughn he warned him about the machine not being ready yet. Packer returns from following the Cyberman and tells them it's going down into the sewers after the other Cybermen. Vaughn tells them to let it go. Gregory worries about it having gone so mad it might kill someone, but Vaughn is more interested in how they've proven the Professor's machine can be effective. He tells Gregory to get Watkins to work on it, increase the power twofold, and give it directional control. Packer asks Vaughn what they're going to do about the mad one. "We can't let it roam down there alone!" "Why not?" asks Vaughn. "It will kill anyone who gets in its way," protests Packer. "Good," says Vaughn, "Anyone fool enough to be down in those sewers deserves to die." Isobel asks the Brigadier again if he really believes these Cybermen things may be down in the sewers. The Brigadier says this seems to make sense. Isobel further remarks that he can't do anything about this without proof or evidence. The Brigadier confirms that Central Control would think he was mad. Isobel tells him the answer's simple: go and get some proof. The Brigadier asks her how he's supposed to do that, go and get one? Zoe chirps in that they wouldn't stand a chance against the Cybermen. She's seen what they can do. Isobel says they wouldn't have to go anywhere near them. All they need do is photograph them. The Brigadier rounds on her with a look of "Eureka!" on his face toward her until he realizes that it's bound to be pitch dark in the tunnels. Isobel tells him they could use an infrared film with a twenty-five filter on a 35 mil camera with a telephoto lens and then take frame after frame without getting anywhere near the Cybermen. "Is that all gibberish or do you really know what you're talking about?" asks the Brigadier. "Of course I know," answers an irritated Isobel. The Brigadier says if she's right, this is just the sort of proof he could need to get some action. Isobel tells him all she needs is her camera from the house and she's set to go. "Wait a minute," warns the Brigadier, "This isn't a job for you." "Whyever not?" asks Isobel. "Well," starts the Brigadier, "You're a young woman. This is a job for my men." "Well of all the bigoted, anti-feminist, cretinous remarks. . ." explodes Isobel at the Brigadier. "This is no job for a girl like you," insists the Brigadier, "And that's final." "Oh, you, you," stammers Isobel, then finding the word she's looking for she completes her insult, "you MAN!" The Brigadier isn't phased and he tells them he's going to get his photo unit onto this right away. Isobel returns to Jamie and Zoe and mutters about how stupid and bigoted and idiotic the Brigadier is. Jamie stands and tells them, "Well, he's right you know!" "Jamie McCrimmon!" gasps an astonished Zoe, "You think that just because you're male you're superior." "Now I didn't say that," insists Jamie, "Of course, it's true." "Is it really?" asks Zoe, "Right, coming Isobel?" "What a splendid idea," says Isobel and the two step towards the exit of the UNIT plane. Jamie asks where they're going. Zoe conspiratorily asks Isobel if they should let Jamie come with them, and Isobel expresses doubts since men aren't much good in situations like this. "Just a minute, where do you think you're going?" asks Jamie. Isobel tells him London, and he yipes, "London? Now we shouldn't do anything without the Doctor!" Zoe and Isobel aren't listening to him and in fact exit the plane. He looks back for the Doctor but can't see him anywhere, and then reluctantly follows them. The CyberPlanner is once again active and it informing Vaughn that one hour before invasion cybertransmitter units will be launched into orbit around Earth. "The effect will be immediate?" asks Vaughn. "Yes," answers the Planner, "Transmissions will penetrate all areas." Vaughn asks what if this doesn't work, but the Planner tells him, "Humans cannot resist CyberControl. Our forces will penetrate all areas and take all humans for cybernetic conversion." "Conversion to Cybermen," queries Vaughn. "Yes," answers the Planner, "The unsuitable humans will be destroyed." "No, this is not as we agreed," shouts Vaughn. "It has been decided," insists the Planner. "We agreed that I should remain in control of Earth," says Vaughn, "In return, I supply the minerals you require. You will honor that bargain otherwise there will be no invasion!" "To control you must undergo complete conversion and become one of us." "No!" demands Vaughn, "My body may be cybernetic but my mind stays human. That is final!!" The Planner whirrs and transmits and finally announces, "It has been agreed." "Discussion concluded." The alcove door/wall slides shut, and Packer steps forward from his point at the rear of the room and asks if Vaughn can trust them. Vaughn tells him, "Of course not. I know they'll try to take control from me when the invasion's complete, but then, they don't know about the Cerebraton Machine, do they?" Packer says he doesn't like it, and reminds Vaughn that thing said humans can't resist CyberControl. "How do we know these Cybertransmissions aren't going to affect us?" "They won't," soothes Vaughn, "We shall be protected by the implanted audio rejection capsules. You see Packer, I've thought all this out in detail. Nothing has been overlooked." Captain Turner watches as the Doctor looks through a magnifying glass at a circuit layout inside one of UNIT's pieces of equipment. He asks if the Doctor's found anything and the Doctor starts to say no, that what he really needs is laboratory facilities, but he's sure the micromonolithic circuit he's found is something to do with the Cybermen's invasion plan. Turner tells him that they might find a lab he can work in, and the Doctor says this will be no problem since he can use Professor Travers' lab in his house. Turner tells him he'll arrange some transport. The Brigadier finishes an order over radio to his photographic detail to be helicoptered in for a briefing. He signs off, and then the Doctor approaches him and asks the Brigadier where Jamie, Zoe, and Isobel are. He says he doesn't know and turns to ask Sergeant Walters. Walters tells them he sent Benton to take them back to London. The Doctor asks what on Earth they went back to London for, and Walters says he didn't know, but they all said they were going to get some information for the Brigadier. "For me?" asks the Brigadier, and then he slowly realizes what's happened, saying they couldn't have been so stupid as to do what he thinks they're doing. He orders Walters to get Benton on the radio link quickly, and the Doctor asks what the matter is. "I'm sorry Doctor, I think those crazy kids have gone to the sewers to get photos of the Cybermen!" The Doctor worriedly whispers, "What?" Benton, now wearing a UNIT uniform marked with Corporal's stripes, drives a UNIT Land Rover along a London street and parks along the side. He has three passengers, Zoe, Isobel, and Jamie. Jamie wants them to call the Doctor about this first, but Zoe and Isobel refuse to listen and climb out of the vehicle. "Women," whispers Jamie to Benton, and Benton smiles, and then picks up the microphone to his radio and responds to a call from UNIT Control. He acknowledges he is receiving. Walters hands over his microphone in the UNIT Control plane over to the Brigadier. The Brigadier asks Benton if he's still got his passengers, and Benton answers in the negative; he's just dropped them off. The Brigadier asks him what his position is, and Benton says he's in the vicinity of red sector one, on Shepherd's Street. Walters mentions that that is nearly on top of Vaughn's HQ. The Brigadier tells Benton to try and make contact with his passengers again and get them to report to him. Benton says he'll try, but he isn't sure which way they've gone. The Brigadier tells Benton not to make excuses, and adds that this is a top priority operation. He signs off, then turns to Captain Turner and tells him to take personal charge of this operation. The Doctor adds he had better come back to London with them and see if he can make some sense of these circuits. He'll have to leave his three friends in the Brigadier's very capable hands. The Brigadier tells the Doctor not to worry, they'll get them back. "I hope," he adds after the Doctor has left. A manhole cover rings onto a street and Zoe teases Jamie into going down first into the sewer tunnel. After a little chiding, he leads the way down with Zoe next down. Above them, on the street, Isobel starts to climb down into the sewer. Further along the street, a police constable sees her and shouts, "Hey you! What do you think you're doing going down there you young idiots!" Isobel vanishes into the sewer tunnel as Corporal Benton drives up and parks. He climbs out and joins the constable who is leaning over the open manhole calling down into the sewer. The constable's voice carries and echoes amongst the tunnels and Jamie whispers that this is all they need. With him shouting like that they'll have every Cyberman in the area down on in them in no time. Zoe looks down the opposite direction of the tunnel they are in and says she thinks she can see something moving in the distance. Isobel can't see well enough, and Jamie tells them they should get back. The shape in the distance grows closer, and they can just make out the silver-limbed form of a single Cyberman sort of staggering towards them. Zoe whispers that she was right, and Isobel exclaims this is fantastic. She steps forward and begins snapping pictures quickly with her camera. Back at the manhole, the constable finishes climbing into the sewer and he turns on a torch. He shouts again for the young idiots to show themselves and to stop playing about. Jamie gets anxious at the sudden outburst of new shouting from the policeman and he motions for Zoe and Isobel to come on and leave, but Isobel continues to take photos. They suddenly notice the Cyberman is getting uncomfortably near to them and start running back towards the manhole and the policeman. The policeman shouts again for the kids, then turns and looks behind himself. "What the heck?" are his last words as two Cyberman approach him and stop. A fierce glow shines from the top of the second Cyberman's chest unit, and the policeman is caught in its glare. He screams in agony and collapses onto the floor, his dead body glowing so brightly it appear like a photo- graphic negative. Jamie, Isobel, and Zoe freeze in place, gaping at what's happened down the tunnel and suddenly very sorry they came here. Jamie starts to lead the way forward again, but Zoe stops him saying there are Cybermen down there. Jamie says they can't go back the way they came because there's a Cyberman behind them. . . and then the shoe drops. "Hey," he says, "They're coming at us from both directions!" They look back down the tunnel in horror as the lone Cyberman, crazed and screaming staggers towards them. . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON JAMIE FRAZER HINES ZOE WENDY PADBURY ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY MAJOR GENERAL RUTLIDGE EDWARD DENTITH PHONE OPERATOR SHEILA DUNN TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY PACKER PETER HALLIDAY WORKMAN PETER THOMPSON GREGORY IAN FAIRBAIRN SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL POLICEMAN DOMINIC ALLAN TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 30 November 1968 The credits of the episode contain an oversight: JOHN LEVENE (Benton) has a speaking role but is not credited. this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE SIX Jamie realizes with horror that "They're coming at us from both directions!" Two Cybermen are at the far end of the tunnel, and a third one is approaching from the other side, rapidly. The third one seems to be screaming in a form of agony. . . A Land Rover carrying Captain Turner, Sergeant Walters, and a private drives up and parks close to the manhole where Corporal Benton is waiting for them. "Right here sir," he says and Turner orders Walters to get a torch. Zoe asks what they should do, and Jamie presses everyone back against the wall as the Cyberman reaches them. It's suffering from something so horrible that it ignores them completely and runs straight past them. Jamie, Zoe, and Isobel gape in astonishment, and Jamie remarks how it seems to be out of control and sort of wild. Captain Turner shines a torch up and down the tunnel as the last soldier climbs down the ladder into the sewer. He says they have to find Isobel and the others and he leads the way, to their right. Turner has a pistol at the ready and the others all carry rifles. Turner shouts out, "Isobel, where are you? Jamie? This is Captain Turner! Where are you?" Isobel turns to Zoe and Jamie and pleads that they tell them they're there, but Jamie insists she stays silent, since there's still at least one Cyberman between them and the soldiers. Isobel thinks that if they stay put there's bound to be another one to come along and they should at least let the soldiers know they're there. Jamie tells her she'd let the Cybermen know too. The UNIT soldiers continue cautiously walking through the tunnel. Sergeant Walters whispers that they could be anywhere in this maze. Turner agrees and says they should get in touch with the Brigadier immediately. They turn around to head back for the manhole when suddenly Walters sees something and says, "What the . . " Down the tunnel stand two Cybermen, chest units glowing in the darkness. Turner tells his men to move back, slowly. One of the Cybermen calls to them and tells them not to resist. (?) Turner tells Walters to get the grenades ready. The Cyberman tells them they must obey instructions. (?) Turner asks, "What do you want us to do?" The Cyberman tells them to come with them. "Obey or you will be destroyed." Suddenly the crazed Cyberman appears behind this pair. The two advancing Cybermen stop and turn around in logical surprise, as the rogue Cyberman crashes into them, flailing its limbs around wildly. Turner sees their chance and he orders, "Now!" The soldiers throw their grenades into the pile of Cybermen, and two explosions throw them to the ground. One of the Cybermen staggers to its feet, stepping on its fallen comrades, and Turner orders more grenades to be readied. As Walters fumbles around to try and find some more grenades, the private panicks and shouts that it's too late. He stands, turns, and runs for it. Turner calls for Private Perkins to stop, but he's too late. . . The Cyberman looks at Perkins, and a fierce glow shines from the top of its chest unit. . . The glow bathes Perkins in its lethal light, and he collapses to the floor, his body shining in an oscillating negative . . . Isobel tells Jamie that they should at least have warned the soldiers. They hear three more explosions down the tunnel, and then Turner's voice calling to them again and asking if they are there. This time Isobel and the others cry out that they are, and Turner tells them to get to the ladder as quick as they can. They happily do as he says. Turner and the other soldiers have reached the ladder and he's telling the Sergeant to keep moving with Perkins' body. Isobel is first to reach the ladder and she starts to tell Turner how glad she is to see him, but Turner stops her angrily and tells her to hurry on up the ladder; he's lost one man already and he doesn't want to lose anymore. She starts up the ladder, and Turner tells Jamie to keep a watch out down the tunnel as he thinks one of those Cybermen is still alive. Jamie is the last up the ladder, but before he clears the manhole, a large metal hand grabs the calf of his leg and he cries out in pain, unable to move and being dragged back down into the manhole. Turner helps keep Jamie topside, but they can't break the tie between their strength and the Cyberman's. Turner calls for help from Sergeant Walters. Walters runs to the Land Rover and picks up his previously discarded rifle. He then runs to the manhole and starts to hammer at the Cyberman's arms and chest with the gun's barrel. After six full hits, the Cyberman finally lets go of Jamie's leg and starts to fall back down into the manhole. "Benton, grenade!" calls Turner. Benton runs over to them with a grenade, shouts "Grenade!" and drops it down the manhole after the Cyberman. A flash, a loud explosion, and smoke pour out of the manhole, followed by silence. Walters tells Turner how he can't believe that the Cybermen took all those grenades and one of them still came out of it. Turner acknowledges this and tells everyone, "Let's get out of here." The Doctor sits in Travers'/Watkins' lab and peers into a microscope. He looks up frustratedly as the Brigadier comes in. The Brigadier asks if he's had any luck, and the Doctor admits he hasn't. He says there's an alien logic in these circuits that he hasn't been able to work out yet. The Brigadier notes that they are then no further ahead, and the Doctor agrees. The Brigadier tells the Doctor that Miss Watkins is developing her photographs, and that he'll be making a full report to UNIT Central Command in Geneva. The Doctor asks how long that will take, and the Brigadier tells him that in totality it will be about two or three days before they can do anything. The Doctor protests that that may be too late. Isobel, Zoe, and Jamie enter the lab and Isobel steps to the Brigadier carrying several photographic prints. She shows them off proudly to the Brigadier, who looks over them with disappointment and says "yes" in what he hopes is a reassuring tone. Isobel doesn't think so and she asks what's the matter with them. At first he says that it's nothing, and that they're very good, and then relents under Isobel's stare and admits to her, without trying to harm her professional pride he assures her, that these pictures look a little like, well, fakes. "Fakes?" Isobel exclaims, and then Zoe looks over the somewhat fuzzy photographs and off-center Cybermen and says she sees what he means. "Oh, charming," says the irritated Isobel, "I don't know why I bothered!" She storms out of the room. Jamie is mystefied by all this as he looks at the photos and says, "Of course it's a Cyberman! Any fool can see that!" The Brigadier points out that McCrimmon does because he knows them, but the people he's trying to convince are a little more skeptical. Suddenly the Doctor looks up from his microscope and says, "Yes of course! It could be, it just could be!" Packer stands before Vaughn's desk and tells his boss that it was definitely the UNIT force in the sewers. Apparantly they attacked three Cybermen and destroyed two of them. Vaughn shrugs this off and says, "How very clever of them." Packer protests that the UNIT force got out alive, and if they report on what they saw. . . Vaughn assures Packer that their reports are meaningless, since in a few hours time the invasion will be complete, and there cannot possibly be any serious opposition. Packer hopes aloud that Vaughn's right, and Vaughn assures Packer he is. He stands and looks out his office window, through the vertical blinds at the skyline of London outside. "Just look at it out there," he says, "Soon we shall control all that." He turns from his dream and asks if Professor Watkins has completed the work on the Cerebraton machine, and Packer says that he has and that he and Gregory are on their way now. The door alarm goes off and he says that that's them now. Packer opens the door and Vaughn welcomes Gregory and Watkins into his office, and their accompanying guard. Vaughn asks if they have success, and Gregory worriedly tells them they don't quite know yet, but they've added narrow bandwidth transducers which should make control more directional. Vaughn takes the machine and looks over the additions including a small black trumpet-like horn attached to the top of the open metal frame of a box. Watkins tries to tell Vaughn that this is madness, that the machine is a deadly weapon now. "Really?" asks Vaughn in mock surprise. "The modifications were quite unnecessary," insists Watkins, "It worked perfectly well as it was." "For your purposes Professor," answers Vaughn, "I have a somewhat different use for it." Watkins tells him to do what he wants with it, that the machine's his now. He then asks if Vaughn will let him go now and if he will release Isobel. Vaughn is still looking over the controls of the machine as he casually says, "My dear fellow, she is free." Watkins looks at him in shock and asks where she is. "Probably sitting quite comfortably at home," says Vaughn with boredom in his voice, and then he asks how one operates this machine. Gregory worriedly sees which direction Vaughn has the machine pointed in (at Watkins) as Vaughn is tickling the controls, and he reaches forward to steady the machine in his hands and tell Mr Vaughn to be careful not to point it at anyone. "No?" asks Vaughn, "Dangerous is it?" His face changes from one of mock surprise to one of malice, as he asks Watkins, "Fear Professor. Do you know what fear is?" Watkins realizes what he's going to do and shouts, "No, don't!" until Vaughn switches the machine on. It issues out a harsh metallic whine which crumples Watkins to the floor, writhing in panic and terror. Gregory tries to wrestle the machine away from Vaughn protesting that he'll kill him, but Packer jumps forward and catches Gregory in a vice-like grip. Vaughn rounds on Gregory and grumbles the threat, "Perhaps we should try the effectiveness of the machine on you Gregory! At full power!!" Packer throws Gregory down on the floor next to the whimpering Watkins, and Gregory worriedly explains he was only thinking of how they still needed the Professor. Vaughn spits back that he knows this, and he supposes he needs Gregory too otherwise he'd. . . he breaks off and controls his temper somewhat and tells the guards to pick the scientists up off the floor. He then tells Watkins he's going to be taken back to the factory compound where he will get these machines on the production lines immediately. He asks if Watkins understands. Watkins doesn't stand on his own but is instead held upright by a guard on his left and a guard on his right, neither being careful about how tightly they hold him. Watkins head seems to hang out from the three pairs of shoulders as it says, "Vaughn, obviously I can't choose but to work for you." He swallows and goes on, "If I refuse, you'll torture me and kill me," and then he sadly adds, "I know I can't stand up to torture, and I don't want to die." Like a man desperate for water he tells his tormentor, "You're an evil man Vaughn!" Vaughn looks at Watkins strangely, as though he were really listening for once, as the Professor's starved spirit tells his body to say, "I pity you, but if I get half a chance. . . I'll kill you!" Vaughn suddenly looks amused. "Kill me? Would you?" he asks. He reaches out a hand to Packer and tells him to give him his gun. Packer obediently hands over his pistol to Vaughn, and Watkins looks at Vaughn as though it were inevitable. Vaughn steps forward and nearly presses the barrel of the gun in Watkins' weary face. . . and then he stops, turns the gun around in his hand, laughs, and tells Watkins to take it. Watkins looks at it for a moment as though it were a trick, then changes his mind and in one motion grabs the gun and shrugs off the guards. The two guards, Packer, and Gregory all back away toward the wall as they watch Watkins straighen his coat back onto his shoulders with a shrug as he grasps the gun firmly. "Now you're free to shoot me Professor," notices Vaughn almost absently. Watkins just looks at Vaughn in surprise, since Vaughn has given him the gun and is now making no moves to escape him. "Shoot!" orders Vaughn, and then he slaps Watkins across the face sending it to the floor, saying "Come on, or haven't you got the courage to pull the trigger?" Watkins giggles hysterically and he leaps to his feet, holding out the gun and firing off one, two, and three shots rapidly in sucession. Watkins looks disappointed, his face freezing with a new kind of horror, fear, and hopelessness. He faints dead away. Three bulletholes stain Vaughn's business shirt. But there is no blood, no pain, no holes and no death in Vaughn. Vaughn looks down at Watkins' unconscious form and laughs in wry amusement. He orders the guards to take Watkins away and get started on the machine immediately. The Doctor still continues to work, studying circuits in the microscope intently. Across the room, Captain Turner also works at setting up a radio set. The room is otherwise silent but for the ticks of the clock, and then for the slide of the door as Isobel enters, carrying a tray full of cups of tea. Isobel crosses the room and first offers the tea to the Doctor. He looks up, accepts the tea and thanks Isobel. Isobel's next intended recipient is Jamie, who is sleeping very comfortably indeed in a chair against the opposite wall. She tries to wake him and give him his tea, but he doesn't budge. She sets the cup on a tray next to him. Captain Turner tests out his radio and tries to contact UNIT Control. They respond and he tells them to relay all important messages to this set. Sergeant Walters, on the other end, acknowledges and signs off. Isobel hands Captain Turner his cup of tea and then steps back as he sips it. "I'm forgiven then?" she asks him as he smiles at her appreciatively. He asks what he's forgiven her for, and she tells him its for going down the sewers, adding that she's sorry about the dead soldier. Turner tells it's alright and that she couldn't know what she was really letting herself in for. Isobel thinks aloud, saying she could have got them all killed. She sits as she tells him she just didn't realize. She had heard Zoe telling the Brigadier about the Cybermen for his report, and they didn't sound as dangerous as they looked. Turner tells her they dropped five grenades right on top of them and one still came out of it. He says he'd hate to have to fight a whole army of them. "No, no, no, no, no!" cries the Doctor suddenly, jumping off his chair and tossing a piece of paper to the ground petulantly, like a child who doesn't get his ice cream for failing to clean up his room. Jamie stirs at the sound of the Doctor's voice and asks what's going on, and tells anyone who will listen that they should mind telling him what's going on. Captain Turner tells Jamie he can nevermind and go back to sleep. Sergeant Walters voice crackles over the radio set asking for the CO. Turner tells Isobel to go and get the Brigadier (which she does), and then asks what the flap is. Walters begins to give a report from red sector zero at 2030 hours, when Turner interrupts him to wait for the Brigadier. The Brigadier enters with Isobel and Turner tells Walters to go ahead. Walters says that routine reports say that two guards and another man were just seen leaving with the Professor. Benton is on their tail now. Turner tells Walters to stand-by and asks the Brigadier if they could use the chance to release the Professor. The Brigadier begins to point out something which is official which says why they can't possibly do such a thing when Isobel interrupts him and pleads for them to rescue him. The Doctor adds weight to the argument, telling the Brigadier that he might be able to help them with their current problem. The Brigadier finally agrees, with a smile, and he puts the rescue into Turner's lap. Turner orders Walters to tell Benton to stay with them and that he's on his way to join him. He'll contact en route. The Brigadier warns Jimmy not to take any chances, and Turner responds that he won't be playing any games; he's going to take the full assault platoon. Turner gives orders to this effect over the radio and then departs for his mission. "I think Mister Vaughn is going to have quite a scrap on his hands," says the Brigadier. Gregory stands in Vaughn's office, worriedly. He seems a little more worried than usual, as he explains to Vaughn what a long night it's been for him. This is obvious since his glasses are missing and his face is stained with dirt. Even the dirt looks worried. "There were at least thirty of them," he says with alarm, "and all armed Mr. Vaughn. We didn't stand a chance. They came out of nowhere." Vaughn sneers at him from near the dark windows of the brightly-lit office, "And they just took the Professor?" Gregory swallows nervously and says, "What else could we do? There were at least. . . " ". . .Thirty of them?" asks Vaughn with dangerous skepticism. Gregory begins to explain, worriedly, "They shot the two guards, and they would have shot me if. . . " ". . .If you hadn't run away," completes Vaughn. "Well," starts Gregory, "Yes." Vaughn crosses from the window to approach the concerned Gregory, telling him things which make him even more fearful, apprehensive, and downright scared. "You realize of course that without the Professor's assistance it will not be possible to get the Cerebraton Machine on the production line." Gregory sees a ray of hope and promises Vaughn suddenly, "I can. Given some time, I'm sure I can!" "Bt you have no time Gregory," informs Vaughn, "No time at all. . ." Gregory runs through the sewers with the fear of a worried man who was right after all. . . Two Cybermen follow him, and one lights its chest unit weapon after him. Gregory is caught in the glare, his back arches in pain, and he collapses to the floor, writhing in incandescent agony. . . Professor Watkins sits in safety, exhausted, but glad to be free. He's telling the assembled group of the Doctor, the Brigadier, Jamie, Zoe, Isobel, and Captain Turner what he's sorry he can't tell them anything to help. The Doctor asks him again if he doesn't have any idea what these micromonolithic circuits are for, and Watkins says no. The Doctor says, "Oh my word," because he knows he doesn't know what they're for either. Watkins explains how he doesn't understand why Vaughn wanted the modifications to the machine. The Brigadier wonders aloud why Vaughn would want a weapon like this when he's got the Cybermen to fight for him. The Doctor says he has no idea, unless. . . a thought then occurs and he asks the Professor again about how he produced the machine to make exceptionally powerful emotional pulses. Watkins says this is true, and the Doctor realizes this is the key. Vaughn is going to use the machine as a weapon against the Cybermen once he has no further use for them. Emotion is alien to the Cybermen's nervous system, and that's why the machine would destroy them. And suddenly another thought occurs. "The micromonolithic circuits," he exclaims, "They're emotional circuits! No wonder they weren't logical." He hurriedly runs to the microscope wondering aloud why he didn't think of this before. Watkins slowly follows him to help. The Brigadier tells Jimmy he'd better be getting back to Control and that he's going to leave things here to him. If the Doctor come up with anything, Turner is to let him know immediately. Jamie sees several seats suddenly vacant, and he lies himself down again on one of them. He tells everyone if anything exciting happens they can wake him up, but for now he's going back to sleep as he was in the middle of a lovely dream. "Honestly Jamie," complains Zoe, "Cybermen underneath London and all you can think about is your sleep." In the sewers, the Cybermen prepare their invasion. Many march to new positions, and some have now been supplied with larger caliber weapons, like short steel guns. . . Zoe shakes Jamie to wake him up, but Jamie asks she wait just a minute. Zoe shakes him harder and tells him the Doctor's discovered something important. He finally wakes up and crosses the lab to where the Doctor has everyone assembled around a large white board with some drawings on it, a visual aid for his speech. "Oh," he says as Jamie joins them, "How do you do Jamie." He turns and points to the large circle on the right of the board, which he says is the Earth. He then points to a smaller circle on the left of the board which he says is the Moon. Next, he points out many small dots around the Earth circle which are to represent the communication satellites in orbit around the Earth. And lastly, he points out a small dot on the left side of the Moon circle which he says is the Cybermen's spaceship, the one that we (Jamie, Zoe, and himself) saw. He then explains what he thinks is going to happen. He makes motions over the Cyberman spaceship to show that it will come around to the other side of the Moon and boost signals to the Earth. Watkins steps in and says the signals will activate these circuits, and the Doctor says he's got it precisely right. Isobel asks what this will do, and the Doctor explains that the micromonolithic circuits are an artifical nervous system, and once activated they will produce the Cyberhypnotic force that controls human beings. Turner's eyes widen in the realization that he voices aloud that there are hundreds and thousands of these circuits in IE equipment all over the world. Zoe nods and says it means the Cybermen will control everybody. Turner asks if there's anything they can do, and the Doctor steps forward significantly towards Zoe, telling her there is something they can do. She remembers her previous encounter with them on the Wheel and she remembers that a depolarizer worn at the back of the neck will jam the CyberControl waves. The Doctor turns and asks Watkins if he has any neuristors here at the lab, and Watkins answers that he thinks he has a few, but from his voice it isn't many. The Doctor tells Zoe to show the Professor what to do to make them, adding that the invasion could come at any moment. Vaughn is gazing at the dark early morning London skyline from his office window, dreaming of the hours, days, and years to come. The moment he's been waiting for arrives as the alarm from his wall goes off. He opens the dark alcove once more and the CyberPlanner asks him, "Is all in readiness?" "Of course," answers Vaughn. "There is one hour to invasion time," says the Planner, "Countdown will start from now." A musical ticking sound begins, repeating every second, to Vaughn's delight. "Excellent," he smiles. "We are moving into position now," reports the Planner, "Ready to transmit the CyberSignal." The Planner continues to tick away the remaining hour. . . In the darkness of space, the large Cyberman spaceship begins to move slowly around the moon, towards the Earth. . . The Doctor speaks over the UNIT radio set to the Brigadier, telling him that the depolarizers must all be fitted at once since the invasion could come at any minute. The Brigadier answers that he'll get all UNIT groups onto it as soon as possible. The Doctor tells him if he needs any help he can just call him up, and the Brigadier acknowledges and signs off. The Doctor gets up and asks Zoe how many she's made so far. She says they've only done three as they couldn't find any more neuristors. "What?" shouts the Doctor, "There must be some more amongst all this gubbins," he insists, indicating the pile of scientific junk in the lab (and casually ignoring the fact that he made the mess :). "We must protect everyone here at least," he says as he leads the all-out hunt for neuristors. The CyberPlanner reports to Vaughn, "We are proceeding to our position now. Transmission will be ready in forty minutes." Packer enters the office, and Vaughn dares to say to himself and to Packer, "A few more minutes Packer, a few more minutes and then I shall control the world." "You?" asks Packer uncertainly, "You're sure?" "Certain Packer," Vaughn promises, "Quite certain." . . . and the CyberPlanner ticks away the seconds with certainty. . . The early morning sunlight shines over a slowly waking, but still quiet London. All is peaceful and silent, but for the morning birdsong. Isobel looks out her window and smiles in peace and comfort. The smile deepens when Jimmy Turner joins her and asks, "Penny for them?" "It seems so peaceful," she tells her dolly soldier. "Yes," he answers. "Do you think the Doctor could be wrong this time? I mean about the invasion." "Well, he's been right up till now," remarks Isobel. "True," admits Jimmy, "But I don't know." He continues to look out the window. "It's incredible isn't it?" asks Isobel suddenly. "Look at all that peace out there and to think. . . It's difficult to imagine." Slowly yet suddenly, a noise starts up, a loud and constant noise, like waves from an electronic ocean, washing ashore in London from all sides, permeating all corners and circles, all streets and squares. "What's that noise?" asks Isobel. The Doctor hears the noise inside the lab, and he is reacting to it, to his surprise. He feels around his neck and worriedly tells Zoe he thinks his depolarizer has fallen off. Suddenly he collapses to the floor in a deep sleep like a coma. Zoe leaps down to his side and tells the Professor to get another depolarizer quickly. An upper middle class businessman walks along a sidewalk beside a chain link fence somewhere, on his way to work. The electronic ocean storm sounds in his ears, and he collapses against the fence, grasping the links in fear and confusion. A glazed look forms in his eyes as he cannot help but listen to the noise. . . . . .A middle aged woman wearing a stocking on her curled hair looks up into the sky and presses her hands into her cheeks and her ears to try to blot out the horrible sound. . . . . .A man's head is pressed against his car's horn. . . . . .other men look skyward, listening to the sound. . . . . .the man at the fence, the woman, the man in his car, the other two men. . . . . .all listen to the electronic cacophany, to the emotionless ocean of the Cybermen, and like the entire world, all drown beneath its waves. . . Zoe affixes a new depolarizer to the back of the Doctor's neck and tries to revive him. Isobel asks if he's alright, and Zoe can only say she doesn't know. "Oh whatever is that noise?!?" screams Isobel. Jamie and Turner enter the lab, Jamie rushing to the Doctor's side. Isobel asks Jimmy what he's looking so afraid about. "What is it? What's happening?" "It's the Cybermen," says Jimmy. "We've just seen hundreds coming out of the sewers." Manhole covers all over London are thrown into the air like paper plates in the wind, and Cybermen emerge from beneath them. . . Nowhere is sacred from their march. A squadron slowly walks down the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral, claiming it and the planet for their own, every street, every sidewalk. . . . . . and every person. . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON JAMIE FRAZER HINES ZOE WENDY PADBURY ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY PRIVATE PERKINS STACY DAVIES SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY PACKER PETER HALLIDAY GREGORY IAN FAIRBAIRN PROFESSOR WATKINS EDWARD BURNHAM BENTON JOHN LEVENE CYBERMEN PAT GORMAN CHARLES FINCH DEREK CHAFFER JOHN SPRADBURY TERENCE DENVILLE RALPH GARRISON TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 7 December 1968 This episode contains a further error in the credits, again about John Levene's Benton. Normal policy at the time was to first credit the Doctor and then the rest of the cast in order of appearance. Benton's credit is after everyone else's even though his appearance was very early in the episode, just after Jamie, Zoe, and Isobel and before Captain Turner's. this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this synopsis all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE SEVEN Manhole covers around London are tossed into the air like paper plates as the Cybermen beneath them emerge to claim their new conquest. Nowhere is sacred from them . . . Cybermen even stride down the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral. They and their Control waves pervade every corner, every sidewalk, every street. . . and every person. The Doctor slowly wakes up with an aching head. Isobel asks him if he's alright. He starts to say "Oh my head" when Jamie loudly shouts in his ear, "The Invasion, it's begun!" "Yes, Jamie, I'd rather gathered that," answers the Doctor woozily. He asks if everyone else is alright and they tell him yes, they are. The Doctor next asks about the Brigadier and the rest of the men and Captain Turner goes to the radio set to check. Turner calls in to UNIT Control and after a short wait, Sergeant Walters comes through loud and clear. Turner asks to talk to the Brigadier, and Walters tells him to wait a moment. After waiting a moment, the Brigadier comes on the air and asks Jimmy if he's alright. Turner tells him yes, and then the Brigadier tells them that there's chaos here at Control as only half the crew had been covered so far. The Doctor takes the microphone and asks about the rest of the UNIT men. The Brigadier says it's hard to say as reports are still coming in. He tells them he's going to send transports for them as it's safer for them back at Control. The Doctor thanks him and then the Brigadier calls for Jimmy again. Turner takes the mike and says he heard that last bit, and the Brigadier tells him and the others to stay put. As far as he can gather, the streets are packed with Cybermen. He's sending Sergeant Walters to see if he can get through with a jeep. Turner acknowledges and signs off. "Well, it sounds like total success for Vaughn and the Cybermen," says Turner. "Yes," agrees the Doctor, "We appear to be sitting right in the middle of the hornet's nest." The CyberPlanner is reporting to Vaughn, who leisurely sits in a chair this time as he speaks to the stand-alone mess of alien hardware. "All areas are now covered by our transmission. The full invasion force is preparing for flight. Transmit the radio beam for the transporter ships to home in on." "It will be prepared," replies Vaughn. "Control and supervision of Cybermen in all key positions will be arranged. Prepare your communications network." "Wait," says Vaughn, "My organization will now take over. The Cybermen army must stay under my control." The CyberPlanner whirrs under this sudden resistance and it asks Vaughn, "Why do you oppose us?" "I don't oppose you!" protests Vaughn, "We're allies, but you don't understand the world and its organization. I do." "This is not necessary," retorts the Planner, "Humans are now under Cyber- Control." "I must control them," insists Vaughn, "Look, let's understand one another. You will not get what you want unless I too achieve my objective. Is this agreed?" The Planner whirrs and reports, "It has been agreed." "Then the invasion will continue under my direction," orders Vaughn, "Discussion terminated." He stands and closes the alcove door. Vaughn walks to his desk and calls for Packer on the intercom. Packer appears on the screens and Vaughn asks if they've discovered where the Professor is. Packer's too-close-up face reports that he has. Vaughn tells him to go and collect him. Packer begins to protest that the UNIT organization have got him, and Vaughn reminds him that he won't have any opposition as they'll all be under CyberControl. Packer acknowledges and Vaughn tells him he wants the machines on the production lines immediately. "Go and recapture Watkins. Don't let anything or anyone stop you." A Land Rover drives up and parks in front of the Watkins'/Travers' house, and Sergeant Walters gets out and goes to the door. Turner opens the door for Walters and Walters says he had quite a time getting here as there are Cybermen all about. Turner tells him that the sooner they get out of here, the better. He calls into the lab room and asks if everybody's ready and they shout that they are. Suddenly Walters hears something and stops to listen. He and Turner look out the window next to the door and see a truck carrying Packer and a troop of Vaughn's security guards parking across the street. Turner tells Walters they've been seen looking out the door and they'd better get out the back way. Everybody starts running for the back way, most everyone coming down the stairs and rounding the corner very quickly. The Professor and Jamie are in the back of the pack, the Professor struggling along with his machine. Suddenly, the tip of a rifle pops through the letter box on the front door and starts firing inside. Professor Watkins is hit and he falls to the floor. Walters and Turner struggle to pick him up and Jamie reaches down to pick up the fallen machine. More shots are fired into the room and Jamie gets hit as he is running with the machine. He drops it before Turner comes back and helps him out the back way. The Brigadier answers a radio call from Jimmy Turner and he asks where they are. Turner tells him and adds they need help. He asks if he can send a chopper and the Brigadier tells him yes. He asks if they can make it to sector five, and Turner says they can try. The Brigadier says he'll get the chopper there. Turner signs off and then the Brigadier calls for the sector five chopper and tells him to pick up Captain Turner and party and then to bring them back to Control. "How could they escape the CyberControl?" screams Vaughn. Packer tells him that it has to be that Doctor, something to do with him, adding that they should have got rid of them when they had the chance. "Shut up Packer," orders Vaughn. "I must go on with the invasion." Packer asks what they're going to do about the Professor, since without him they can't make any more machines and without machines they can't control the Cybermen. Vaughn tells Packer to let him worry about that. For the moment, he has the Cybermen exactly where he wants them. "Yeah, but for how long?" asks Packer. "Now can you honestly say that everything's going according to plan? That nothing's been overlooked?" Vaughn slams his fist on the desk and shouts, "Just obey my orders!" His voice turns down a few notches in amplitude and he then orders Packer to get in touch with the compound and have the radio beam projected. The invasion fleet must be brought in. The UNIT Control plane is airborn as Sergeant Walters reports from the radio set to the Brigadier that New York, Moscow, and Peking are all off the air, and in fact there's no radio communication from anywhere in the world. The Brigadier tells him to keep trying all frequencies. He turns to the main conference table where the Doctor is seated and remarks that there seems to be a complete blanket all over the world. Turner is seated behind the Doctor and he asks if they couldn't make hundreds of these neuristor things and distribute them. The Brigadier doubts there's time for that, and then asks what the Doctor thinks. The Doctor agrees and says the Cybermen will attack in force now, and that there must be thousands of them in outer space. "Is there nothing we can do?" grumbles the Brigadier in frustration, and the Doctor says there is nothing unless they can stop the CyberControl signal. The Brigadier says that if the Doctor's theory is right, then that signal is coming from somewhere near the Moon meaning they're going to need a missile of some sort. The Doctor says he's afraid that's what it does mean. Turner adds that they'll need an orbital launch vehicle of some sort, but they simply haven't got anything of that size. "No, only the Americans or the Russians. . ." begins the Brigadier, and then he breaks off as he remembers something. He tells the others to wait a moment. He crosses the room and kneels down in front of a small safe. He uses a key to open it and from within he takes a large book of top secret documents. He pages through it and then tells the Doctor and Turner that the Russians were preparing a countdown at about the time they were attacked. "For the Moon sir?" asks Turner, and the Brigadier tells him yes. It was to be a manned orbital survey. They had a launch vehicle all ready to go. Turner asks if he means they could put a warhead on it instead of the astronaut capsule. The Brigadier says its a possibility. The Doctor asks how long this would all take, and the Brigadier says they could get a small party there in two hours, then they'd have to wake the rocket personnel from CyberControl, and after that it'll be up to the Russians. Turner says this means it's all a question of time. He asks the Doctor how long he thinks they have, and the Doctor says he's surprised the Cybermen aren't there already. The Brigadier then orders Jimmy to get to the general of the Russian rocket base to deal with the attack, and to get his skates on. Turner nods in agreement and sets off to get ready. The Brigadier takes the Doctor aside and says they must now deal with this invasion the Doctor says is coming. The Doctor says that they do at least know where the Cybermen will land. They'll home in on Vaughn's radio beam. The Brigadier asks if they could pick them off with anti- missile missiles, and the Doctor says that's a good idea and it's worth a try. The Brigadier mentions that there's such a base near Henlow Downs and he leaves for a minute to speak to Sergeant Walters. Zoe enters the room and the Doctor asks her how Jamie's leg is. She says he's going to be alright as it's only a flesh wound, but he's furious that the army doctor won't let him walk on it. The Doctor says Jamie would be, wouldn't he? He then asks how the Professor is, and Zoe says he's going to be alright too and that Isobel is with him. She next asks if there's anything she can do to help, and the Doctor suggests she go along with the Brigadier. Much as he detests computers, he thinks Zoe's remarkable brain will come in very handy. The Brigadier is overhearing this as he studies a folder in his hands. The Doctor next says he thinks it's about time he had a serious talk with Mister Vaughn. "What?" exclaims Zoe in surprise. "Go back? But he'd kill you as soon as look at you!" The Doctor tells her they need time, and he thinks that he can get them that time. The Brigadier chimes in and says it is madness, and that he can't afford to let the Doctor take that risk. The Doctor tells him he can't afford not to. If they're going to attack the Cybermen with missiles, they're going to retaliate and they'll need to know how and with what. Zoe asks how he's going to find this out, and the Doctor tells them he'll leave his radio on and then they'll hear every word that passes between him and Vaughn. The Brigadier protests that the Doctor will not even get near the place since the whole area's crawling with Cybermen. "Oh, there's one place where there'll be no Cybermen," says the Doctor. "Where's that?" asks the Brigadier. "In the sewers," answers the Doctor. Sergeant Walters turns from the radio set and tells the Brigadier that they're coming in to land. The cargo plane's loading bay is open and the Brigadier and Zoe wait outside it to wish people good luck. First, a truck driven by the Doctor drives out and he says, "Bye bye!" before he drives away. Second comes a truck filled with Captain Turner and a few soldiers. The Brigadier asks him if he's all set, and Turner says he is and they have a supersonic jet laid on. They'll be in Russia in no time. The Brigadier says this is splendid, and Zoe wishes him good luck. Sergeant Walters calls to all sections and tells them to prepare for take off. He orders that the loading bay be secured and for it to stand-by in flight position. All UNIT ground leaders are to stand by on full alert. The Brigadier steps in and asks Walters to tell Wing Commander Robbins to put them down at the nearest airstrip to Henlow Downs defense base. He then orders that a chopper stay in the red sector area at all times in case the Doctor needs them in a hurry. The Doctor quietly climbs off the rungs of the base of the ladder and looks carefully around the sewer he's just entered. He pulls out his radio, extends the aerial, and calls UNIT Control. He asks for the Brigadier, and while he waits, he looks up and down the tunnels which are visible, and sees them to be empty. The Brigadier comes over the radio and the Doctor tells him he's just entered the sewers and he will now make his way to Vaughn's headquarters. He'll let them know when he gets there. The Brigadier tells him he'll have a chopper in the area in case he gets in trouble. The Doctor thanks him and signs off. He looks down the tunnels, deciding which way to go. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a large coin. He flips it in the air, catches it on his wrist and looks down the tunnel the coin indicated. He then slaps coin and goes down the other tunnel. Zoe is protesting to the Brigadier that the helicopter won't do any good if the Doctor does meet any Cybermen in the sewers. The Brigadier tells her if she has any better suggestions, he'd be glad to hear them. Walters steps forward and reports that Captain Turner says he's airborn with an ETA for Russia of two hours, seven minutes. The Brigadier tells Walters to keep the Doctor's channel open, and he is to be told the moment he calls in. He looks down at the worried face of Zoe and tells her not to look so worried. "Care for a cup of tea?" he asks. Zoe just scowls after him. Packer points out an area on a map sitting on Vaughn's desk, explaining that they have particularly heavy concentrations of Cybermen in certain areas. Vaughn asks if they have all main communication centers now under control by their forces, and Packer says they do, but they can't make a complete takeover without the full invasion force. Vaughn assures him they'll arrive, and when they do there won't be one city in the entire world they don't control. "Think of it Packer, the entire world." An alarm goes off on Vaughn's desk and to Packer's surprise it is the security alarm. He worries that it is the UNIT forces attacking, and Vaughn has to calm him down. He turns on his monitor cameras and they check several vacant views of the compound, until one particular camera comes up which is filled with the Doctor's face. "Ah, there you are," he says, "Can you hear me Mister Vaughn?" "Yes," says Vaughn with surprise registering as much as it ever will on his face. The Doctor says he hopes he isn't calling at an inconvenient time, but he would rather like a word with him. Vaughn compliments that it's clever of him to avoid the CyberControl beam, but the Doctor shrugs it off as nothing. He says he'll come up, he knows the way. As the Doctor's face disappears from the screen, Packer looks at Vaughn with confusion all over his face, saying, "He must be out of his mind!" "Far from it Packer," says Vaughn in all seriousness. He then tells Packer to search the building just in case he brought any friends with him. Packer asks why they don't just kill him since he's caused enough trouble already, and Vaughn says Packer is forgetting that the Doctor's their insurance. . . Walters tells the Brigadier they're approaching the Henlow Downs airstrip. The Brigadier buckles a gunbelt around his waist as he orders the raiding parties to stand by. Suddenly the Doctor calls in over the radio and tells the Brigadier he's about to enter the lion's den. He will now leave his radio on as from this moment. The Brigadier tells Walters to keep that channel open and to get the entire thing on tape. He says if the Doctor yells for help while he's away, Walters is to send in everything they've got to get him out. The Brigadier goes to join the strike team, while over the radio the sound of a door opening and then Vaughn's voice saying, "Ah Doctor, what an unexpected pleasure. Do come in," is heard. The Doctor sits in a chair in Vaughn's office while Vaughn again contemplates his window. "And you trust them?" asks the Doctor, pointing significantly at the sky. Vaughn explains to the Doctor that he's worked for five years preparing this invasion. He says he knows them and they way they think, their single-mindedness of purpose. "Then you must know what inhuman killers they are," adds the Doctor. "Of course," says Vaughn with a smile, "But then they are my allies, not my enemies." "You really think they'll honor any bargain that you make with them?" asks the Doctor. "I've planned this operation in great detail," answers Vaughn, "allowing for every possible factor. It was I who contacted them in deep space and provided the means by which they could travel to Earth, and masterminded the whole operation from A to Z. They have merely provided their advanced scientific skills, their might and strength." "What do they get out of all this?" asks the Doctor. Vaughn sits at his desk again as he tells the Doctor that what they want and what they're going to get are two entirely different things. "Oh, you're a fool Vaughn," assures the Doctor, "When they get here, they'll take over." "All the Cybermen here are conditioned to obey my orders," prides Vaughn, "They are directly under my command." "Oh, possibly," remarks the Doctor, "But what about the others ot there in space? Are they conditioned to obey your commands?" "If they're not, I'll destroy them," says Vaughn with mock confidence. "Oh, with the Professor's machine," mentions the Doctor offhand. "Yes," answers Vaughn, and then the Doctor says, "With _one_ machine." "I'll have more made," plays Vaughn. "You'll have to have the Professor's help to do that," smiles the Doctor, "And we've got the Professor." "They'll be under my command, exactly like the others!" shakes Vaughn. "But you can't be sure of that, can you?" presses the Doctor. Vaughn frowns under the Doctor's smug little gaze. . . Inside the Henlow Downs air defense base, technicians and officers are seemingly asleep at their posts, under CyberControl. All the banks of screens and controls are as silent as their masters are. The door from outside opens and the Brigadier steps inside with his pistol at the ready, followed by supporting soldiers and Zoe. The Brigadier orders his men and Zoe to get all these men fitted with neuristors and to set up their radio back to UNIT Control. The Brigadier and Walters test their link with each other and the Brigadier asks if there's been any trouble. Walters reports there hasn't, and that Captain Turner reports he's over the Russian border now. Zoe asks about the Doctor, and the Brigadier relays the question. Walters says that so far, things are going so good. The commanding officer, a Major Branwell, is slowly stirring as the neuristor begins to take effect and the CyberControl wears off. His thoughts are of the worst, a third World War as he asks what's happened and if there's been an attack. The Brigadier tells him to just try and clear his head as there's a great deal to do. "But you daren't take the risk!" implores the Doctor. "Once the Cybermen take over, they'll destroy the Earth as we know it!" "You're just playing for time, aren't you?" educated guesses Vaughn. "I'm trying to stop you from destroying the human race!" cries the Doctor. Vaughn notes that the Doctor has obviously been able to free his UNIT friends from CyberControl. He asks what they're planning. The Doctor unconvincingly says he doesn't know what Vaughn's talking about, and Vaughn laughs at the lie. He presses his intercom and calls for Packer. Packer answers and Vaughn asks if the radio beam in the compound is aligned yet. Packer says it is, and Vaughn tells him to link the beam with the invasion fleet. He then assures the Doctor that whatever his UNIT friends are trying to do, it's too late. . . The Major is telling the Brigadier that the whole thing is fantastic and unbelievable, and the Brigadier tells him that it is nevertheless true. He tells him they believe they'll be sending their full invasion fleet at any time, and if they get here, they've all had it. The Major says he sees, and then asks his subordinate, a Sergeant Peters, if there's anything on the scope. Peters looks over the circling radar display and says there's nothing, not a glimmer. Branwell asks the Brigadier about this, and he says he supposes they could already be too late. Zoe breaks in and asks what the range of their radar is. Peters says it's accurate up to fifty thousand miles, and then not so good after that. Zoe says this means they're not likely to pick them up until the Cybermen are almost on top of them. The Major says this is true, but they can prepare in case they do appear on the screen. He raises a microphone attached to his uniform and orders that all launch pads be prepared, that fuel priming be prepared, and to start the preliminary countdown. Outside, three seperate banks of lethal-looking missiles pivot around to new positions and prepare to be launched. . . The CyberPlanner is reporting to Vaughn. We join it in mid-sentence. ". . . then the transports will be launched?" "It's all arranged," promises Vaughn. The CyberPlanner tells Vaughn the invasion fleet will arrive in two parts. The Doctor steps forward and desperately tells Vaughn, "You must stop them! This is madness, you can't trust them!" "Can't you see yet?" snarls Vaughn, "I've no alternative. I can't see all these years of work destroyed. I must go on, I must!" Walters reports what he's heard over the radio to the Brigadier. At the moment he says more of them are on the way, Sergeant Peters reports to everyone that there's something coming through now. The Major crosses the room to assess the situation while the Brigadier asks if there's anything from Captain Turner. Walters says they last heard that he'd landed in Russia but they've since heard nothing more. The Brigadier signs off and goes to look at the radar display. On the edge of the display are several small dots, moving down from the upper right corner of the screen towards the center in a triangular pattern. Peters notes they're on the edge of the display now, but coming in fast. Zoe asks how long it'll be before they're in range of their missiles, and Peters tells her at this rate it'll be just a couple of minutes. The Major asks Peters how they are on the countdown, and Peters says they're at T minus forty-five seconds. The Major tells him to hold, and he then issues orders into his radio again, telling the launch crew they have forty-five seconds to liftoff and to prepare fuel stocks. A female voice replies that the fuel stocks are in preparation and the arming code is running. The Major orders the coordinate program be run. Zoe suddenly sees more dots appearing on the screen, and she says so to Peters. "Sir," says Peters. "Yes, what is it?" asks Branwell. "More of them sir," answers Peters. The female voice returns again over Branwell's radio and says the arming codes have been run and all warheads are ready for liftoff activation. The Major says they can't get all the ships, but they'll get as many as they can. He orders the liftoff reactivation check, and the Sergeant reports the coordinate program is running. "Link program to telemeter guidance," orders Major Branwell. Zoe takes Branwell aside for a moment and insists at him that she thinks they stand a good chance of getting at least ninety percent of the ships. The Major tells her they haven't got enough missiles. Zoe pleads with him that just knocking out a half a dozen of them is going to do very little good at all. "Let's try for them all!" The Brigadier overhears this and steps closer to eavsdrop. The Major tells Zoe, "Look miss, I know my business and I'm telling you we haven't got enough missiles." "Yes, you have!" insists Zoe. "These things are coming in in a formation pattern. Now if you set your missiles carefully, you can start a chain reaction of explosions." "No, there isn't time," replies the Major testily, "to compute all the relevant information. They'll be on top of us by then." "Give me thirty seconds," says Zoe. "Give her what she asks Major," orders the Brigadier. The Major begins to say this is ridiculous, and the Brigadier repeats himself a little more dangerously this time, "Just thirty seconds." The Major orders into his radio that they hold for thirty seconds, and his Sergeant protests that this doesn't give them much time, and the Major tells him he knows. Meanwhile, Zoe is rapidly consulting the bank of instruments and personnel lining the back of the room on a raised platform. She quickly consults all three stations, right to left, writing figures down hurriedly on paper on a clipboard. She finishes and then runs down to the main control station where the Major and the Sergeant are seated. She tears off the paper and hands it to them. "Feed this into your computer." The Major tells Sergeant Perkins to do as she says, now, and that he'll take over at the console. The Sergeant gets up and takes the paper to their computer. Branwell tells Zoe, "You'd better be right." "I am," says Zoe as though it were something never in doubt, as if it was like saying the sun will not come up the next day. The Major orders his staff, "T minus forty-five seconds from now." Once again, the missile banks are pivoted and tested, and set into position. The radar installations swing in alertness. Perkins returns and says the information's been computed. Major Branwell tells Perkins to link Zoe's program to the telemeter guidance, and he does so. "T minus thirty-two seconds," announces Perkins. "Launch crew clear sir," reports the female voice. The Major asks, "Automatic?" and Perkins answers, "Yes." All guidance switched to computer control check is ordered, and Perkins continues the countdown. "T minus twenty-eight seconds." "Twenty-two seconds. . . " "Eighteen seconds. . . " "No hold-ups please," prays Major Branwell. "T minus fourteen seconds," continues Sergeant Perkins. "Twelve. . . " "Ten. . ." Branwell inserts the first of his security launch keys. "Nine. . . " "Eight. . . ." "Seven. . . ." Major Branwell inserts the second of the launch keys. . . "Six. . . " "Five. . . " "Four. . . " Branwell turns both security keys simultaneously. . . "Three. . . " Branwell's hand slides down the controls towards. . . "Two. . ." . . . the large single master launch control. . . "One. . ." "Zero. . . " Missiles launch from all over the Henlow Downs' batteries, soaring into the air, boosters breaking away and launching their payloads high into the air. The central missiles ignite and soar towards space. . . The close formation, bullet-shaped CyberShips continue on course towards the Earth below. Suddenly one of the ships explodes into sparks as a missile impacts. Others rapidly follow, until the entire formation is engulfed in a giant cataclysmic fireball. . . The CyberPlanner reports to Vaughn. . . "The first transporter fleet has been attacked and destroyed." "You have betrayed us!" "No!" cries Vaughn. "The failure of this mission is due to you," judges the Planner. "We will now take over the invasion." "No! Wait!" implores Vaughn. "Give me time! I can stop this opposition!" "There is no more time!" retorts the CyberPlanner. "I won't allow you to take control!" shouts Vaughn, and he runs forward as though to attack the CyberPlanner physically. The Planner glows fiercely and emits a sonic whine which throws Vaughn back in an uncontrollable seizure. "We no longer need you," explains the CyberPlanner. "The CyberMegatron Bomb will be delivered. We must destroy life on Earth completely. Every living being." The Doctor runs to Vaughn's side, and exclaims, "Is this what you wanted? To be the ruler of a dead world?!?" DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER ZOE WENDY PADBURY JAMIE FRAZER HINES CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY SERGEANT WALTERS JAMES THORNHILL BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY PACKER PETER HALLIDAY PROFESSOR WATKINS EDWARD BURNHAM MAJOR BRANWELL CLIFFORD EARL SERGEANT PETERS NORMAN HARTLEY CYBERMEN PAT GORMAN CHARLES FINCH DEREK CHAFFER JOHN SPRADBURY TERENCE DENVILLE RALPH GARRISON TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 14 December 1968 this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit DOCTOR WHO "THE INVASION" BY DERRICK SHERWIN FROM A STORY BY KIT PEDLER EPISODE EIGHT "We no longer need you," states the CyberPlanner. "The CyberMegatron Bomb will be delivered. We must destroy life on Earth completely. Every living being." Vaughn rubs his neck in shock, and the Doctor cries into his ear, "Is this what you wanted Vaughn? To be the ruler of a dead world?!?" Isobel and Corporal Benton listen intently to the radio set in the UNIT HQ plane. They hear Vaughn telling the Planner that they can't do this. They can't destroy the world. "What about me?" "You are of no further use to us," says the Planner. "The CyberInvasion must succeed. The bomb will be delivered." Benton and Isobel look at each other with fear and Benton immediately calls ovr the air for the Brigadier. Major Branwell and his technicians are having a rousing celebration over their completely successful missile strike against the CyberFleet. Branwell and the Brigadier together sing praises to Zoe, and Branwell asks how she does it. Zoe replies happily that it's all really quite simple and that it hardly required any calculation at all except the simple stuff like speed, angle of descent, and the relative distance of the spaceships. Branwell asks if they can keep Zoe on as she's much prettier than a computer, but before the Brigadier can answer, he hears Benton's voice trying to attract his attention over the radio set on the other side of the room. The Brigadier asks his sergeant what's going on, but Benton first has to explain that Sergeant Walters went to take over the Geneva radio link. He then explains the news that's come through over the Doctor's open channel about the Cybermen's plan to drop the CyberMegatron Bomb that will wipe them all out. The festive mood in the base dies a quick death and the Brigadier tells Benton to stand-by as they're on their way back. Before he leaves, the Brigadier tells Branwell to keep a look out on the radar in case anything else gets thrown towards them, and to also try and get a fix on the bomb if it comes in. Branwell explains they'll try and touch off the bomb in its approach orbit. The Brigadier, Zoe, and the UNIT personnel depart quickly. Vaughn is pleading with the CyberPlanner trying to make it see reason. "But if you do, you'll destroy everything here, even your own Cybermen!" "The sacrifice will be small," answers the Planner. "You can't do this! I won't let you!" screams Vaughn. "You cannot stop us," states the Planner. "No one can." The Doctor tells Vaughn that now he's beginning to understand the Cybermen and how you can't make bargains with them. Vaughn cracks and shouts, "I won't let them take over! I won't!" He runs to his desk and picks up the Cerebraton Mentor. He turns and explodes at the CyberPlanner, "You think you're indestructible! Well, I can destroy all of you!!" He turns on the Mentor and the machine begins to whine at the CyberPlanner. At first nothing happens and the Planner tells him, "This opposition is useless." Smoke begins to pour from its side and it whirrs in agitation and confusion. It begins to say "The Cybermen will . . ." and then breaks off as it begins to succumb to the Mentor's influence. The Doctor tries to get Vaughn to shut off the machine as it looks like he'll blow them all sky high. Vaughn hears none of it and only hears himself say, "I'll destroy them all! ALL!" The CyberPlanner suddenly explodes in a flash of white light. The room fills with smoke and the Doctor and Vaughn are thrown to the floor. After some of the smoke clears, Vaughn crawls up and looks at the twisted wreckage in the alcove, and says with quiet satisfaction, "It's dead. I killed it. I destroyed it." The Doctor points out this lunacy and says this won't stop the Cybermen as they're still out there in space, preparing to destroy the world. Vaughn's face begins to twist into expressions it's never twisted in before, as he realizes aloud that he'd been waiting for this for five years, and now in less than five seconds. . . The Doctor tries to get Vaughn to listen to him. He says desperately that the Cybermen will deliver their bomb on the same radio beam they used to guide the invasion fleet. "You've got to turn it off man! You've got to turn it off!!" Vaughn thinks he hears someone and asks no one in particular, "What?" "We're on the same side now," explains the Doctor, "Both fighting for our lives. You've got to turn the radio beam off!" Vaughn hears one word in the sentence. "Radio?" he asks. "Yes!" exasperates the Doctor. "That's how they'll deliver their bomb!" Vaughn finally gets the idea and rushes to his desk to call for Packer on the intercom. But instead of Packer's face on the screen, a Cyberman appears. Packer runs into Vaughn's office in full uniform and helmet, and shouts that the Cybermen have taken over and won't obey. He begins to tell them who they've killed, when he looks back down the corridor and sees them coming after them. He runs up to the now even more shocked Vaughn and shakes him violently. "What have you done to us? What have you done!?!" A Cyberman bursts through the door. Packer turns around to face it and draws his pistol. He empties its six shos into the Cyberman's body but it does not even stumble. Packerr backs away into the corner when the Cyberman's chest panel lights violently. Packer is caught in the lethal glare, and he falls in death to the floor. The Doctor and Vaughn crouch behind Vaughn's desk, and the Doctor decides to retaliate. He grabs the Mentor on the top of the desk and fires it at the Cyberman. Its chest unit begins to smoke and smoulder and it slowly falls to its knees, finally stretching out on the floor in mechanical death. The Doctor crouches down next to Vaughn and asks where the transmitter for the radio beam is. Vaughn just believes the propaganda, saying they can't fight them. They're too powerful and there are too many of them. "Don't be a fool man!" yelps the Doctor. "Where do we turn it off?" Vaughn says they could do it at the compound, but the Cybermen will be there. The Doctor says they must stop them, and then jumps back up on top of the desk for better reception. He pulls out his radio and calls for the Brigadier. Zoe, Isobel, and the Brigadier are listening at the radio set and the Brigadier answers that he is here and they heard everything. He asks what they should do. The Doctor says there are only two possibilities. They must either cut off the radio beam at the compound or destroy the Cybermen's spaceship. The Brigadier asks how much time they have and the Doctor answers that he has no idea. It could be minutes or hours. It depends on how long it takes them to prepare the bomb. The Brigadier explains that destroying the spaceship is going to take time. Captain Turner has reported that the Russians are with them, but it will take at least ten hours to get a missile that far. The Doctor tells him they've only one chance then. The radio beam. He tells the Brigadier to wait and they then hear the Doctor trying to persuade Vaughn to help them. "You still think you have a chance?" says the cynical Vaughn. "Yes," answers the Doctor confidently, "If you'll help us." "Help you?" sneers Vaughn. "Why should I?" "To save us!" says the Doctor. "To save yourself." Vaughn doesn't seem to like either option, as he explains his fear of his own survival and what the world will do with him. "Oh for heaven's sake!" answers the Doctor. "Stop thinking of yourself. Think of the millions of people on Earth who are about to die!" "Appealing to my better nature?" asks Vaughn's contorted face. "No. If I help you it'll be because I hate *them*. The Cybermen. _My allies_. You think I'm mad, that all I want is power for its own sake. No. I have to have power. The world is weak, vulnerable, a mess of uncoordinated and impossible ideals. It needs a strong mind. A single man. A Leader!" The Doctor looks at this crazy man who would be CyberLeader and is almost afraid to ask again, "Vaughn, will you listen?" "Right," says Vaughn with new resolve. "I'll help you to destroy them because I hate them." He almost chokes on his own voice and is near to tears. "They destroyed my dream. . ." The Doctor lets Vaughn choke on his thorax for a little while as he tells the Brigadier he'll help them. The Brigadier says they have a chopper in the area they can use to get to the compound if they can get to the roof. The Doctor says they'll wait there for it, and the Brigadier signs off. Vaughn is by this time standing beside him. He comments on the efficiency of the Doctor's UNIT friends and then insists he lead the way and carry the Cerebraton Mentor, explaining the Cybermen will be guarding the radio transmitter. The Brigadier tells his Wing Commander to get the UNIT plane airborn and to head for the nearest airstrip to the compound area, red sector two. The Wing Commander acknowledges and the Brigadier stands and lets Benton take over the radio set again. The Brigadier steps over to the maps table where Isobel and Zoe are waiting to talk to him. Isobel asks if they're going to help the Doctor, and the Brigadier tells her yes. Zoe remarks he's going to need it if he's going to fight his way through two hundred Cybermen. The Brigadier tells her he wishes they had more time to free more men from CyberControl. As it is they've only got a platoon. Captain Turner calls in over the radio and Benton calls over the Brigadier. Turner explains the Russians have fitted a warhead to the rocket now. It's a super-cooled hydrogen device, and the rocket uses solid fuel boosters so it's nearly ready for liftoff. The Brigadier says they probably haven't got much time for this, but there's no reason why they shouldn't chuck everything they've got at them. He signs off. The Wing Commander reports he's ready for liftoff, and the Brigadier tells him to take off. Benton orders all UNIT personnel to flight positions, and standard takeoff procedures. He tells the assault platoon to prepare for action, and their ETA is fifteen minutes approximately. All mobile UNIT groups are to proceed to red sector two. As he repeats the orders, Benton's voice is heard in the Henlow Downs defense base. Sergeant Peters asks his commanding Major Branwell if he thinks the Russian rocket stands any chance. Branwell says there isn't enough time. Peters says he supposes not. Branwell adds this is why the Cybermen are keeping their range where they know they're safe. Peters musters some optimism and says they never know. It could take time to get the bomb ready and the Russian rocket might just make it. Branwell agrees that it might. Somewhere in Russia, a cloud of thunderous gas acts against the narrow body of a rocket. The rocket reacts and is pushed high into the air, towards intralunar space. . . With the UNIT plane in the air, Benton turns and reports to the Brigadier that the Russian missile is on its way. The Brigadier tells him to wish Turner luck, and to keep listening for his updates. A pilot's voice crackles over the radio as UNIT chopper five calls in and reports its about to land at the compound. His passenger wants a word with the Brigadier. The Brigadier takes the radio again and talks with the Doctor. He asks the Doctor to wait for them to arrive to give him support, and the Doctor says he can't do that. He has to go in right away otherwise they might be too late. The Brigadier says this is madness, that the Doctor doesn't stand a chance against the Cybermen without them. The Doctor tells the Brigadier not to worry as they have the Professor's machine and it's proven to be very effective so far. The Brigadier is still noticebaly worried, and says they'll still be there as soon as they can. He asks where in the compound they should head for. The Doctor consults Vaughn for a moment and then tells them that the transmitter controls are in the Old IE factory on the east side of the compound. The pilot takes the radio again and asks what he should do after he drops off the Doctor and Vaughn. The Brigadier tells him to hover above them to give them a bearing. The pilot signs off. The Brigadier asks Benton how long they have to touch down, and Benton answers that it'll be ten minutes. The Brigadier tells him to get the men out as soon as they're in. Benton orders the assault platoon to get ready for action and maintain constand communication on the red alert frequency. Zoe asks the Brigadier if she and Isobel can come along, and the Brigadier at first is hesitant. Isobel pleads that this will be her last chance to get any photographs of the Cybermen, and then the Brigadier relents and says they can come as long as they keep out of the way, adding they'll keep an eye on them this time. Vaughn and the Doctor are walking along an alleyway when they spot a Cyberman ahead of them. Vaughn wants to shoot it, but the Doctor pulls him to the side and asks what he's doing. Vaughn says with a touch of insanity that they must destroy the Cybermen, and the Doctor tells him they've got to find the radio transmitter beam. So far the Cybermen don't know they're there yet and they could keep the element of surprise. They look down the alley again and the Cyberman still stands guard. It isn't looking towards them however. The Doctor suggests they try the other way, and the two walk back the way they came. The pair walk along a stretch of open ground and then onto a path. Another Cyberman appears and sees them, but before it can kill them, Vaughn kills it with the Mentor. The Doctor ruefully says the Cybermen now know they're here. Vaughn suggests they go over the Cybermen via a building roof. The two climb a nearby fire escape until they reach the rooftop. From there, Vaughn points out a building two blocks away, with brick walls and wide wooden doors. He says that's it. That's where they've got to get to. In front of the building stand three Cybermen armed with the barrellike silver metallic weapons. A Land Rover drives into the compound area the Doctor and Vaughn just left. The Brigadier sees the chopper and leads the troops from the vehicles towards that way. Zoe and Isobel also follow the running troops. The Doctor and Vaughn continue on their way when another Cyberman appears, levelling its gun their way. The Doctor tells Vaughn to look out and Vaughn again blasts the Cyberman into oblivion with the Mentor. The Cyberman is thrown back over the edge of the building, down the side to the ground where it crashes with a metallic clatter. The Doctor and Vaughn reach the second fire escape on the building's other side. The Doctor asks if this is the only way down, and Vaughn tells him it is. The Doctor tells him to come on then and leads the way down the ladder. The UNIT forces continue their push inside the compound when a large party of Cybermen appears in the road, blocking their path. The Brigadier orders everyone to take cover and to open fire. Bullets fly and do nothing against the advancing Cybermen. The Brigadier orders grenades be used and every soldier throws one at the Cybermen. The first volley strikes the first rank of Cybermen and does nothing. A second volley hits them and they fall to the pavement slowly. The surviving second rank opens fire with its weapons. The weapons emit a charge of flame, and their targets explode when hit by some invisible heated gas. UNIT troops' cover is engulfed in flame and soldiers die. The Brigadier orders the bazooka to be fired, and the rocket hits home, taking out two Cybermen. The Doctor and Vaughn stop and look up, then continue towards the building. The UNIT troops continue their ammunition barrage. More bazookas are fired, and more grenades are thrown. At last the final rank of CyberTroops fall in the melee, and the Brigadier orders the men to stop. The remaining troops, the Brigadier, Zoe, and Isobel move forward over the battlefield and look at the dead CyberBodies. "That was just a dozen of them," counts the Brigadier. He says he'd hate to have to beat a hundred of them and orders everyone forward. Isobel lingers behind, taking rapid snapshots of the fallen warriors. Vaughn and the Doctor have reached the building and Vaughn points out the room with the main control for the radio beam by its window. The Doctor looks around with curiosity since there are no Cybermen around at all here. Vaughn is eager and starts to get moving towards a concrete slab that leads to the door to the building. He climbs the ladder quickly. The Doctor hangs back and looks to his left. His eyes widen in horror as he sees another windowed door opening with a crowd of Cybermen behind it. The Doctor calls for Vaughn to look out, and Vaughn turns and fires. He strikes one of the Cybermen dead, but while it falls to the earth, a second Cyberman fires its weapon. Vaughn is caught in the explosive charge, he drops the machine, and crumples in deadly agony. The Doctor turns and runs for it. The Cybermen fire after him in the alley, and he jumps after each near hit, feeling the heat of the explosions and crying out each of the three shots. The Brigadier and the UNIT men turn a corner and see the Doctor and the Cybermen. The Brigadier calls and tells the Doctor to get down, then orders the bazooka to rip loose again. The rocket hits the group of Cybermen square on, and they all fall to their deaths. The Doctor is spreadeagled on the ground with his hands on the back of his head. The Brigadier steps to his side and asks if he's alright. The Doctor looks up and points out the building with the radio transmitter they have to destroy. The Brigadier tells him to leave it to them and he leads his men into the building. The Doctor sits up and Isobel begins to snap pictures of him. He looks at her in surprise for a moment, then stops and begins to arrange his hair better and to smile handsomely into the camera. The Brigadier addresses all his troops over the rHQradio link and tells them that for the moment the crisis is over. The radio transmitter has been destroyed so the Cybermen can no longer deliver their bomb. However, the Cyberman spaceship is still sending out its hypnotic signals and the world is still paralyzed/ The Brigadier goes on to say that they need to destroy the Cybermen's spaceship. Sergeant Peters calls to Major Branwell, and Branwell leaves the Henlow Downs' radio link to see what's going on. As the Brigadier explains that the Russian missile is due to hit in six hours, Peters tells Branwell something new has appeared on the screen and is moving in fast. He also notes its size as a very large new blob shows on their radar screen. Branwell says it can only be one thing, the Cybermen's spaceship. He runs back to the radio and interrupts the Brigadier as he calls UNIT Control. He reports the large UFO which is approaching. Branwell reports that it's now standing off at fifty thousand miles, outside of Henlow Downs' own range. Zoe looks up and asks why the Cybermen have moved in. The Brigadier signs off from Branwell and tells Benton to get him Captain Turner. The Brigadier steps aside and asks the Doctor why he thinks they've moved their spaceship in so close. The Doctor says he's not sure. They could be trying to evade the Russian missile, or. . . . . . the Brigadier completes the thought, "Or deliver their bomb by other means." The Doctor says he's afraid so, explaining that from where they were, the Cybermen's conventional missiles couldn't deliver a bomb so they've had to come in close. Zoe notes that now they're only at fifty thousand miles, they're probably in range of the Russian missile. They can't be more than a few miles from it. "But it's going in the opposite direction!" cries the Doctor. Captain Turner finally comes through the radio link and the Brigadier speaks with him. Turner reports he's sorry about the delay but they've had a bit of a flap on. The Brigadier says he knows and asks if the Russians can turn their missile. Turner says yes, and answers the next question, saying they estimate about twelve point five minutes to impact. Turner signs off, and the Brigadier turns back to the Doctor. "That's more than enough time for them to deliver their bomb and move out to safety, isn't it?" asks the Brigadier. "Yes Brigadier," answers the Doctor, "I'm afraid it is." "Well," says the Brigadier, "This is going to be a long twelve minutes. . . " Two twenty slowly turns into the next minute, and the next. . . . . . two twenty-six rolls around. . . leading to more waiting. . . . . . the soldiers at Henlow Downs bite their nails. . . . . . inside the UNIT plane, Isobel looks at Zoe,. . . . . . Zoe looks at the Brigadier. . . . and SUDDENLY! Benton drops his coffee cup. "Sorry, sir," he says to the scowling Brigadier. Henlow Downs' radar screen shows a new dot crossing the screen. Peters identifies it as the Russian missile. Branwell thanks heavens for that and moves to call UNIT, when suddenly Peters sees a new dot emerging from the Cybermen's spaceship. "Must be the Cybermen's bomb!" he says worriedly. The Major pulls his personnel intercom to full stretch and orders red alert and all missiles to be raised. Henlow Downs' remaining missiles are pivoted into position. . . Branwell is on the UNIT radio link, saying the bomb will be in range in about thirty seconds. It's travelling fast but they stand a good chance of picking it off. The Brigadier asks what the Cybermen's spaceship is doing and Branwell informs him it's still there and if it doesn't move soon, the Russian missile will hit it right on the button. Sergeant Peters reports the bomb is coming into range. Branwell signs off and joins him at the command desk. Peters begins a countdown at fifteen seconds. . . . . . "Ten, nine. . ." Branwell inserts the launch keys. . . . "Eight, seven, six. . . " Branwell turns the keys simultaneously. . . . "Five, four, three, two. . ." Branwell's hand hovers over the launch button. . . . "One, zero. . ." Branwell launches the missile. . . The anit-ballistic missile soars into the sky hunting for the CyberMegatron Bomb. "She's going wide!" cries Peters from the radar screen. "Prepare two!" orders Branwell. A second missile is pivoted into position and is fired into the sky after its cousin. . . "Two's away! It looks good!" shouts Peters. Branwell orders them to stand-by on three just in case. The sergeant says there's ten seconds to impact and the missile's on the button. Ten seconds go by, and Peters announces joyfully that they've done it. Branwell calls into the radio, "Hallo UNIT Control. Hallo UNIT Control. Henlow Downs calling UNIT Control, over." Peters suddenly shouts from across the room that the Russian missile is almost on top of the spaceship and he thinks they've got her. The Cyberman spaceship lights in brilliant fire as the Russian missile impacts in its frame. Debris showers the sky as the CyberInvasion is ended. . . Isobel lets down a light's extension in her photo studio in the house in London. She asks the posing Zoe is she's tired, and Zoe says no. She's exhausted. Isobel laughs and tells Zoe to take a breather. She thanks goodness that she doesn't have to do any more modelling for a living. Zoe asks what this new job of hers is, and Isobel explains that because of her photos of the Cybermen in action, she's got an exclusive contract with a publishing group, so she'll be travelling all over the world, snapping away with her little black box. She asks what Zoe will do now, and Zoe tells her that once the Doctor's finished making his circuits, they'll be off again she supposes. "Where to?" asks Isobel. "Well, we're never really sure," answers Zoe. Captain Turner strides into the room and Isobel says, "Ah, it's my dolly soldier!" Jimmy tells Zoe that the Doctor says he's almost ready to leave and he's got the jeep waiting outside. Zoe asks about Jamie, and Turner says he's alright and that they'll pick him up from the hospital on the way. Isobel asks if she can come with them, and Jimmy says yes, so long as she promises not to call him her dolly soldier in front of the Brigadier. The UNIT Land Rover stops along the pastureland where it all started. The Doctor, Jamie, Zoe, Isobel, and Captain Turner climb out and look around. They all reach the fence along the side of the road and Isobel asks if this is the right place. The Doctor says this will do fine. "Are you sure this is the place Doctor?" asks Zoe nervously. The Doctor ignores her and turns to Captain Turner, thanking him for the ride out here. They all wish each other goodbye and the Doctor opens the fence to let himself and his friends back into the pasture. Isobel asks Jimmy why they're going into that field, and he tells her he has no idea. The Doctor starts waving his hands about, looking for his invisible ship and wondering aloud where exactly they left it. He tells Jamie and Zoe to try over on the other side of the field while he keeps waving around here. He gets tired of waving his hands about for a moment and leans his elbow against the thin air. He thinks for a moment, then realizes he's found it. He pulls his key out of his pocket, opens the invisible door, and steps into the invisible box, becoming as invisible as it. Jamie and Zoe look at Isobel and Jimmy as though apologizing for the Doctor's embarassing them, and then the air is ripped apart by the cacophany of the TARDIS' materialization. The Doctor steps out, claps his hands, and says they're all ready to go. Jamie and Zoe turn and wave one more time and climb into the TARDIS with the Doctor. "A police box?" asks Isobel. "I don't believe it." The TARDIS once again screams at time and space. Reality steps aside as the solid police box dematerializes, leaving nothing behind but a fading echo of dimensional departure. . . . . DR. WHO PATRICK TROUGHTON TOBIAS VAUGHN KEVIN STONEY ISOBEL SALLY FAULKNER BENTON JOHN LEVENE MAJOR BRANWELL CLIFFORD EARL ZOE WENDY PADBURY BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART NICHOLAS COURTNEY PACKER PETER HALLIDAY CAPTAIN TURNER ROBERT SIDAWAY SERGEANT PETERS NORMAN HARTLEY JAMIE FRAZER HINES CYBERMEN RALPH CARRIGAN CHARLES FINCH PAT GORMAN HOWARD KING JOHN SPRADBURY PETER THORNTON TITLE MUSIC BY RON GRAINER AND THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP SPECIAL SOUND BRIAN HODGSON INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY DON HARPER VISUAL EFFECTS DESIGNED BY BILL KING TRADING POST COSTUMES BY BOBI BARTLETT MAKE-UP SYLVIA JAMES LIGHTING ROBBIE ROBINSON SOUND ALAN EDMONDS FILM CAMERAMAN ALAN JONAS FILM SOUND RECORDIST BILL CHESNEAU FILM EDITOR MARTYN DAY SCRIPT EDITOR TERRANCE DICKS DESIGNER RICHARD HUNT THE BBC WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HELP GIVEN TO THEM BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IN THE MAKING OF THIS PROGRAMME PRODUCER PETER BRYANT DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS CAMFIELD BBCtv Originally transmitted 21 December 1968 this synopsis by Steven.K.Manfred@uwrf.edu synopsis copyright 1993 you may copy this all you like if it is not for reasons of profit