Mark Fletcher, Christopher Whittingham – Crewmembers
David Banks – Cyber Leader
Mark Hardy – Cyber Lieutenant
Production
Directed by
Peter Grimwade
Written by
Eric Saward
Script editor
Antony Root Eric Saward (uncredited)
Produced by
John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)
None
Music by
Malcolm Clarke
Production code
6B
Series
Season 19
Running time
4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast
8–16 March 1982
Chronology
← Preceded by Black Orchid
Followed by → Time-Flight
List of episodes (1963–1989)
Earthshock is the sixth serial of the 19th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 to 16 March 1982. This serial marks the final regular appearance of Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and his climactic death, with the final episode featuring unique silent credits in memory of the character. It is also the first to feature the Cybermen since Revenge of the Cybermen in 1975.
The serial is mainly set on Earth and a deep-space freighter in 2526. In the serial, the Cybermen plot to wipe out Earth, where a conference of multiple planets are planning to form a military pact to defeat the Cybermen in a war.
^From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 122. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
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been directed by Peter Grimwade, whose work on Saward's previous story Earthshock had pleased the writer. When the story was postponed, Grimwade took members...
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