The Invasion

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Doctor Who serial television story

The Invasion is a classic Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor and marking a major early appearance of the Cybermen in a contemporary Earth setting.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Doctor Who serial → television story →
basedOn	Doctor Who television series format →
chronologyFollows	The Mind Robber →
chronologyPrecedes	The Krotons →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
director	Douglas Camfield NERFINISHED →
featuresActor	Kevin Stoney → Nicholas Courtney →
featuresCharacter	Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart → Tobias Vaughn →
featuresCompanion	Jamie McCrimmon → Zoe Heriot →
featuresCybermenAppearanceType	early major appearance in contemporary Earth setting →
featuresDoctor	Second Doctor →
featuresEnemy	Cybermen →
featuresOrganization	UNIT →
featuresPlotElement	alien invasion of Earth → conspiracy involving multinational corporation →
featuresTARDISTeam	Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe →
firstBroadcastYear	1968 →
format	black-and-white →
franchise	Doctor Who →
genre	science fiction →
language	English →
medium	television →
notableFor	early major appearance of the Cybermen on contemporary Earth → early major role for UNIT →
numberOfEpisodes	8 →
originalNetwork	BBC One →
partOf	Doctor Who →
producer	Peter Bryant →
productionCode	VV →
scriptEditor	Derrick Sherwin →
season	Season 6 →
setIn	London → contemporary Earth →
starsActor	Frazer Hines → Patrick Troughton → Wendy Padbury →
villainOrganization	International Electromatics →
writer	Derrick Sherwin →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cybermen →	notableStory