The Web of Fear
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The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for reintroducing the Great Intelligence and debuting Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Web of Fear canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9518994 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Web of Fear Context triple: [Mervyn Haisman, notableWork, The Web of Fear]
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A.
The Master of Fear
The Master of Fear is a moniker for the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow, a former psychologist who uses fear-inducing toxins to terrorize Gotham City and battle Batman.
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B.
The House of Fear
The House of Fear is a surreal, autobiographical collection of stories by Leonora Carrington that blends myth, magic, and personal experience into dreamlike, unsettling narratives.
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C.
The House of Fear
"The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
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D.
The Architects of Fear
"The Architects of Fear" is a renowned episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, in which scientists stage a terrifying alien invasion to unite a divided humanity.
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E.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Web of Fear Target entity description: The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for reintroducing the Great Intelligence and debuting Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart.
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A.
The Master of Fear
The Master of Fear is a moniker for the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow, a former psychologist who uses fear-inducing toxins to terrorize Gotham City and battle Batman.
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B.
The House of Fear
The House of Fear is a surreal, autobiographical collection of stories by Leonora Carrington that blends myth, magic, and personal experience into dreamlike, unsettling narratives.
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C.
The House of Fear
"The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
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D.
The Architects of Fear
"The Architects of Fear" is a renowned episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, in which scientists stage a terrifying alien invasion to unite a divided humanity.
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E.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Doctor Who serial ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Douglas Camfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Deborah Watling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frazer Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Courtney NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonist | Great Intelligence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterDebut | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCompanion |
Jamie McCrimmon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victoria Waterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCreature | robotic Yeti ⓘ |
| featuresDoctor | Second Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
base-under-siege plot
ⓘ
horror atmosphere ⓘ military involvement ⓘ |
| featuresMonster | Yeti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | UNIT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTimeTravelDevice | TARDIS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVillain | Great Intelligence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Fury from the Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAnimatedReconstruction | yes ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
DVD
ⓘ
VHS ⓘ |
| missingEpisodesStatus | partially missing (later recovered) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
debut of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart
ⓘ
reintroduction of the Great Intelligence ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Enemy of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| season | Season 5 ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
London Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyNumber | 41 ⓘ |
| writer |
Henry Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mervyn Haisman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Web of Fear Description of subject: The Web of Fear is a classic 1968 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for reintroducing the Great Intelligence and debuting Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart