The Awakening

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"Doctor, the Malus!"

―Tegan

The Awakening
Series:	Doctor Who - TV Stories
Season Number:	Season 21
Story Number:	132
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companions:	Tegan, Turlough
Enemy:	The Malus Sir George Hutchinson
Setting:	Little Hodcombe; 1984
Writer:	Eric Pringle
Director:	Michael Owen Morris
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner
Broadcast:	19th January - 20th January 1984
Format:	2 25-minute episodes
Prod. Code:	6M
Previous Story:	Warriors of the Deep
Following Story:	Frontios

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Crew 5 References 6 Story Notes 6.1 Ratings 6.2 Myths 6.3 Filming Locations 6.4 Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors 7 Continuity 8 Timeline 9 DVD and Video Releases 10 Novelisation 11 External Links

[edit] Synopsis

The Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough arrive in Little Hodcombe, where the townspeople's' re-enactments of English Civil War battles are causing a dormant entity, the Malus, to re-awaken.

[edit] Plot

to be added

[edit] Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Tegan - Janet Fielding
• Turlough - Mark Strickson
• Jane Hampden - Polly James
• Sir George Hutchinson - Denis Lill
• Colonel Wolsey - Glyn Houston
• Joseph Willow - Jack Galloway
• Will Chandler - Keith Jayne
• Trooper - Christopher Saul
• Andrew Verney - Frederick Hall

[edit] Crew

• Assistant Floor Manager - Marcus D F White
• Costumes - Jackie Southern
• Designer - Barry Newbury
• Film Cameraman - Paul Wheeler
• Film Editor - M A C Adams
• Incidental Music - Peter Howell
• Make-Up - Ann Ailes
• Producer - John Nathan-Turner
• Production Assistant - Rosemary Parsons
• Production Associate - June Collins
• Script Editor - Eric Saward
• Special Sounds - Dick Mills
• Studio Lighting - Peter Catlett
• Studio Sound - Martin Ridout
• Theme Arrangement - Peter Howell
• Title Music - Ron Grainer
• Visual Effects - Tony Harding

[edit] References

• Tinclavic is mined by Terileptils on the planet Raaga for the almost exclusive use of the inhabitants of Hakol in the star system of Rifta.
• The Malus, the occupant of a Hakol computer controlled reconnaissance probe came to Earth in 1643, as the spearhead of an invasion fleet which never followed.
• The Doctor is fond of tea.

[edit] Story Notes

• This story had the working titles of; War Game, Poltergeist.
• A scene involving the Doctor's robotic companion, Kamelion, was filmed for this serial but cut before transmission. It would have been the character's first appearance since The King's Demons; ultimately the character would not appear again until Planet of Fire.
• Will Chandler was considered to be a new companion, but Eric Saward and John Nathan-Turner felt viewers might become tired of him.

[edit] Ratings

• Part One - 7.9 million viewers
• Part Two - 6.6 million viewers

[edit] Myths

to be added

[edit] Filming Locations

• Tarrant Monkton, Dorset
• Shapwick, Dorset
• Martin, Hampshire
• Damer's Farm, Martin Cross, Hampshire
• St Bartholomew's Church, Shapwick, Dorset
• Bishops Court Farm, Dorset
• Martin Down, Martin, Hampshire
• BBC Television Centre (TC6), Shepherd's Bush, London

[edit] Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• As Tegan notes, the Doctor seems to forget the reason that they went to the town in the first place.
• Why did the Malus not finish the job it was sent to do back during the real civil war? Why did it become dorment if it had the power to heighten aggressive behaviour and perpetuate the conflict?
• The entrance to the underground passageway in the church, operates by simply pressing the face of the Malus down. Surely not the best method of concealment for a secret door in the form of a floor slab? Anyone might step on it!

[edit] Continuity

• The Malus, and its companion probe craft hinted at in the dialogue of the story, are reintroduced later in PDA: The Hollow Men and Last of the Gaderene.

[edit] Timeline

• This story occurs after RT: Birth of a Renegade
• This story occurs before PDA: The King of Terror

[edit] DVD and Video Releases

Released on video in episodic format along side Frontios, not yet released on DVD.

• Editing completed by Doctor Who Restoration Team.

[edit] Novelisation

Main article: The Awakening (novelisation)

• Novelised by Eric Pringle in 1985.

[edit] External Links

• BBC - Doctor Who - The Classic Series - Episode Guide: The Awakening
• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - The Awakening
• Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time (Travel) - A Brief History of Time (Travel): The Awakening
• The Locations Guide to Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures: Story Locations - The Awakening

Season 21
Warriors of the Deep  • The Awakening  • Frontios  • Resurrection of the Daleks  • Planet of Fire  • The Caves of Androzani  • The Twin Dilemma