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The Enemy of the World
The Enemy of the World is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968.
In the serial, set across Australia and Hungary in 2018, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) work with the spies Giles Kent (Bill Kerr) and Astrid Ferrier (Mary Peach) to expose the Doctor's doppelgänger Salamander (Troughton) for creating natural disasters across Earth.
The Enemy of the World is the only serial in season 5 which features no monsters and eschews the "base-under-siege" story structure.
All master tapes for the serial were wiped due to BBC archival policy, and for over thirty years only Episode 3 existed in the BBC's archives. In October 2013, the BBC announced that 16mm prints of the remaining five episodes had been found in Nigeria. The Enemy of the World has received mixed reviews from critics, and has been positively re-evaluated by fans since its re-discovery.
The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) are enjoying themselves on a beach in 2018 Australia when the Doctor is subject to an assassination attempt. A spy named Astrid Ferrier (Mary Peach) rescues the trio by helicopter and takes them to her boss Giles Kent (Bill Kerr). The Doctor learns he is a physical double of ruthless megalomaniac Salamander (also portrayed by Troughton). Kent's home is surrounded by troops led by Salamander's security chief Donald Bruce (Colin Douglas). The Doctor is persuaded to impersonate Salamander to save his companions and gather more information.
Jamie and Victoria infiltrate Salamander's palace in Hungary and befriend Fariah (Carmen Munroe), Salamander's food taster, hoping to gather evidence against Salamander. Fariah reveals she was blackmailed into her role. Jamie causes a diversion to facilitate an unsuccessful rescue attempt on Denes (George Pravda) by Astrid. Denes is shot dead. Though Astrid escapes, Jamie and Victoria are arrested.
Salamander discovers he is being impersonated and returns to his research station to confront the impostor. Fariah tells the Doctor that Jamie and Victoria are prisoners in the Research Centre. Before they can act, the building is raided by Salamander's deputy Benik (Milton Johns) and his troops. Fariah is killed and the others escape.
It is revealed that Salamander has trapped a group of scientists below the Research Centre and is using their knowledge to create natural disasters to destabilise the world and increase his influence.
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The Enemy of the World
The Enemy of the World is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968.
In the serial, set across Australia and Hungary in 2018, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) work with the spies Giles Kent (Bill Kerr) and Astrid Ferrier (Mary Peach) to expose the Doctor's doppelgänger Salamander (Troughton) for creating natural disasters across Earth.
The Enemy of the World is the only serial in season 5 which features no monsters and eschews the "base-under-siege" story structure.
All master tapes for the serial were wiped due to BBC archival policy, and for over thirty years only Episode 3 existed in the BBC's archives. In October 2013, the BBC announced that 16mm prints of the remaining five episodes had been found in Nigeria. The Enemy of the World has received mixed reviews from critics, and has been positively re-evaluated by fans since its re-discovery.
The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) are enjoying themselves on a beach in 2018 Australia when the Doctor is subject to an assassination attempt. A spy named Astrid Ferrier (Mary Peach) rescues the trio by helicopter and takes them to her boss Giles Kent (Bill Kerr). The Doctor learns he is a physical double of ruthless megalomaniac Salamander (also portrayed by Troughton). Kent's home is surrounded by troops led by Salamander's security chief Donald Bruce (Colin Douglas). The Doctor is persuaded to impersonate Salamander to save his companions and gather more information.
Jamie and Victoria infiltrate Salamander's palace in Hungary and befriend Fariah (Carmen Munroe), Salamander's food taster, hoping to gather evidence against Salamander. Fariah reveals she was blackmailed into her role. Jamie causes a diversion to facilitate an unsuccessful rescue attempt on Denes (George Pravda) by Astrid. Denes is shot dead. Though Astrid escapes, Jamie and Victoria are arrested.
Salamander discovers he is being impersonated and returns to his research station to confront the impostor. Fariah tells the Doctor that Jamie and Victoria are prisoners in the Research Centre. Before they can act, the building is raided by Salamander's deputy Benik (Milton Johns) and his troops. Fariah is killed and the others escape.
It is revealed that Salamander has trapped a group of scientists below the Research Centre and is using their knowledge to create natural disasters to destabilise the world and increase his influence.