Earthshock

121[1]Earthshock
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
  • James Warwick – Scott
  • Clare Clifford – Kyle
  • Steve Morley – Walters
  • Suzi Arden – Snyder
  • Ann Holloway – Mitchell
  • Anne Clements, Mark Straker – Troopers
  • Beryl Reid – Briggs
  • June Bland – Berger
  • Alec Sabin – Ringway
  • Mark Fletcher, Christopher Whittingham – Crewmembers
  • David Banks – Cyber Leader
  • Mark Hardy – Cyber Lieutenant
Production
Directed byPeter Grimwade
Written byEric Saward
Script editorAntony Root
Eric Saward (uncredited)
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)None
Music byMalcolm Clarke
Production code6B
SeriesSeason 19
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast8–16 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 death, with the final episode featuring unique silent credits in loving 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.

  1. ^ 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.