The Awakening (Doctor Who)

131[1]The Awakening
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byMichael Owen Morris
Written byEric Pringle
Script editorEric Saward
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Music byPeter Howell
Production code6M
SeriesSeason 21
Running time2 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast19 January 1984 (1984-01-19)
Last broadcast20 January 1984 (1984-01-20)
Chronology
← Preceded by
Warriors of the Deep
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The Awakening is the second serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 19 and 20 January 1984.

The serial is set in the fictional English village of Little Hodcombe in 1984. In the serial, a psychic alien creature called the Malus takes control of Sir George Hutchinson (Denis Lill) to feed and awaken it with the help of deadly re-enactments of the English Civil 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 132. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.