Leela is concerned by the Doctor’s strange behaviour when, after a secret meeting with aliens, he returns to Gallifrey and abruptly stakes his claim on the Time Lord presidency.
- Drama
- Year 1978
- 25 min
The series bids farewell to its Gothic era and lightens its touch with a return to deep space, and the introduction of K-9. But switch the lights off for the first one. On a remote lighthouse, the Doctor, and Leela find themselves at the mercy of a killer!
- Year: 1977
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E1 • Horror of Fang Rock: Part 1
The TARDIS lands on Fang Rock island at the start of the 20th century. There the Doctor and Leela discover a lighthouse keeper has been killed and a creature is at large.
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E2 • Horror of Fang Rock: Part 2
A thick fog surrounds Fang Rock and a ship is wrecked. The survivors take shelter in the lighthouse but all are in deadly peril from the alien menace that stalks the island.
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E3 • Horror of Fang Rock: Part 3
The Doctor seals the survivors inside the lighthouse but discovers that he may unwittingly have trapped the creature inside with them.
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E4 • Horror of Fang Rock: Part 4
As the alien Rutan picks off the remaining humans one by one, the Doctor devises a desperate plan to defeat the alien and repel the approaching Rutan mothership.
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E5 • The Invisible Enemy: Part 1
An alien virus infects the human crew of a refuelling station on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn. The Doctor is also infected and becomes possessed by the will of the Nucleus.
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E6 • The Invisible Enemy: Part 2
As the Doctor's condition worsens, he instructs Leela to pilot the TARDIS to the Bi-Al Foundation. The only chance of curing the Doctor is to literally get inside his head.
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E7 • The Invisible Enemy: Part 3
The Doctor and Leela have been cloned and miniaturised and injected into the Doctor's body. There they must fight the virus on a microscopic level before time runs out.
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E8 • The Invisible Enemy: Part 4
The Nucleus has escaped the Doctor's body and grown to human size. Its plans to spawn and infect the whole galaxy are nearing fruition. And it looks like K-9 has a new master…
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E9 • Image of the Fendahl: Part 1
The Doctor and Leela arrive in present day England at Fetch Priory where a mysterious skull that is older than mankind is exerting a deadly influence on those around it.
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E10 • Image of the Fendahl: Part 2
As Thea succumbs to the power of the skull, the Doctor realises that an ancient horror from the mythology of his own people is manifesting at Fetch Priory.
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E11 • Image of the Fendahl: Part 3
Stahl intends to control the power of the Fendahl for himself. The Doctor and Leela take a trip in the TARDIS to discover the truth about the ancient evil from the dawn of time.
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E12 • Image of the Fendahl: Part 4
Thea has become the Fendahl Core and Stahl realises that he is out of his depth as his followers transform into the hideous, snake-like Fendahleen.
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E21 • The Invasion of Time: Part 1
Leela is concerned by the Doctor’s strange behaviour when, after a secret meeting with aliens, he returns to Gallifrey and abruptly stakes his claim on the Time Lord presidency.
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E22 • The Invasion of Time: Part 2
The Doctor is made president of the Time Lords and immediately orders K9 to lower the planet’s defences and has Leela banished to the wilderness.
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E23 • The Invasion of Time: Part 3
The Doctor has betrayed his own people and enabled a Vardan invasion of Gallifrey. Leela joins forces with the Outsiders and prepares to strike back against the aliens.
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E24 • The Invasion of Time: Part 4
As the Vardans finally fully materialise on Gallifrey, the Doctor prepares to spring his trap. But does a more deadly alien force lie behind the Vardans?
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E25 • The Invasion of Time: Part 5
The Sontarans have taken control of the Capital on Gallifrey and intend to use the power of the Time Lords to rampage through all of time.
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E26 • The Invasion of Time: Part 6
Stor, the Sontaran leader, finally gains access to the TARDIS in search of the Great Key of Rassilon and a dangerous game of hide and seek begins inside the Doctor’s ship.