Doctor Who (1963) 15.02.X

Dreams and Fantasy: Making the Invisible Enemy (2008)

20 minutes

This short documentary is mostly focused on behind the camera aspects of The Invisible Enemy. There are just two actors interviewed for this short film which is divided into the following chapters:

• Writing the Enemy
• Creating K9
• New Directions
• Nostalgia
• Studio Nightmares
• Inner Space
• Looking Back

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The Invisible Enemy - Part Four

The virus loses its effect on the Doctor and he is healed. Leela disguises herself as a nurse and helps the Doctor to escape. Lowe and the others who have been infected help the Nucleus to escape and take it to Titan Station.

The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 stay at the Bi-Al Foundation long enough to cure Professor Marius with antibodies from Leela's blood. Leela changes back into her traditional clothes. The professor mass produces the antibodies and gives them to the Doctor. The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 take the antibodies and return to Titan Station.

Leela suggests that they should blow up the station but the Doctor prefers to use a gentler touch. It isn't until his plan fails that he decides to follow Leela's advice. The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 return to the Bi-Al Foundation. Professor Marius suggests that the Doctor and Leela should take K-9 with them so they leave.

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The Invisible Enemy - Part Three

The clones of the Doctor and Leela find themselves in the Doctor's body. They make their way to the mind/brain area of the Doctor's head. They are attacked along the way by various parts of the Doctor's body.

Leela and K-9 stand guard while Professor Marius and his two assistants keep an eye on the Doctor. Lowe comes for the Doctor with his three followers. K-9 kills one of them but then the virus spreads to him. He is ordered to attack Leela. She slips and falls just as he is about to shoot her. She hits her head and is knocked out.

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The Invisible Enemy - Part Two

The Doctor is able to resist shooting Leela. He goes into a trance but before he does the Doctor sends Leela to find help. She finds Lowe who has been infected but he hides that fact from her. Together they take the Doctor in the TARDIS to the Bi-Al Foundation to get him medical help.

Lowe infects three doctors at the Bi-Al Foundation. Together they go looking the Doctor. Leela and K-9 prevent them from getting too close. 

The Doctor is examined by Professor Marius and K-9, his robot assistant, at the Bi-Al Foundation. The Doctor and Professor Marius talk about the infection. The Doctor comes up with a plan of attack. He asks Professor Marius to clone himself and Leela. Professor Marius shrinks the clones down so that they can be injected into the Doctor.

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The Invisible Enemy - Part One

A spaceship arrives at Titan Base after passing through a mysterious cloud. The three human crew members have been infected and are now possessed by whatever was in the cloud. They are supposed to change places with three others who are waiting for them on Titan but the three from the shuttle kill their replacements.

The three possessed men go after Lowe, the station supervisor. He sees that something is wrong and sends out a distress signal. The Doctor and Leela receive the distress signal and head for Titan Base. They pass through the same mysterious cloud. The Doctor is infected but doesn't know it. Leela senses that something is wrong but the Doctor won't listen to her.

Lowe tries to arrest the three possessed me. He shoots at them, killing one of them, when they don't drop their weapons. The Doctor and Leela find the body. but no one else. The Doctor tells Leela to stay put but she goes exploring. She finds Lowe almost dead. She revives him and asks him what's going on.