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Invasion Inception (Thwarting “The Invasion of Time”)
Description
You’ve got to hand it to the Doctor — he’s single-handedly saved Gallifrey almost as many times as the Earth, and The Invasion of Time even lets him double dip! Rescuing the Time Lords from the Vardans was just a warm-up, with the Sontarans laying in wait to have their crack at the planet once the production runs out of tinfoil. The story is a bizarro Russian doll of invasions, seemingly orchestrated by a borderline-megalomaniacal Doctor, set against the backdrop of Robert Holmes’ delightfully dysfunctional Gallifrey. Thank Rassilon there’s a robot dog here to make sense of it all.
Commentary for The Invasion of Time begins at 29:00.
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Story Essentials
- Season 15, Serial 6
- Story number: 96, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: David Agnew (Anthony Read, Graham Williams)
- Director: Gerald Blake
- Producer: Graham Williams
- Aired 4 February – 11 March 1978
Pull To Open: The Invasion of Time
- Season 4
- Episode 15
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish