6M. The Awakening
Writer: Eric Pringle
Director: Michael Owen Morris
Designer: Barry Newbery
Incidental Music: Peter Howell
TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
607. Part One 19.01.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 7.9M/61st/65%
608. Part Two 20.01.84 6.40pm - 7.05pm 6.6M/84th/63%
REPEAT DETAILS:
Compilation Fri 20.07.84 6.50pm - 7.40pm 4.4M/104th/64%
CAST:
JANE HAMPDEN: Polly James; SIR GEORGE HUTCHINSON: Denis Lill; COLONEL BEN WOLSEY: Glyn Houston; SGT
JOSEPH WILLOW: Jack Galloway; WILL CHANDLER: Keith Jayne; TROOPER: Christopher Saul; ANDREW VERNEY:
Frederick Hall (2). UNCREDITED: WALK ONS: David Cole, Brian Coshall, Robert Craze, Peter Dukes, Scott Free, Harold
Gasnier, John Kearns, Rod Keyes, Jimmy Mac, Roy MacDonald, Ron Martin, Sean McCabe, David Medina, Bob Tarff, Nigel Tisdall,
Christopher Wenner, Gordon Williams
STORY:
Tegan asks the Doctor to take her to Little Hodcombe to visit her grandfather, local historian Andrew Verney. They arrive
during a reconstruction of the English Civil war, led by Sir George Hutchinson. When Tegan asks about her grandfather she finds
that he has been missing for some time.
Sir George seems to be taking the games a little too seriously and Tegan is designated the Quen of the May, a human sacrifice.
The Doctor takes an interest in the local church, and finds Will Chandler who came from 1643. Will tells the Doctor of the time
that the Malus came, and the Doctor finds it concealed in the church.
The Malus uses pshycic projections to feed of the fears to the locals. Sir Georges mind, and the war games, have reawoken the
Malus. The Doctor finds a way to break the pshycic link, and the Malus destroys Sir George, the church and itself.
STUDIOS:
Television Centre Studio 6
LOCATIONS:
Ford at Tarrant Monkton, nr. Blandford Forum, Dorset; St Bartholomew's Church, Shapwick, Dorest; Village Cross and street,
Shapwick, Dorset; Bishop's Court Forum, Shapwick, Dorest; Village of Martin, nr. Fordingbridge, Hants; Martin Down, nr. Martin,
Hants; Stable at rear of Damers Cottage, Martin, Hants
WORKING TITLES:
Poltergeist, Wargame
NOVELISATION:
The Awakening
Eric Pringle
VIDEO:
The Awakening
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