Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, Part One
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The Curse of Fenric, Part One
- 697.
- Season: 26
- Episode: 8
- First Aired: 10/25/1989
- Prod Code: 7M
England. 1943. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. Russian soldiers are planning and attack and something lurks in the undercurrents at Maiden's Point… Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Ian Briggs
- Director:
- Nicholas Mallett
- Stars:
- Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)
- Sophie Aldred (Ace)
- Recurring Role:
- Marek Anton (Vershinin)
- Guest Star:
- Alfred Lynch (Commander Millington)
- Nicholas Parsons (The Reverend Mr. Wainwright)
- Janet Henfrey (Miss Hardaker)
- Tomek Bork (Captain Sorin)
- Mark Conrad (Petrossian)
- Joann Kenny (Jean)
- Joanne Bell (Phyllis)
- Anne Reid (Nurse Crane)
- Kathleen Dodman (Cory Pulman)
- Aaron Hanley (Baby)
- Dinsdale Landen (Dr. Judson)
- Stevan Rimkus (Captain Bates)
- Marcus Hutton (Sgt. Leigh)
- Christien Anholt (Perkins)
- Peter Czajowski (Sgt. Prozorov)
- Deliberate Error: Millington has a muostache. Army regulations at the time would have forbidden this. However, it is possible that he is given some leeway in his effort to imitate the Germans. edit »
- Anachronism: The teddy bear Kethleen's baby has was not manufactured until the 1980s. edit »
- Plot Hole: The Russian soldiers say they will return home via Norway. This would be unlikely as Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1943. edit »
- Anachronism: Jean and Phyllis reference Jane Russell. It is highly unlikely they would have known who she was as her first film was not released to the general public until 1946 owing to censorship. edit »
- Factual Error: In 1943, the signposts visible in the episode would have been removed or pointed in the wrong direction to thwart invading soldiers. edit »
- This serial was released on VHS in 1991 with six additional minutes of footage. The 2003 DVD release includes both the original broadcast series and a re-edited movie version with 12 minutes of new footage and new special effects. edit »
- The working titles for this serial were Powerplay, Black Rain, Wolf-Time and The Wolves of Fenric. edit »
- Alan Turing: According to Ian Briggs, the character of Judson is somewhat based on this real-life WW2 genius, who cracked the ENIGMA code. Turing's homosexuality was considered a disability by the British government and finds a parallel in Judson's physical handicap. edit »
- ULTIMA: Dr. Judson's decryption device is named after two real-life World War II encryption mechanisms. ENIGMA was the code the Germans used throughout the war while ULTRA was the code-name given to the British decrypts of the ENIGMA signals. edit »
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