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Doctor Who (1963) Season 25 Episode 8

Silver Nemesis, Part One

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AIRED: 11/23/88

England, 1988. The Nemesis comet, an artefact of tremendous power, returns to Earth after 350 years. In pursuit of it are the ruthless lady Peinfort, a group of fascists and an old foe of the Doctor's…

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Sylvester McCoy	The Doctor
Sophie Aldred	Ace

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Anton Diffring	De Flores	Guest Star
Fiona Walker	Lady Peinforte	Guest Star
Gerard Murphy	Richard Maynarde	Guest Star
David Banks	Cyber Leader	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (5)
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- Continuity After the policemen are killed, one transports himself halfway under the car.
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- Plot Hole Apparently, no one in the café notices Peinforte and Richard appear screaming and shouting in the middle of lunch.
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- Factual Error The weather seems very summery for November. There is bright sunshine, and Ace is in short sleeves.
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- Plot Hole The mathematician in 1638 calculates that Nemesis will arrive on 23 November 1988. However, England was on the Julian Calendar at that time, not the modern Gregorian. He would calculate the date as December 4.
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- Ace is wearing Flowerchild's earring, although she acquires this in the following story, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.
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NOTES (6)
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- The crowd of tourists at Windsor includes a number of Doctor Who actors and behind-the-scenes personnel, including Nicholas Courtney, Andrew Morgan, Ian Fraser, Fiona Cummings, Peter Moffat, Graeme Curry and Kevin Clarke.
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- Leslie French, who plays the mathematician, was originally offered the role of the Doctor in 1963, but declined it.
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- Video: Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis Special Edition (BBCV 4888) released in April 1993. Released in U.S.A./Canada (Warner Home Video E1269) in August 1994.
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- Novelisation: Doctor Who - Silver Nemesis by Kevin Clarke (ISBN 0 426 20340 2) first published by W H Allen in 1989.
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- This episode was heavily edited for time. One lost scene explains how the Doctor and Ace get away from the Queen's security guards.
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- The working titles for this story were The Harbinger and Nemesis.
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