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Last updated 02 January 2017
The Visitation: Movie Version
Broadcast: Saturday 5th September 1998
5:00pm-6:30pm EDT (21:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Robbins

The TARDIS lands in 17th century England which is being stalked by a robotic death-like figure. The locals seem to be under a strange mesmeric spell.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 4th September 1998:
WUFT 5 in Gainesville, Florida presents the movie version of Black Orchid Saturday afternoon at 5PM. The 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan arrive in 1925. The Doctor is mistaken for another Doctor, Nyssa looks exactly like one of the locals, and Adric is hungry. Then a murder hits. This was the first 2 episode story in 7 years.

ยป The story broadcast was actually The Visitation, as noted in the next edition.