The Awakening (Doctor Who)
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| Directed by | Michael Owen Morris | ||||
| Written by | Eric Pringle | ||||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||||
| Incidental music composer | Peter Howell | ||||
| Production code | 6M | ||||
| Series | Season 21 | ||||
| Length | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||||
| Date started | 19 January 1984 | ||||
| Date ended | 20 January 1984 | ||||
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| Author | Eric Pringle |
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| Cover artist | Andrew Skilleter |
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Doctor Who book: Target novelisations |
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95 |
| Publisher | Target Books |
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Publication date
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13 June 1985 |
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The Awakening is the second serial of the 21st season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in two daily parts on 19 and 20 January 1984.
On 13 July 1643, two forces came to the village of Little Hodcombe during the English Civil War and destroyed each other. As the story begins, a group of Roundheads are riding horses in the village of Little Hodcombe, with little regard to the villagers around them. Only it is not 1643, it is 1984.
A schoolteacher, Jane Hampden, is convinced that her fellow villagers, led by the town’s leader, Sir George Hutchinson, have taken their re-enactment of a series of war games too far. Hutchinson attempts to assure her that the games are a harmless event, which are merely to celebrate the English Civil War. When Hampden asks him to stop the games, Hutchinson ignores her.
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor promises to take his companion, Tegan, to 1984 so she could spend some time with her grandfather, Andrew Verney. The Doctor sets the coordinates to Little Hodcombe, where Verney resides. However, the TARDIS experiences some turbulence and arrives in what appears to be a structurally unstable church. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, while watching on the scanner, see a man in 17th century clothing, fleeing from the church and the Doctor dashes out to help him. However, the man has now vanished. Tegan is convinced that they have landed in the wrong time zone. However, Turlough tells her that he had checked the TARDIS coordinates and they were in 1984. As the Time Lord and his companions continue pursue the man, smoke starts to billow from a crack in the wall.
Eventually, the three travellers are captured by Captain Joseph Willow and taken to Sir George Hutchinson. The Doctor and his companions are first brought before Hampden and Colonel Ben Woolsey, who apologizes for the poor treatment that they received. Hutchinson arrives and explains to the Doctor that the town is celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Little Hodcombe and then he urges him to join the celebration. Tegan then explains that they have come to this village to see her grandfather, Andrew Verney. She is informed that her grandfather is missing, and runs out of the room, upset. The Doctor follows but loses her. Tegan is still crying, when someone steals her purse. She tries to get it back and runs into a barn where she sees the ghost of an old man.
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