The Enemy of the World

040 – The Enemy of the World
Doctor Who serial
Salamander attempts to kill the Doctor after gaining access to the TARDIS
Cast
Doctor Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor)
Companions Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield)
Others Patrick Troughton — Ramón Salamander Bill Kerr — Giles Kent Mary Peach — Astrid Ferrier Colin Douglas — Donald Bruce George Pravda — Denes David Nettheim — Fedorin Milton Johns — Benik Henry Stamper — Anton Rhys McConnochie — Rod Simon Cain — Curly Carmen Munroe — Fariah Reg Lye — Griffin the Chef Christopher Burgess — Swann Adam Verney — Colin Margaret Hickey — Mary Gordon Faith, Elliott Cairnes — Guard Captains Bill Lyons — Guard on Denes Andrew Staines — Sergeant to Benik Bob Anderson — Fighting Guard William McGuirk — Guard in Corridor Dibbs Mather — Guard in Caravan
Production
Directed by	Barry Letts
Written by	David Whitaker
Script editor	Peter Bryant
Produced by	Innes Lloyd
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	by Béla Bartók
Production code	PP
Series	Season 5
Length	6 episodes, 25 minutes each
Date started	23 December 1967
Date ended	27 January 1968
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → The Ice Warriors The Web of Fear
List of Doctor Who serials

Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World

Author	Ian Marter
Cover artist	Bill Donohoe
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	24
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	17 April 1981
ISBN

The Enemy of the World is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968. The story is a break from the monsters and "bases under siege" of season five, highlighted by a dual role for lead actor Patrick Troughton.

For decades only Episode 3 of The Enemy of the World was known to have survived erasure, but the five missing episodes were announced as recovered by the BBC on 11 October 2013 along with four of the missing episodes of the following serial, The Web of Fear.

The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are enjoying themselves on a beach in Australia in 2018 when the Doctor is subject to an assassination attempt. The controller of the would-be assassins, an agent named Astrid Ferrier, rescues them by helicopter. She takes them to her boss Giles Kent (Bill Kerr). There they learn that the Doctor is the physical double of Salamander, a ruthless megalomaniac who is dominating the United Zones Organisation. Salamander has ascended to power by concentrating and harnessing the sun’s rays to generate more crops, but is set on increasing his power. Kent, who was once Deputy Security Leader for North Africa and Europe, reveals that he had crossed Salamander, who ruined him and removed his various allies. The only remaining Kent ally with any authority is Alexander Denes in Central Europe. When Kent’s home is surrounded by troops led by Security Chief Donald Bruce, the Doctor is persuaded to impersonate Salamander to save his companions and to gather more information on his designs.

Bruce is a bully who intimidates those in his path, but the Doctor’s impersonation is strong enough to persuade him that he is Salamander – even though the real Salamander is supposed to be at a conference in the Central European Zone. Bruce leaves, albeit with suspicion, while the Doctor turns on Kent, realising he called Bruce there himself to test the impersonation. The Doctor is not yet convinced Salamander is a villain, but Kent presses ahead with a plan. Jamie, Victoria, and Astrid are to infiltrate Salamander's retinue while he's still in the Central European zone, via Denes’ support, and gather evidence on Salamander. Meanwhile, Kent and the Doctor will travel to Salamander's research station in Kanowa to gather intelligence there.