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Downtime was the second serial of  Season 32 of Doctor Who. It was written by Marc Platt, directed by Andrew Grieve and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield & Robert Bathurst as Chris Hector.

Synopsis[]

Something sinister is going on at the New World University - a school run by a woman named Rebecca Campbell who appears to be under some kind of control. When the Doctor & companions investigate the University, they find Rebecca to be under the form of hypnotism & a gateway to Earth by an enemy thought to be long dead by the Doctor: the Great Intelligence.

Plot[]

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Cast[]

Crew[]

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Worldbuilding[]

Colleges and universities[]

  • New World FM was the radio station of the university.

Notes[]

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Continuity[]

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Home video releases[]

VHS[]

  • This story was first released on VHS.

DVD[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Second Season in 2007.

Blu-ray[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 32 in the UK.
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