Nightshade was the third serial of Season 29 of Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Kevin Davies and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor and Julia Ormond as Raine Cunningham.
Synopsis[]
Raine has never known the Doctor so withdrawn and melancholic. He is avoiding her company, seeking solace in the forgotten rooms and labyrinthine passages of his ancient time machine.
Perhaps he will find the peace he yearns for on his favourite planet, Earth, in the second half of the twentieth century — in the isolated village of Crook Marsham, to be precise, in 1968, the year of peace, love and understanding.
But one by one the villagers are being killed. The Doctor has to act, but for once he seems helpless, indecisive, powerless.
What are the signals from space that are bombarding the radio telescope on the moor? What is the significance of the local legends from the Civil War? And what is the aeons-old power that the Doctor is unable to resist?
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
- Raine Cunningham - Julia Ormond
- Edmund - Andrew Kier
- Jack - Jeremy Brett
- Lawrence - David Savile
- Robin - Daniel Ryan
- Vijay - Amerjit Deu
- Professor Hawthorne - Trevor Bannister
- Betty - Margo Gunn
- Jill - Elizabeth Power
- Constable Lowcock - David Ellison
- Abbot Winstanley - Neil Dudgeon
- Holly - Anna Korwin
- James - Huw Higginson
- Christine - Kika Mirylees
- Tim - Sean Chapman
- Win - Roberta Kerr
Crew[]
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Worldbuilding[]
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Notes[]
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Continuity[]
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Home video and audio releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 29 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Twenty-Ninth Season in 2005.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 29 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 29 in the UK.