The Spectre of Lanyon Moor was the seventh serial of Season 38 of Doctor Who. It was written by Nicholas Pegg, directed by Euros Lyn and starred Aidan Gillen as the Tenth Doctor & Helen Baxendale as Jean Robinson.
Synopsis[]
In a desolate Cornish landscape littered with relics of prehistoric man, the Doctor and Jean uncover a catalogue of mysteries.
What is the secret of the fogou? Can the moor be haunted by a demonic host of imps? And what is Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart doing in Pengriffen?
Teaming up with his old friend, the Doctor realises that an ancient conflict is nearing its conclusion — and Lanyon Moor is set to be the final battleground.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Aidan Gillen
- Jean Robinson - Helen Baxendale
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Mrs Moynihan - To be added.
- Philip Ludgate - To be added.
- Scryfan - To be added.
- Professor Morgan - To be added.
- Sancreda - To be added.
- UNIT Sentry - To be added.
- Sir Archibald Flint - To be added.
- Nikki Hunter - To be added.
- Pelagia Stamatis - To be added.
- Corporal Croft - To be added.
- Captain Ashforde - To be added.
Crew[]
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Worldbuilding[]
Organisations[]
- The Brigadier is doing a little bit of undercover work for UNIT.
- Morgan and Ludgate have signed the Official Secrets Act.
- Sir Archibald speaks about the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Individuals[]
- Doris is visiting the in-laws in Devon while the Brigadier investigates.
- Edward Hopkins fought with the Royalists in the Civil War. He wrote a diary regarding his own encounter with Sancreda.
- Sir Percival Flint is one of Sir Archibald's ancestors. He controlled the tin mining in the area at the end of the 18th century.
- Sir Archibald thinks that Aleister Crowley was a prophet.
Locations[]
- Jean mentions Bromsgrove.
- The Doctor recognises that they are on Earth because "nowhere else in the cosmos has the same October mornings".
- Mrs Moynihan asks if Jean and the Doctor walked all the way to the village from Tremaine, which Ludgate later notes to be five miles away.
- Mrs Moynihan claims that she plans to spend a week in Athens, then tour the isles, on her vacation to Greece.
- The Doctor once visited the Parthenon in Athens while it was being built.
- The Brigadier is staying at the Pengriffen Arms.
- Pengriffen Manor, Sir Archibald's home, was built in 1571. The architect was Sir John Arundell.
- Charles II gifted Sir Archibald's family with their home in the 17th century, in recognition of their support during the English Civil War.
- Sir Archibald's library, in its history section, has books on European history, military history, history of exploration, and finally on local history.
Species[]
- Around eighteen thousand years ago, a Tregannan spaceship visited what would become Cornwall.
Technology[]
- The Doctor has a metadimensional rheostat in his pocket.
- Sancreda's menantolian induction loop is made of menantol bisilicate.
Foods and beverages[]
- Jean asks for coffee from Ludgate.
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- The Brigadier mentions that the TARDIS became invisible another time before. (TV: The Invasion)
- Talking with the Brigadier about how common tales of fairies and the like are in Britain, the Doctor reminds the Brigadier that they both know from experience that there can sometimes be truth in such tales. (TV: The Dæmons)
- Mention is made of archaeologists Sir Percival Flint (TV: The Dæmons) and Leamington-Smith. (TV: The Stones of Blood) In The Stones of Blood, Professor Rumford also mentions an archaeologist called Professor Idwal Morgan (Idwal being a Welsh name).
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 38 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Eighth Season in 2001.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 38 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Eighth Season on Blu-ray.