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Classic Who S26 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

The Curse of Fenric

Other variations of this story: The Curse of Fenric (TOTT version)

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First aired Wednesday, October 25, 1989
Production Code 7M
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) World War II Religion War Environmental Message
Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises at a secret naval base off the coast of Northumberland during the Second World War. Dr. Judson, a scientist there, has created the Ultima Machine, an early computer designed to break German codes. But Judson also has a much more sinister use for the machine. He plans to translate the ancient runes in a crypt of the nearby St. Jude's Church, which will release Fenric, an evil entity from the dawn of time whom the Doctor trapped seventeen centuries earlier.

As Fenric's Haemovores attack, the Doctor must once again face the entity in a battle which will reveal devastating truths for Ace...

4 Episodes:

First aired Wednesday, October 25, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
UK Viewers 4.3 million
Appreciation Index 67

Synopsis

England, the 1940s. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. There, the time-travellers battle vampiric Haemovores and an ancient Viking curse!

First aired Wednesday, November 1, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
UK Viewers 4 million
Appreciation Index 68

Synopsis

The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.

First aired Wednesday, November 8, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
UK Viewers 4 million
Appreciation Index 68

Synopsis

The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.

First aired Wednesday, November 15, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
UK Viewers 4.2 million
Appreciation Index 68

Synopsis

Fenric is loose and planning to use the Ancient Haemovore to poison the Earth with chemicals, unless the Doctor can defeat him in their centuries old game.

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