Nightshade (TV Story)

Nightshade was the third serial of Season 29 of Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Michael Kerrigan and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Julia Sawalha as Raine Creevy and Norman Lovett as Hector.

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Raine has never known the Doctor so withdrawn and melancholic.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?

Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
 * Raine Creevy - Julia Sawalha
 * Hector - Norman Lovett
 * Edmund Trevithick - To be added.
 * Jack Prudhoe - To be added.
 * Lawrence Yeadon - To be added.
 * Robin Yeadon - To be added.
 * Vijay Degun - To be added.
 * Professor Thomas Edward Hawthorne - To be added.
 * Betty Yeadon - To be added.
 * Jill Mason - To be added.
 * Constable George Lowcock - To be added.
 * Abbot Mervyn Winstanley - To be added.
 * Holly Kidd - To be added.
 * James - To be added.
 * Christine Cooper - To be added.
 * Tim Medway - To be added.
 * Billy Coote - To be added.
 * Win Prudhoe - To be added.
 * Oliver Cromwell - To be added.

Crew
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Story Notes
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Continuity
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VHS

 * This story was first released on VHS in 1993.

DVD

 * Single Release: To be added
 * 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.