"Doctor Who"
The Curse of Fenric: Part 1 (1989)

Director:

Nicholas Mallett

Writer:

Ian Briggs (writer)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

25 October 1989 (Season 26, Episode 8)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Doctor and Ace travel to a navel base off the coast of Northumberland towards the end of World War II. Where the Time Lord and his companion become entangled in an old Viking curse.

Plot Keywords:

1940s | WWII | Space Hero | Multiple Actors For One Character | Scientist Hero

Cast

Sylvester McCoy	...	The Doctor
Sophie Aldred	...	Ace
Dinsdale Landen	...	Dr. Judson
Alfred Lynch	...	Commander Millington
Nicholas Parsons	...	The Rev. Mr. Wainwright
Janet Henfrey	...	Miss Hardaker
Tomek Bork	...	Captain Sorin
Peter Czajowski	...	Sgt. Prozorov (as Peter Czajkowski)
Marek Anton	...	Vershinin
Mark Conrad	...	Petrossian
Joann Kenny	...	Jean
Joanne Bell	...	Phyllis
Anne Reid	...	Nurse Crane
Cory Pulman	...	Kathleen Dudman
Aaron Handley	...	Baby Audrey Dudman (as Aaron Hanley)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England, UK

Trivia:

Winner of Doctor Who Magazine Season Poll.

Quotes:

Ace: [Ace has chosen to sit next to Reverend Wainwright at the Doctor's request. The old priest has been having a serious crisis of faith] Funny church, this, isn't it?
Reverand Mr. Wainwright: I was just remembering when I was a child. My father was the vicar here then. It seemed such a warm, friendly place in those days.
Ace: Things always look different when you're a child.
Reverand Mr. Wainwright: Now I stand in the church every Sunday, I see all the faces looking up at me, waiting for me to give them something to believe in.
Ace: Don't you believe in anything?
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