The 5th Doctor (Peter Davison) attempts to take Tegan back to Heathrow Airport but the TARDIS arrives in the 17th Century instead of the 20th. The time travellers discover that a space capsule has crash-landed nearby and that its alien occupants, three Terileptil prison escapees, intend to wipe out all indigenous life on Earth by releasing rats infected with an enhanced strain of the great plague.
The creatures are also using a sophisticated android to strike terror into the local villagers. Aided by itinerant thespian Richard Mace, the Doctor tracks the Terileptils to their base in Pudding Lane, London. The creatures are ultimately destroyed when a fire breaks out and the Terileptil leader’s weapon explodes – also setting off the Great Fire of London.
Special Features
- Grim Tales Brand-new 45-minute documentary
- Film Trims Shots and sequences cut from the finished programme
- Directing Who – Peter Moffatt
- Writing A Final Visitation
- Scoring The Visitation Interview with composer Paddy Kingsland
- Subtitle Production Notes
- Radio Times Listings and BBC Sales Sheet
- Photo Gallery
- Isolated Music score
- Easter Egg
- Digitally Remastered Picture and Sound Quality
- Commentary with Peter Davison (the Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) and director Peter Moffatt.
- The Television Centre of the Universe – Part One Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Janet Fielding return to BBC Television Centre and meet up with old friends and colleagues.
- Doctor Forever?The Apocalypse Element Examining the world of Doctor Who on audio. Including interviews with Colin Baker, Russell T Davies, Mark Gatiss and many others.