- The Zero Imperative
doctorwhobox
number=01
serial_name=The Zero Imperative
caption=
show=P.R.O.B.E.
type=episode
cast=
*Caroline John –Liz Shaw
*Louise Jameson – Patricia Haggard
guests=
*Linda Lusardi – Louise Bayliss
*Jon Pertwee – Dr. O'Kane
*Sylvester McCoy – Dr. Dove
*Colin Baker – Peter Russell
*Mark Gatiss - Dr. Bruffin
*David Terence – Patient Zero
*Nicola Fulljames – Dr. Hearst
*Patricia Merrick - Dr. Gilchrist
*Jonathan Rigby - Cummings
*Sophie Aldred - P.R.O.
*Simon Messingham - Orderly
*Alexander Kirk - Orderly
*Peter Davison - Patient One
*Bill Baggs - Daniel
*Daniel Mills - Boy's Voice
writer=Mark Gatiss
director=Bill Baggs
producer=Bill Baggs
executive_producer=Andy Grant
production_code=1.0
length=60 minutes
date=1994
preceding=
following="The Devil of Winterborne "
imdb_id=0111824ynopsis
Former
UNIT luminaryLiz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, all committed near a soon-to-be-closed psychiatric hospital.When the hospital is unexpectedly reprieved by rich Industrialist Peter Russell events seem to move out of Liz's control. Are the incumbent director of the clinic, Doctor Dove and his predecessor Doctor O'Kane harbouring the killer? What is the centuries-old horror hidden in the grounds?
And what exactly is the secret of room zero?
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tory notes
* This film marks the debut of the
Preternatural Research Bureau (PROBE) and the return ofCaroline John asLiz Shaw . Other actors from "Doctor Who" -- including John's former co-starJon Pertwee -- also appear, but in different roles.
* This is the first of four films featuring the PROBE organization. As such, it predates "Torchwood " as the first ongoing spin-off of the "Doctor Who" universe.Ratings
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