The Visitation

The Visitation

:"This article refers to the Doctor Who serial. For the novel by Frank E. Peretti, see The Visitation (novel). For the 2006 film based on the novel, see The Visitation (film).] [cite web
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*The working titles for this story were "The Invasion Of The Plague Men" and "Plague Rats".
*The Terileptil mask marks the first use of animatronics in the series.

Outside references

Writer Eric Saward originally created the character of Richard Mace for several radio plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the 1970s. In these, the character is still an eccentric actor, but the plays are set around the 1880s (Jack the Ripper is mentioned).

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Visitation
series=Target novelisations
number=69
featuring=


writer=Eric Saward
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=
isbn=0 426 20135 3
set_between=
pages=
date=19 August 1982
preceding=Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
following=Full Circle|A novelisation of this serial, written by Eric Saward, was published by Target Books in August 1982. Its cover was originally to be painted like the other Target Doctor Who novels, but an objection by Peter Davison's agent resulted in a photographic cover being used instead. This was the only Peter Davison story to have its novelisation titled as "Doctor Who and the..."

Broadcast, VHS and DVD releases

*This story was released on a VHS double pack with "Black Orchid" in July 1994.
*This story was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on January 19 2004, and used material from the 16 mm film prints which still exist in the BBC Archives. The DVD release included various special features produced by John Kelly including "Writing a Final Visitation", an interview with Eric Saward, "Directing Who", an interview with Peter Moffatt and a commentary featuring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse and Peter Moffatt

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=visitation|title=The Visitation
*Brief | id=5x | title=The Visitation
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_5x | title=The Visitation

Reviews

*OG review | id=5x | title=The Visitation
*DWRG | id=visi | title=The Visitation

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1982/visitati/82visita.htm On Target — "The Visitation"]


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