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Doctor Who: Battlefield

Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who: Battlefield

2 Entertain Video (Sep 06, 1989)
TV Series | Adventure | Fantasy | Science Fiction
USA | English | Color | 01:36
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
883929066070
| 2 discs
Region 1

The TARDIS materialises in the English countryside near the village of Carbury, where a nuclear missile convoy under the command of UNIT's Brigadier Winifred Bambera has run into difficulties. Lying on the bed of the nearby Lake Vortigern is a spaceship from another dimension containing the body of King Arthur, supposedly held in suspended animation, and his sword Excalibur.
Ancelyn, a knight from the other dimension, arrives on Earth to aid the King but is followed by his rival Mordred and the latter's mother, a powerful sorceress named Morgaine. They all recognise the Doctor as Merlin - a fact that the Time Lord attributes to events in his own future.
A battle breaks out between UNIT and Morgaine's men. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has come out of retirement to assist in the crisis and ends up using silver bullets to kill the Destroyer - an awesomely powerful creature unshackled by Morgaine to devour the world - although he himself is almost killed in the process.
Morgaine tries to fire the nuclear missile but is overcome by shock when the Doctor tells her that Arthur is in fact dead. She and her son are then taken prisoner by UNIT.
Episode Endings


Cast View all

Tom Baker Doctor Who
William Hartnell Dr. Who
Jon Pertwee Doctor Who
Patrick Troughton Dr. Who
Frazer Hines Jamie
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
Pat Gorman Guard
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith
Jacqueline Hill Barbara Wright
William Russell Ian Chesterton
Katy Manning Jo Grant
John Scott Martin Dalek
John Levene Sergeant Benton
Peter Davison The Doctor
Janet Fielding Tegan
John Leeson K9
Terry Walsh Primitive
Gerald Taylor Dalek
Robert Jewell Dalek
Carole Ann Ford Susan Foreman
Peter Hawkins Dalek Voices
Cy Town Dalek Operator
Roy Skelton Daleks
Wendy Padbury Zoe
Sarah Sutton Nyssa

Episodes View details

1 Battlefield (1) 25 min | Sep 06, 1989

The village of Carbury, England, in the late 1990s, where a nuclear missile convoy overseen by UNIT has run into difficulties. Lying on the bed of the nearby Lake Vortigern is a spaceship from another dimension containing the body of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur.

Director: Michael Kerrigan
Writer: Ben Aaronovitch
Guest stars: Robert Jezek, Ling Tai, Noel Collins, Angela Douglas, Marcus Gilbert, Christopher Bowen, Angela Bruce, James Ellis
2 Battlefield (2) 25 min | Sep 13, 1989

The village of Carbury, England, in the late 1990s, where a nuclear missile convoy overseen by UNIT has run into difficulties. Lying on the bed of the nearby Lake Vortigern is a spaceship from another dimension containing the body of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur.

Director: Michael Kerrigan
Writer: Ben Aaronovitch
Guest stars: Stefan Schwartz, Dorota Rae, Ling Tai, Noel Collins, Marcus Gilbert, Christopher Bowen, Angela Bruce, James Ellis
3 Battlefield (3) 25 min | Sep 20, 1989

The village of Carbury, England, in the late 1990s, where a nuclear missile convoy overseen by UNIT has run into difficulties. Lying on the bed of the nearby Lake Vortigern is a spaceship from another dimension containing the body of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur.

Director: Michael Kerrigan
Writer: Ben Aaronovitch
Guest stars: Paul Tomany, Stefan Schwartz, Dorota Rae, Ling Tai, Noel Collins, Marcus Gilbert, Christopher Bowen, Angela Bruce, James Ellis
4 Battlefield (4) 25 min | Sep 27, 1989

The village of Carbury, England, in the late 1990s, where a nuclear missile convoy overseen by UNIT has run into difficulties. Lying on the bed of the nearby Lake Vortigern is a spaceship from another dimension containing the body of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur.

Director: Michael Kerrigan
Writer: Ben Aaronovitch
Guest stars: Stefan Schwartz, Ling Tai, Angela Douglas, Marcus Gilbert, Christopher Bowen, Angela Bruce