4X. Image Of The Fendahl
Season Fifteen - 1977/1978
Synopsis
A human skull is found by archaeologists. To determine its age it is subjected to a time scanner experiment and found to be over twelve million years old. The TARDIS is drawn to Earth by the Time scanner.
The skull is an artefact of Fendhal, an ancient creature that feeds of the life-force of others. Using Thea Ransome, who is unaware she is a medium, the entity is able to materialise on Earth.
Thea is eventually transformed into the Fendahl, and a group of acolytes assembled by black arts practitioner Maxillian Stael are transformed into the Fendahleen.
The Doctor is able to show the surviving people how to protect themselves using rock salt. Using the time scanner to cause an implosion the Doctor destroys the Fendhal. He and Leela take the skull to be jettisoned near a supernova.
Regular Cast
- Leela: Louise Jameson
- Voice of K-9: John Leeson
Guest Cast
- Thea Ransome: Wanda Ventham
- Professor Adam Colby: Edward Arthur
- Martha Tyler: Daphne Heard
- Ted Moss: Edward Evans
- Maximillan Stael: Scott Fredericks
- Doctor Fendahlman: Dennis Lill (1-3)
- David Mitchell: Derek Martin (1-2)
- Hiker: Graham Simpson (1)
- Jack Tyler: Geoffrey Hinsliff (2-4)
- Coven Member: Geoffrey Witherick (2)
- Security Guards: David Elliott (2), Roy Pearce (2)
- Coven Members: (all 3-4) John Emms, Jay McGrath, Douglas Stark
- Fendahl Core: Wanda Ventham (4)
Original broadcast on the BBC
| Channel | Title | Date | Viewers | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC 1 | 462. Part One |
|
6.7M | |
| BBC 1 | 463. Part Two |
|
7.5M | 75% |
| BBC 1 | 464. Part Three |
|
7.9M | |
| BBC 1 | 465. Part Four |
|
9.1M | 61% |
Studios
- Television Centre Studio 6
Outside Locations
- Stargroves, East End, nr. Newbury, Hants
Notes
John Leeson's K-9 voice is not heard in this story, although the K-9 prop appears in Parts One and Four.