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Doctor Who: The Dæmons

On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a stone gargoyle come to life, and a nigh-impenetrable infernal energy dome. With the Master fully prepared to destroy the Earth, the Doctor and UNIT - aided by a benevolent practitioner of witchcraft - battle the wicked rites of a secret science wielded by an alien from another world.

Release Date : 1971-06-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Jon Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jo Grant

Original Name : Katy Manning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Original Name : Nicholas Courtney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Mike Yates

Original Name : Richard Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Benton

Original Name : John Levene

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Master

Original Name : Roger Delgado

Gender : Male

Character Name : Azal

Original Name : Stephen Thorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bok

Original Name : Stanley Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Hawthorne

Original Name : Damaris Hayman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bert the Landlord

Original Name : Don McKillop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winstanley

Original Name : Rollo Gamble

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Horner

Original Name : Robin Wentworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alastair Fergus

Original Name : David Simeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : James Snell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garvin

Original Name : John Joyce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Reeves

Original Name : Eric Hillyard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Girton

Original Name : Jon Croft

Gender : Male

Character Name : PC Groom

Original Name : Christopher Wray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baker's Man

Original Name : Gerald Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Osgood

Original Name : Alec Linstead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thorpe

Original Name : John Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jones

Original Name : Matthew Corbett

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-09-06

The entertaining Damaris Hayman brings something of the eccentric Margaret Rutherford to this enjoyable series as she claims to be an white witch ("Hawthorne") warning of great dangers should the pompous "Prof. Horner" (Robin Wentworth) go ahead with uncovering a tomb long since hidden near the menacingly named village of "Devil's End". If you ever doubted the "Doctor" could do time travel, then a quick glance at the television coverage of this event would prove that we could all watch BBC3 almost fifty years before it did actually start broadcasting! Anyway, the Time Lord (Jon Pertwee) and "Jo" (Katy Manning) hear her portents of doom and race to stop the dig. Meantime, the place has a new vicar in the form of "Magister". Yep, it's Roger Delgado using a Latin disguise. What's he doing at an ancient dig, though? Well that soon becomes apparent as the giant "Azal" emerges whom he hopes will endow him with power to rule humanity. With an heat shield surrounding the village ensuring that the increasingly frustrated "Brigadier" (Nicholas Courtney) is kept at arms length, it falls to our intrepid duo as well as the civvie-clad "Capt. Yates" (Richard Franklin) and "Sgt. Benson" (John Levene) to do some thwarting before their antagonist becomes all-powerful. This is one of Delgado's better efforts as his menace in a dog-collar works nicely with the eccentric Hayman, an helicopter, plenty of remote controlled Bessie, a bit of ESP lightbulb shattering, a flighty blue devil and there's even a floral dance (without an hint of Terry Wogan). Its darker than many with some Satanic menace and adequate visual effects to support a story rooted in folklore that plays to superstition. There is a solid cast of support and across a more tightly edited five-parts this brings the season to an entertaining conclusion.