Downtime

Overview

Retired commander of the United Nations' Intelligence Taskforce, and long-time associate of the mysterious time traveler the Doctor, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart faces the toughest battle of his military career when he is embroiled in a plot unwittingly set in motion by university chancellor Victoria Waterfield, herself a former companion of the Doctor, to take over the Earth by an evil alien entity called the Great Intelligence, aided by its ferocious robot Yeti cohorts. Can the Brigadier defeat this menace to the Earth without the Doctor's help?

Directed by Keith Barnfather, Christopher Barry

Top cast

Nicholas Courtney

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

Deborah Watling

Victoria Waterfield

Jack Watling

Professor Travers

Beverley Cressman

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart

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Mark Trotman

Daniel Hinton

Geoffrey Beevers

'Harrods' Haroldson

Peter Silverleaf

Christopher Rice

John Leeson

Anthony the D.J.

Miles Richardson

Captain Douglas Cavendish

James Bree

Lama

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Richard Landen

Lead Yeti

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Stephen Bradshaw

UNIT Soldier

Keith Brooks

UNIT Soldier

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Mark Moore

UNIT Soldier

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Gabriel Mykaj

UNIT Soldier

Daisy Ashford

Chilly

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Richard Jones

Chilly

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Dave Owen

Chilly

Eli Silverman

Chilly

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