Downtime (1995)

Directed by

Christopher Barry

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Former companions of the Doctor reunite to face a threat connected to old enemies. The story follows the Brigadier and his daughter as they investigate strange events.

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What happens

Downtime is a 1995 direct-to-video spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced by the independent production company Reeltime Pictures. It is a sequel to the Second Doctor serials The Abominable Snowmen (1967) and The Web of Fear (1968). Downtime stars Nicholas Courtney, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling and Elisabeth Sladen reprising their roles as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria Waterfield, Professor Edward Travers and Sarah Jane Smith, respectively. It introduces the character of Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The film received overall mixed reviews from critics, but was successful enough to get a sequel, Dæmos Rising, in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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