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Rated 5.7 on TMDB

Downtime

The Brigadier faces a new breed of Yeti as he searches to find the locus!

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?

Released: 1995
Runtime: 1h 5m
Genres: Science Fiction, Action, War, Thriller, Horror
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Direction and writing

Christopher BarryDirector

Terrance DicksScript Consultant

Cast

Nicholas CourtneyBrigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Elisabeth SladenSarah Jane Smith
Deborah WatlingVictoria Waterfield

Keith BarnfatherDirector

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Jack WatlingProfessor Travers

Beverley CressmanKate Lethbridge-Stewart

Mark TrotmanDaniel Hinton

Geoffrey Beevers'Harrods' Haroldson

Peter SilverleafChristopher Rice

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