"The Age of Man is over. The Age of the Virus has begun!"
Episode 93: The Invisible Enemy.
Companions: 4th Doctor, K9 and Leela.
Air Date: Four episodes. 1st to 22nd October 1977.
The TARDIS is infiltrated by the Swarm - a space-borne intelligence that wishes to spread itself across the universe - and the Doctor is infected by its nucleus. The ship then materialises on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, where the human occupants of a refuelling station have also been taken over.
The Invisible Enemy is a pretty awful story with a weak story with some really bad effects and costumes. The only good thing about it is the fast pacing which keeps it going along nicely. The story deals with a cloud of intelligent virus cells seeking to overrun everything in the universe, to place themselves at the top of the food chain. When the Doctor becomes infected, he clones himself and Leela, having them injected into the Doctor's brain to do battle with the virus nucleus. You can see definite references to Fantastic Voyage. It isn't enough to save this one though.
We see the arrival of K9, the Doctor's tin dog. He is a creation of Dr Marius on the medical station and at the culmination of the story is given over to the Doctor as a new companion. K9 is another companion popular with those of us who remember the classic series and to those newer generations who see him in the Sarah Jane Adventures.
There is little good to be said on this story and I don't consider it worth a watch.
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