Downtime (home video)

Synopsis
The Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith investigate New World University, a sinister school run by none other than Victoria Waterfield and a gateway to Earth by the Great Intelligence which has taken over her.

Plot
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Cast

 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling
 * Professor Travers - Jack Watling
 * Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Beverley Cressman
 * Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - Alexander Landen
 * Daniel Hinton - Mark Trotman
 * Harrods - Geoffrey Beevers
 * Christopher Rice - Peter Silverleaf
 * Anthony - John Leeson
 * Captain Cavendish - Miles Richardson
 * The Lama - James Bree
 * Receptionist - Kathy Coulter
 * Chilly 1 - Jonathon Clarkson
 * Chilly 2 - Miles Cherry
 * Lead Yeti - Richard Landen
 * Yeti - David Howe, Tony Clark, Conrad Turner
 * UNIT Soldiers - Stephen Bradshaw, Keith Brooks, Mark Moore, Gabriel Mykaj, John Reddington

Production crew
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Story notes

 * Several actors (other than the lead cast) previously played roles in Doctor Who; John Leeson (voiced K-9, Geoffrey Beevers (played several roles including the Master in DW: The Keeper of Traken).
 * Additionally Miles Richardson went on to voice the character Irving Braxiatel in Big Finish's range of audio dramas.

Myths
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Filming Locations

 * University of East Anglia, Norwich

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * The year this story is set is 1995, however the events of The Web of Fear are said to have taken place 25 years ago, making the date 1970.

Continuity

 * Sarah is still driving her MG last seen in DW: Robot.
 * Sarah retuned to Earth in DW: The Hand of Fear.
 * The Brigadier last appeared chronologically in DW: Mawdryn Undead, he will go on (within his own chronology) to meet the Doctor in DW: Battlefield.
 * Victoria Waterfield stopped travelling with the Doctor in DW: Fury from the Deep.

DVD and Video releases

 * This story was released on video in 2nd September 1995.