The Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret naval base on the coast of Northhumbria,
near to the end of the Second World War. There, Dr Judson has built the Ultima
Machine, a computer designed to break German cyphers. Base commander Millington,
obsessed with Norse mythology, plots to let a Russian commando unit, led by Captain
Sorin, steal the Ultima core, which he has booby-trapped with a deadly toxin, found
in the area.
Meanwhile at the nearby Maiden's Point, evil is stirring beneath the waves,
and the Russian soldiers are attacked by some unknown enemy. Judson uses the machine to
translate Viking runes, which led to the release of Fenric, an ancient evil from the dawn
of time whom the Doctor trapped seventeen centuries ago in a Chinese flask, after winning a game of chess.
The flask was later stolen and buried by the Vikings who settled in the area.
The base is attacked by Haemovores,
humans that have become vampiric monsters and have followed the flask on its journey. Fenric takes over first Judson's and then Sorin's body to challenge the Doctor
to a game of chess, and Ace unwillingly helps Fenric win. The inhabitants of the base and the nearby village
are killed by the Haemovores, who are in turn destroyed by the original Ancient One when their usefulness is
at an end. Fenric plans to release the deadly poison, but the Doctor suceeds in turning the Ancient Haemovore
against Fenric, and they are both destroyed by the toxin. Later the Doctor and Ace stand on the rocks at Maiden's
point and they realise the evil has gone forever.
CAST:
The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), Ace (Sophie Aldred), Dr Judson (Dinsdale Landen), Commander Millington (Alfred Lynch),
Sorin (Tomek Bork), Jean (Joann Kenny), Phyllis (Joanne Bell), Sergeant Prozorov (Peter Czajkowski), Rev Wainwright (Nicholas
Parsons), Katleen Dudman (Cory Pulman), Vershinin (Marek Anton), Captain Bates (Steven Rimkus), Sergeant Leigh (Marcus Hutton),
Ms Hardaker (Janet Henfrey), Nurse Crane (Anne Reid), Petrossian (Mark Conrad), Perkins (Christien Anholt), Baby (Aaron Hanley),
Haemovores (Ian Collins, Jennifer Crome, Ian Elliot, Perry Evans, Ann Graham, Raymond Martin, Jaqui Nolan, Tony Ryan, Graham Stagg,
Cy Town, Alan Marshall, Tip Tipping, Paul Heasman, Sam Kent-Smith, Joe Kent-Smith), Ancient One (Raymond Trickett).
FACTS:
Working titles were: 'Wolf-Time','The Wolves of Fenric'.
Sylvester McCoy's sons Sam and Joe Kent-Smith appeared as Haemovores in the story.
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