Downtime is a motion picture spin-off of the long-running BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the U.K., or BritainSee British Isles (terminology) for further explanation of the usage of the term "Britain" in geographical and political contexts.) is a country Countries within a country, Number 10. Accessed May 29 2006; Member States: United Kingdom, UK Presidency of the EU 2005. Accessed May 29 2006; "United Kingdom", Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed May 29 2006 and ...British science fiction televisionScience fiction first appeared on television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain and then in the United States. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints ...science fiction television series Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running ...Doctor Who. It was released direct-to-videoA film that is released direct-to-video (also known as made-for-video, straight-to-video and, more recently, straight-to-DVD) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats (historically VHS) before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television. The term is also at times used as a derogatory term for sequels of films that are not expected to have financial success.direct-to-video and produced by the independent production company Reeltime PicturesReeltime Pictures is a British multimedia film and video production company founded in 1984 by Keith Barnfather. It is known for its many documentaries about the long-running television series Doctor Who (Barnfather was a founding member of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society) and in particular for The Myth Makers, a series of interviews ...Reeltime Pictures. It is a sequel to the Second DoctorThe Second Doctor is the name given to the second incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Patrick Troughton.Second Doctor serials The Abominable Snowmen: This article is about the television production. For the conjectured creature of this name, see Yeti. The Abominable Snowmen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from September 30 to November 4, 1967.The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of FearThe Web of Fear is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 3 to March 9, 1968. This serial marked the return of the Yeti and is the sequel to The Abominable Snowmen.The Web of Fear.
Downtime stars Nicholas CourtneyNicholas Courtney (born William Nicholas Stone Courtney on December 16 1929) is a British television actor, most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.Nicholas Courtney, Deborah WatlingDeborah Watling (born 2 January 1948, Fulmer Chase, Buckinghamshire) is a British actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who. She also starred in Alice, Dennis Potter's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, for the BBC's The Wednesday Play strand in 1965 and ...Deborah Watling, Jack WatlingJack Watling (13 January, 1923 in Chingford, Essex – 22 May, 2001 in Chelmsford) was a British actor. He played the part of Professor Travers in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who in the serials The Abominable Snowmen (1967) and The Web of Fear (1968). He reprised the role decades later in the independent Doctor Who spin-off video Downtime ...Jack Watling and Elisabeth SladenElisabeth Sladen (born February 1, 1948, Liverpool, England) is an English actress best known for her work as the character Sarah Jane Smith on the television series Doctor Who and related spin-offs. She appeared as a regular on Doctor Who with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and has reprised the role many times.Elisabeth Sladen reprising their roles as Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartBrigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney. He worked for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats. He was one of UNIT's founders and commander of the British contingent, and generally referred to simply as the Brigadier ...Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria WaterfieldVictoria Waterfield is a fictional character played by Deborah Watling in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A native of Victorian England, she was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1967 to 1968.Victoria Waterfield, Professor Travers and Sarah Jane SmithSarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its related spin-offs. An investigative journalist who is a companion of the third and fourth incarnations of the Doctor, she ...Sarah Jane Smith, respectively.
