The Awakening (Doctor Who)
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| Directed by | Michael Owen Morris | ||
| Written by | Eric Pringle | ||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Music by | Peter Howell | ||
| Production code | 6M | ||
| Series | Season 21 | ||
| Running time | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 19 January 1984 | ||
| Last broadcast | 20 January 1984 | ||
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The Awakening is the second serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 19 and 20 January 1984.
The serial is set in the fictional English village of Little Hodcombe in 1984. In the serial, a psychic alien creature called the Malus takes control of Sir George Hutchinson (Denis Lill) to feed and awaken it with the help of deadly re-enactments of the English Civil War.