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and produced by the independent production company

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. It is a sequel to the Third Doctor serial ''

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'' and the 1995 Reeltime video ''

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'' spin-off. The DVD was also released as a Limited Edition which included an inlay autographed by Beverley Cressman (Kate Lethbridge-Stewart),

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(Douglas Cavendish), Andrew Wisher (The Ghost), Alistair Lock (Composer),

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Synopsis

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart responds to a message from ex-UNIT operative Douglas Cavendish to investigate a haunting. Arriving at Cavendish's isolated cottage, she faces a demonic power her father had previously battled. Summoned by a future tyranny, a Dæmon is set to return to Earth. It is up to Kate and Cavendish to save the planet and its future.

Continuity

* Kate has heard enough stories of UNIT to not simply dismiss Cavendish's claims out of hand, but is still surprised and dubious, implying that she has not yet begun her UNIT career. This is further implied by the fact that she has not yet dropped "Lethbridge-" from her name. * Cavendish refers to UNIT having a top secret storehouse of alien technology in the suburbs of London, and that it contained crates of shop-window mannequins (i.e.,

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s). The warehouse and its crated Autons were depicted in 1997's ''

''. The warehouse would be later identified as the "Black Archive" and depicted in ''

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''. * Among the UNIT relics which Kate finds in Cavendish's garden shed is a

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breastplate. * Kate is physically duplicated in an attempt to dupe Cavendish. She is again duplicated in ''

''. * Kate refers to her son, Gordon / "Gordy", who was introduced in ''

'', and whom Kate gave her father's middle name. * Kate's father, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, battled a Dæmon and the Master with the Third Doctor and Jo Grant in ''

''. * In the repeated mentions of Kate's father - including a recitation of his post-nominals by Cavendish—his eventual knighthood is never referred to, implying that he was created Sir Alistair sometime after this story. * A close-up of a calendar and Cavendish's exposition reveal the dates of the story as 30 and 31 October 2003.

Cast

* Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Beverley Cressman * Douglas Cavendish -

* The Ghost - Andrew Wisher * Time Sensitive - Amanda Evans * Priests - Andy Delafield, Christian James, Stefano Rossini, Bevis Taylor * Dæmon voice -

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* Narrator - Ian Richardson

Soundtrack release

Music from this video composed by

was released on CD by Reeltime in March 2004.

Track listing

In print

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written by David J. Howe was published 13 August 2019 by

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daemos Rising 2004 fantasy films 2004 science fiction films Reeltime Pictures British science fiction films 2004 films British direct-to-video films