Undermind (TV series)
| Undermind | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
Bill Bain Laurence Bourne Peter Dews Patrick Dromgoole Raymond Menmuir Peter Potter |
| Starring |
Rosemary Nicols Jeremy Wilkin Denis Quilley |
| Theme music composer | Paul Lewis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time |
60 minutes 50 minutes (excluding advertisements) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
405-line Black & White (4:3 SDTV) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 1965 |
Undermind is a science fiction television drama produced by ABC Weekend Television in 1965. It ran for eleven episodes of sixty minutes each. It starred Rosemary Nicols, Jeremy Wilkin and Denis Quilley.
The series was devised by Shoestring and Bergerac creator Robert Banks Stewart, who also went on to write for Doctor Who. Several other writers known for their work on Who also contributed scripts: David Whitaker, Bill Strutton and Robert Holmes.
Plot
Personnel Officer Drew Heriot returns to the United Kingdom after working in Australia to discover his brother, Police Detective Frank Heriot, behaving oddly, to the distress of his sister-in-law Anne. Investigating together, they discover that a disembodied alien force is using high frequency signals to brainwash people - including Drew's brother - into committing subversive acts as a prelude to a full-scale invasion. Together, Drew and Anne battle to stop the acts of sabotage while trying to alert Britain to the danger...
Recurring Cast
- Jeremy Wilkin as Drew Heriot (11 Episodes)
Full Series
- Rosemary Nicols as Ann Heriot (11 Episodes)
Full Series
- Denis Quilley as Professor Val Randolph (4 Episodes)
Flowers of Havoc, The New Dimension, Death in England and Too Many Enemies
- John Barron as Sir Godfrey Tillinger (2 Episodes)
Waves of Sound and End Signal
- David Phetheam as Caper (2 Episodes)
Waves of Sound and End Signal
Episodes
| 1 | Instance One aka Onset of Fear |
| 2 | Flowers of Havoc |
| 3 | The New Dimension |
| 4 | Death in England |
| 5 | Too Many Enemies |
| 6 | Intent to Destroy |
| 7 | Song of Death |
| 8 | Puppets of Evil |
| 9 | Test for the Future |
| 10 | Waves of Sound |
| 11 | End Signal |
Release
The series was released on DVD by Network DVD on 23 July 2012.[1]
External links
- Undermind at the Internet Movie Database
References
- ↑ "Undermind: The Complete Series". Network DVD. Retrieved 17 February 2012.