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Indeed, this serial and Time-Flight together offered producer John Nathan-Turner his highest consistent chart positions. Earthshock was the only serial in JNT's producership whose episodes were all in the top fifty of programmes watched on British television. The death of Adric was also a considerable gamble, since no long-running companion had ever been killed on Doctor Who before. Special, downbeat titles were commissioned for the end of part four, making the final part the only episode, as of December 2014, to have no end theme music and play only silent credits.

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  • Earthshock (TV story)
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  • Indeed, this serial and Time-Flight together offered producer John Nathan-Turner his highest consistent chart positions. Earthshock was the only serial in JNT's producership whose episodes were all in the top fifty of programmes watched on British television. The death of Adric was also a considerable gamble, since no long-running companion had ever been killed on Doctor Who before. Special, downbeat titles were commissioned for the end of part four, making the final part the only episode, as of December 2014, to have no end theme music and play only silent credits.
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • 121(xsd:integer)
broadcast date
  • --03-16
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  • Fifth Doctor
Enemy
  • The Cybermen Ringway
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Producer
Name
  • Earthshock
Trailer
  • Available Now! Doctor Who Earthshock
Clip
  • Adric Dies - Doctor Who - Earthshock - BBC
  • The Return of the Cybermen! - Earthshock - Doctor Who - BBC
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  • 6.0
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Format
  • 1500.0
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Setting
  • Earth and Briggs' freighter, 2526
PREV
  • Black Orchid
NEXT
  • Time-Flight
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Director
Network
novelisation
  • Earthshock
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  • Indeed, this serial and Time-Flight together offered producer John Nathan-Turner his highest consistent chart positions. Earthshock was the only serial in JNT's producership whose episodes were all in the top fifty of programmes watched on British television. JNT took a now-well-known publicity gamble with this serial by deciding that he wanted to keep the return of the Cybermen a surprise. Normally, there was a public gallery overlooking the studio floor at Television Centre which allowed public viewing of proceedings. For Earthshock, JNT had this area closed and security kept people out. Nathan-Turner also turned down a Radio Times photo shoot to ensure this secret did not leak out. The death of Adric was also a considerable gamble, since no long-running companion had ever been killed on Doctor Who before. Special, downbeat titles were commissioned for the end of part four, making the final part the only episode, as of December 2014, to have no end theme music and play only silent credits. While there is no doubt that JNT and his team absolutely intended Adric's unambiguous death, the ending of the story has been materially changed by Big Finish's The Boy That Time Forgot, during which it was revealed Adric did not die but went on to live in a bubble universe the Fifth Doctor accidentally created, before finally crossing back into the normal universe in Victorian London.
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