Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014503726720
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Release Date: September 02, 2002
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1977

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
In "The Invisible Enemy", the first adventure of Doctor Who's 15th season, the enemy is all too visible and looks like a giant shrimp. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) receive a Mayday signal, but before they can go to the rescue the Time Lord is infected by the same intelligent virus which has already taken over the crew of a base on Titan. Leela gets the Doctor to a nearby medical station and--while the satellite comes under attack by agents of The Nucleus--miniaturised clones of the Doctor and Leela venture into the Time Lord's brain. The plot thereby combines the classic science fiction tension-builder of a tiny group of humans battling a superior alien foe with the premise of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage. Inevitably the virus escapes into the full-sized world in a desperate bid to bring about "The Swarming".

This saga boasts copious but variable special effects and laughable make-up; it also marks the debut of irritating robot dog K-9. The Doctor had already been miniaturised in "Planet of the Giants" (1964) and "Carnival of Monsters" (1972). While this 1977 story gets progressively more outlandish and silly, somehow it remains surprisingly gripping to the end. --Gary S Dalkin




Rating: - still five stars for entertainment....
Yes even though even i wonder why the Doctor seems to have no blood in his brain when he and Leela are cloned and injected into his neck, and how they can breathe as well...well, maybe he doesnt have much blood, he is an alien after all! And maybe he does have an airy head!

Despite these quirks in the script, this story is still highly watchable and entertaining. And doesnt the nucleus just look so cool? Attack of the killer prawn with attitude, although the voice by John Leeson is ... Read More

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Rating: - silly but entertaining.
This is basically a pantomime version of the Omega Man in outer space (the Doctor and Leela are beseiged by possessed victims of a plague virus outbreak who've turned into gun-crazed killers) which then turns into a panto version of Fantastic Voyage (miniaturised clones of the Doctor and Leela are injected into the Doctor where they meet the monstrous germ!). All in all, silly, cheap and devoid of reality, but it is rather fun. The giant lobster takes the cake, however!

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Rating: - An Amusing Trip Into The Doctor's Mind
At a key point in 'The Invisible Enemy' the Doctor discovers that cloning experiments first took place in the year 3922 (or some similarly far-flung date), a gentle reminder that recent advances in genetic science have come at us far quicker than could ever have been expected. That isn't to imply that 'The Invisible Enemy' explores cloning in any serious way: it doesn't. But it does demonstrate the wonderfully throw-away approach to science in Doctor Who stories, or what in Star Trek is called 'techno ... Read More

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Rating: - Contact has been made!
Whilst by no means one of the all-time Doctor Who classics, “The Invisible Enemy” is still an entertaining and enjoyable story from Tom Baker’s era, with some interesting elements too! This story is probably most famous for being the one that introduced us to the trusty robot dog K9, who became a major hit with the younger “Who” fans, and it’s easy to see why! I remember being in the school playground with my mates after the first K9 episode and us enthusiastically intoning ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent!
A wonderful introduction the much overlooked and much under-rated K-9. There are also some giant prawns thrown in for good measure.

It's been a long time coming on video, but this story is well worth the wait! Now I just have to wait for it to be released in NTSC format so I can watch it here in Japan and not only when I go back to Australia on holidays.

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