Downtime
1995, English. Directed by Keith Barnfather & Christopher Barry.
The Brigadier faces a new breed of Yeti as he searches to find the locus!
Retired commander of the United Nations' Intelligence Taskforce, and long-time associate of the mysterious time traveler the Doctor, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart faces the toughest battle of his military career when he is embroiled in a plot unwittingly set in motion by university chancellor Victoria Waterfield, herself a former companion of the Doctor, to take over the Earth by an evil alien entity called the Great Intelligence, aided by its ferocious robot Yeti cohorts. Can the Brigadier defeat this menace to the Earth without the Doctor's help?
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Keith BarnfatherDirector
- Christopher BarryDirector
- Nicholas CourtneyBrigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Elisabeth SladenSarah Jane Smith
- Deborah WatlingVictoria Waterfield
- Jack WatlingProfessor Travers
- Beverley CressmanKate Lethbridge-Stewart
- Mark TrotmanDaniel Hinton
- Geoffrey Beevers'Harrods' Haroldson
- Peter SilverleafChristopher Rice
- John LeesonAnthony the D.J.
- Miles RichardsonCaptain Douglas Cavendish
- James BreeLama
- Richard LandenLead Yeti
Details
- Released
- 3 February 1995
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Marc Platt
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Downtime runs 65 minutes (1h 5m).
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Downtime isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 February 1995. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Downtime?
If you liked Downtime, try Futureworld, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Circle.
Who directed Downtime?
Downtime (1995) was directed by Keith Barnfather and Christopher Barry and stars Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, Deborah Watling.