Doctor Who: The Awakening
1984, English. Directed by Michael Owen Morris.
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in Little Hodcombe, where the townspeople's re-enactments of English Civil War battles are causing a dormant entity, the Malus, to re-awaken.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 20 January 1984
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Eric Pringle
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Doctor Who: The Awakening runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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Doctor Who: The Awakening isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1984. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Doctor Who: The Awakening?
If you liked Doctor Who: The Awakening, try Doctor Who: Deep Breath, The Last Mimzy, Doctor Who: Last Christmas.
Who directed Doctor Who: The Awakening?
Doctor Who: The Awakening (1984) was directed by Michael Owen Morris and stars Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson.