The Visitation (Doctor Who)

119 – The Visitation
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byPeter Moffatt
Written byEric Saward
Script editorAntony Root
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive producerNone
Music byPaddy Kingsland
Production code5X
SeriesSeason 19
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast15 February 1982 (1982-02-15)
Last broadcast23 February 1982 (1982-02-23)
Chronology
← Preceded by
Kinda
Followed by →
Black Orchid

The Visitation is the fourth serial of the 19th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 15 to 23 February 1982.

The serial is set in and near London in the 17th century. In the serial, a group of fugitive aliens called Terileptils plot to make the Earth their new home by spreading a deadly plague among humanity.