The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome - but it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from time and space have made the villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders.

And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event ...
 

The Doctor tries to return Tegan to the Heathrow she left in 1981, but instead the TARDIS lands just outside London in 1666 - the year of the Great Plague.

The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders.

As a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event.

This is a novelisation by Eric Saward of his own television story, first broadcast in 1982.
 

Starring Peter Davison

The Tereleptils have come to Earth in the 17th century and are responsible for the spread of the Great Plague. Their explosive attempts to return home won't endear them to humanity either...

Originally transmitted 15-23 February 1982

Starring Peter Davison

Heroic exploits on the cricket field and murderous events off it test the Doctor
as the TARDIS team get involved with the Cranleigh family in 1925 England.
The attic hides a dark family secret and Nyssa sees double (this was the first
purely historical story since The Highlanders in 1966)

Originally transmitted 1-2 March 1982