The Visitation (Doctor Who)

119 – *The Visitation*
119 – The Visitation
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Peter Davison – Fifth Doctor;
	Companions Matthew Waterhouse – Adric; Sarah Sutton – Nyssa; Janet Fielding – Tegan Jovanka;
	Others Michael Robbins – Richard Mace; Michael Melia – Terileptil Leader; Peter van Dissel – Android; James Charlton – The Miller; Neil West – The Poacher; Eric Dodson – The Headman; John Savident – The Squire; Richard Hampton – Villager; Anthony Calf – Charles; Valerie Fyfer – Elizabeth; John Baker – Ralph;
Production
Directed by	Peter Moffatt
Written by	Eric Saward
Script editor	Antony Root
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Paddy Kingsland
Production code	5X
Series	Season 19
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	15 February 1982
Last broadcast	23 February 1982
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.