Dæmos Rising
Cover of the DVD release
Production
Directed by	Keith Barnfather
Written by	David J. Howe
Produced by	Keith Barnfather
Running time	1 episode, 53 mins.
First broadcast	14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) (release date)
Chronology
← Preceded by Downtime Followed by → —

Dæmos Rising is a direct-to-DVD spin-off of the long-running Britishscience fiction television seriesDoctor Who. It was releaseddirect-to-video and produced by the independent production companyReeltime Pictures. It is a sequel to theThird Doctor serialThe Dæmons and the 1995 Reeltime videoDowntime and is also a tie-in to Telos Publishing'sTime Hunter range of books, anotherDoctor Who spin-off.

The DVD was also released as a Limited Edition which included an inlay autographed byBeverley Cressman (Kate Lethbridge-Stewart),Miles Richardson (Douglas Cavendish), Andrew Wisher (The Ghost), Alistair Lock (Composer),David J. Howe (Writer) and Keith Barnfather (Producer/Director). Reeltime Pictures Limited also distributed for BBV (Bill and Ben Video).

The film received overall positive reviews from critics.

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart responds to a message from ex-UNIT operative Douglas Cavendish to investigate a haunting.

Arriving at Cavendish's isolated cottage, she faces a demonic power her father had previously battled. Summoned by a future tyranny, a Dæmon is set to return to Earth. It is up to Kate and Cavendish to save the planet and its future.

• Kate has heard enough stories of UNIT to not simply dismiss Cavendish's claims out of hand, but is still surprised and dubious, implying that she has not yet begun her UNIT career. This is further implied by the fact that she has not yet dropped "Lethbridge-" from her name.
• Cavendish refers to UNIT having a top secret storehouse of alien technology in the suburbs of London, and that it contained crates of shop-window mannequins (i.e.,Autons). The warehouse and its crated Autons were depicted in 1997'sAuton. The warehouse would be later identified as the "Black Archive" and depicted inEnemy of the Bane before being relocated under the Tower of London before the events ofThe Day of the Doctor.
• Among the UNIT relics which Kate finds in Cavendish's garden shed is aCyberman breastplate.
• Kate is physically duplicated in an attempt to dupe Cavendish. She is again duplicated inThe Day of the Doctor.
• Kate refers to her son, Gordon / "Gordy", who was introduced inDowntime, and whom Kate gave her father's middle name.
• Kate's father,Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, battled a Dæmon andthe Master with theThird Doctor andJo Grant inThe Dæmons.
• In the repeated mentions of Kate's father - including a recitation of his post-nominals by Cavendish—his eventual knighthood is never referred to, implying that he was created Sir Alistair sometime after this story.
• A close-up of a calendar and Cavendish's exposition reveal the dates of the story as 30 and 31 October 2003.

• Kate Lethbridge-Stewart -Beverley Cressman
• Douglas Cavendish -Miles Richardson
• The Ghost - Andrew Wisher
• Time Sensitive - Amanda Evans
• Priests - Andy Delafield, Christian James, Stefano Rossini, Bevis Taylor
• Dæmon voice - listair Lock
• Narrator -Ian Richardson

Dæmos Rising - The Music
Soundtrack album by Alistair Lock
Released	14 March 2004
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	37 min.
Label	Reeltime Pictures

Music from this video composed by Alistair Lock was released on CD by Reeltime in March 2004.^[1]

Dylan Rees heavily praised the film inDowntime - The Lost Years of Doctor Who, calling it "a fitting finale to the direct-to-video spin-off saga", with praise for the premise and accessibility.^[2]Digital Spy called the film a, "creepy, Hammer-inspired horror".^[3]

Anovelisation written by David J. Howe was published 13 August 2019 byTelos Publishing^[4]

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