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''Invasion of the Dinosaurs'' is the second serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 12 January to 16 February 1974. The Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find that the city has been evacuated, due to the mysterious appearance of dinosaurs. The monsters are being brought to the present by a disaffected scientist, using a time machine nicknamed the Timescoop, as part of a plan to revert London to a utopian pre-technological age. The plan calls for Central London to be depopulated prior to being moved back through time, so that only an elite group (who will re-found the human race in the remote past, along more ethical lines) will make the trip. This plan, known as ''Operation Golden Age'', is secretly being supported by key personnel within the British Government - and even within the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, which is ostensibly combatting the menace. ==Synopsis== The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith arrive in a deserted London, where UNIT is assisting in maintaining martial law. The regular army, headed by General Finch, has evacuated the city and issued a command that all looters will be shot. The Doctor and Sarah are arrested on suspicion of looting, but are rescued by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is heading the UNIT operation. The Doctor learns that dinosaurs are appearing all over the city, causing havoc, but no one can account for their sudden appearances and disappearances. The Doctor recognises these events as a time-space phenomenon known as a "Time Eddy", and begins to suspect that someone is deliberately tampering with time. They are introduced to Sir Charles Grover, an MP who is the Minister with Special Responsibilities, the only member of the government still in London. As the Doctor and Sarah settle in, Captain Mike Yates returns from a leave of absence following his traumatic ordeal at Global Chemicals (depicted in ''The Green Death''). In a hidden laboratory, Professor Whitaker is operating secret Timescoop technology. The dinosaurs are being used to compel the authorities to evacuate the city. It turns out that Whitaker is being aided by a disillusioned Captain Yates. Yates feels the Doctor would help them, but Whitaker has him sabotage the device the Doctor is building to capture a dinosaur. When Whitaker replaces the peaceful Stegosaurus with a Tyrannosaurus rex, Yates intervenes and uses the Doctor's device to knock out the dinosaur. Sarah meets with Sir Charles, hoping to find a lead on who might be operating the Timescoop, only to end up being captured by Grover, who is in league with Whitaker. She awakens and is astounded to find herself on a vast spaceship. The crew explain that the ship is one of a fleet, each carrying hundred of people, en route to a distant Earth-like planet. The passengers and crew are all celebrities and leading figures in various fields – athletes, authors, doctors – who support the ecology movement and want to start new lives based on the movement's political agenda. Mankind can begin again on "New Earth", closer to nature and without the overpopulation and pollution of Earth. When Sarah tries to explain that they're still on Earth, they condemn Sarah to be re-educated into thinking the way they do. The Doctor searches London for the energy emissions of the Timescoop, in his new vehicle, the "Whomobile". Beneath Trafalgar Square tube station he discovers Whitaker's base, but is forced away when a pterodactyl is set upon him. He returns with the Brigadier, but there are no signs of the base. Operation Golden Age is revealed to be a broad conspiracy including Whitaker, Yates, Grover and Finch as its coordinators. They have emptied London, so that the chosen people on the "spacecraft" (a dummy ship hidden in a bunker under London) will be the only people within range of the Timescoop when it's activated. Whitaker has discovered how to reverse time, so that only the chosen elite will ever have existed. Finch frames the Doctor as the person behind the appearance of the dinosaurs, and has the Brigadier arrest him. The Doctor realises that Yates is the traitor within UNIT. Sergeant Benton lets the Doctor escape. He is recaptured, though the Brigadier asserts his authority to take the Doctor into UNIT custody. Meanwhile, Sarah escapes from the bunker, but is apprehended by Finch. Her escape alerts some of the passengers to the deception. Yates reveals their plans to the Doctor, Benton and the Brigadier. Yates is overpowered, and when Finch tries to stop the Doctor and the Brigadier's efforts, Benton incapacitates him in a struggle. The Doctor and the Brigadier confront Grover and Whitaker, just as the duped environmentalists from the fake ship arrive and demand an explanation. The Timescoop is activated, but the Doctor (a Time Lord) is unaffected, allowing him to sabotage the device. Grover tries to use it again, but the Doctor reverses the machine's field, sending only Whitaker into the past. Back at UNIT HQ, there are still matters to deal with. The Brigadier explains that Finch will be court-martialled, and Yates will be sent on extended sick leave and allowed to resign quietly (lamenting it was the best he could do for him). The Doctor reflects that Grover's motivations in wanting to fight pollution and environmental degradation were noble, but that he took the scheme too far in endangering all of mankind. The Doctor decides it's time for a holiday, and eagerly begins telling a reluctant Sarah about the planet Florana as the episode ends. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invasion of the Dinosaurs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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