PROBE: The Zero Imperative

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

An ancient evil approaches Earth bent on destruction and murder...but who is assisting it and who will stand in its way?

1994 · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror

Former UNIT luminary Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, all committed near a soon-to-be-closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is unexpectedly reprieved by rich Industrialist Peter Russell events seem to move out of Liz's control. Are the incumbent director of the clinic, Doctor Dove and his predecessor Doctor O'Kane harboring the killer? What is the centuries-old horror hidden in the grounds? And what exactly is the secret of room zero?

Directed by Bill Baggs · Written by Mark Gatiss

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Cast

Caroline John Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
Jon Pertwee Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
Sylvester McCoy Dr. Colin Dove
Colin Baker Peter Russell
Mark Gatiss Dr. William Bruffin
Louise Jameson Patricia Haggard
Sophie Aldred Public Relations Officer
Linda Lusardi Louise Bayliss
David Terence Daniel O'Kane / Eustace O'Kane
Nicola Fulljames Dr. Beatrice Hearst
Patricia Merrick Dr. Julie Gilchrist
Jonathan Rigby Cummings

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