Serial: 4J Episode Nos. 414, 415, 416, and 417. Title: The Android Invasion
The TARDIS appears to have finally brought Sarah home, but she and the Doctor
become suspicious when they see: villagers walking like the dead in unison before
turning normal at the stroke of a clock, a man come back to life after breaking his
neck in a fall from a cliff, calendars with all the same date, all identically minted coins
wherever they look, and a long-lost astronaut apparantly in command of a
Space Defence Station. The Doctor and Sarah have unwittingly stumbled on the
training ground of an alien invasion, but how can they help the Earth after they
lose the TARDIS?
This story is the last to feature Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan and John Levene as RSM Benton.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Ian Marter as
Harry Sullivan,
and John Levene as RSM
Written by Terry Nation, Produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, and Directed by Barry Letts.
Originally
transmitted from
DVD Features:
- All 4 episodes of the story,
digitally remastered and restored.
- Graphical menus, episode and scene
selection features, and subtitles for
the hearing impaired.
- Optional commentary track by actors Milton
Johns (Guy Crayford) and Martin Friend
(Styggron), producer Philip Hinchcliffe, and production manager Marion McDougall.
Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
- Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout
the story.
- "The Village That Came to Life" A 31-minute making-of where presenter
Nicholas
Briggs takes on a tour around
the real-life village that stood in for Devesham in
this
story. Features interviews with
real villagers who were around during the shooting.
Also features discussions with
director Barry Letts, producer Philip Hinchcliffe,
and
actors Martin Friend and Milton Johns.
- Life After
Who. Producer Philip Hinchcliffe
is interviewed for 30 minutes about his
career
and life after leaving Doctor Who by none other than his own daughter
Celina Hinchcliffe,
herself now a BBC sports presenter.
- Photo Gallery. A 5-minute compilation of photo stills taken during the production.
- Weetabix
Advert. A 30-second
commercial from the time for Dalek Weetabix.
- Coming Soon Trailer for the
forthcoming DVD of The Sensorites.
- PDF
Materials. The Radio Times listings
are available as a .pdf file if you put the disc
into a computer.
- 1 Easter Egg.
Highlight the blank area below to see what it is and how to find it:
Go to the Special Features menu and highlight the Weetabix Advert selection, then
press the right arrow.
A Doctor Who logo will appear.
Selecting this will play
8 minutes of
sound rushes from the location filming.
