Home

Story: The Android Invasion - Season 13, Story 83
Year: 1975
Written by: Terry Nation
Directed by: Barry Letts

Synopsis: Sarah and the Doctor visit the village of Devesham, where the locals are creepy, and something isn't quite right...

Sarah Moments:

* She doesn't like the look of the mysterious figures
* She recognises the village as one where she did a story two years ago
* She spots the androids returning, and alerts them to her presence by knocking a glass over
* She and the Doctor hide in a cupboard

* Sarah's found in the cupboard, and meets the creepy locals
* She discovers that the androids are androids
* She leaves the TARDIS key in the door while she checks out the mysterious capsule - no, Sarah!
* The TARDIS dematerialises, and Sarah thinks the Doctor has left without her
* Android Sarah is utterly unconvincing, due to her fondness for ginger pop. Also her face falls off.

* She and the Doctor are blasted down to Earth in capsules, and miraculously escape unharmed
* Sarah finds the TARDIS, and the Android Doctor - she realises right away that he isn't the real thing

Capture, Rescue and Mortal Peril:

* Androids shoot at them! They run away
* Sarah falls down a hill, and nearly off a cliff! The Doctor pulls her up again

* They get shot at some more, and run away again
* She's almost strangled by an android, but she escapes

* She sneaks into the complex and releases the Doctor from his cell

* Running from tracker dogs, Sarah hurts her ankle! The Doctor hides her up a tree

* She's captured by the aliens, Android Harry analyses her brain with a scary machine, and then she's duplicated!

* She overhears their plans to destroy the village, and escapes to rescue the Doctor, setting him free using the sonic screwdriver and leading him out of danger

* They're put in a cell again by the androids

* Sarah is given water laced with a deadly virus, but instead of drinking it, she uses it to help her electrocute an android, enabling her to escape and release the Doctor from the evil machine

* She's almost crushed by G-forces when the rocket takes off!
* Sarah sneaks into the rocket to rescue Harry and Colonel Faraday

Quotes:

* 'If some dangerous substance leaked, it would be an emergency.' 'Oh, that's great. And we've been walking around in the middle of it like a couple of 'nanas.' 'It's only a speculation.' 'It's a nasty one.' - The Doctor and Sarah, on the possible contamination of the village
* 'Will you stay here and keep an eye on things?' 'Eh?' 'Well, you'll be all right.' 'I've heard that before!' - The Doctor and Sarah
* 'I'm sure you shouldn't be drinking so soon after breaking your neck!' - Sarah to an android soldier who recently fell off a cliff
* 'Doctor! Doctor, can you hear me?' 'Sarah, what are you doing here?' 'Rescuing you, actually - for a change!' - Sarah and the Doctor, as she releases him from his cell
* 'So far, so good.' 'As the man said when he fell from the skyscraper!' - The Doctor and Sarah
* 'I'll carry you!' 'No, you won't, I'll only slow you down!' - The Doctor and brave, selfless Sarah after she hurts her ankle
* 'I mean, why should a people with such skills be allowed to die?' 'The human race has a few skills of its own!' - Crayford, on the Kraals, and Sarah
* 'I feel disorientated.' 'This is the disorientation centre.' 'That makes sense.' - The Doctor and Sarah
* 'We're on the way.' 'Oh... must have blacked out.' 'Yes, you did. The G-force cut the blood supply to what you humans laughingly call your higher centres.' 'I hate sarcasm ' especially when I'm dying. I feel as though I've been through a mangle.' 'It was a gentle massage compared to what's ahead.' 'Oh, no, don't tell me, I don't want to know!' - The Doctor and Sarah
* 'So, providing we don't burn up on re-entry, and aren't suffocated on the way down, we'll probably be smashed to a pulp when we land.' 'Exactly! Sarah, you've put your finger on the one tiny flaw in our plan.' 'Our plan? It's your plan!' - Sarah and the Doctor
* 'The enterprising Earth girl!' ' Styggron, on Sarah
* 'I'm going home - and I'm going by taxi.' 'Ah... I'll make you an offer. I'll take you home.' 'How can I refuse?' - Sarah and the Doctor

Wardrobe Appreciation

Sarah only wears one outfit in this story, but it's very cute! It's a pink sailor suit. Lookie:

For the first few minutes she has a beret, but she loses it when she falls down the hill...

The scarf is sometimes off and sometimes on, as the Doctor borrows it to lure the dogs away from Sarah

The shoes look like canvas wedges, with a lovely flower print, and there are some nice stripy socks too:

Sarah's wearing a watch, although what good it does when you're travelling in the TARDIS I don't know...

The Panel Said...

Style Watch:

paranoidangel: I actually quite like the pink outfit. I feel like I shouldn't because it's a bit different, but I do anyway. 8/10
Llin: Love the pink sailor suit! I wish she'd worn the beret longer... 8/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: I love the Sailor Suit, she's been getting style tips from Harry! 10/10

Sarah Watch:

paranoidangel: Ok, so she does her usual thing of getting caught a lot, but is good with the cunning rescue plans here. 8/10
Llin: She rescues the Doctor a whole bunch, and they have wonderful chemistry in this story 9/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: Android Sarah creeped me out, but she's great in this one. 9/10

Story Watch:

paranoidangel: Pity the title gives it away, otherwise it would have been an interesting mystery of what was going in. It still is a bit, just not so much. 7/10
Llin: The plot is laughably stupid, but I'm having too much fun to care... 7/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: I'm really disappointed that this was Harry's last episode, i loved him and he didnt get a proper goodbye, i'm not to keen on the plot of this one though, bit too weird for me. 5/10

Bonus Pictures