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Doctor Who: Invaders From Mars (#28)
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Hallowe'en 1938.
A month after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York state,
Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least, according to
soon-to-be infamous Orson Welles they did. But what if some of the
panicked listeners to the legendary War Of The Worlds broadcast
weren't just imagining things?
Attempting to deliver Charley to her rendezvous in Singapore 1930, the
Doctor overshoots a little, arriving in Manhattan just in time to find a
dead private detective. Indulging in his gumshoe fantasies, the
Doctor is soon embroiled in the hunt for a missing Russian scientist
whilst Charley finds herself at the mercy of a very dubious Fifth
Columnist.
With some genuinely out of this world 'merchandise' at stake the TARDIS
crew are forced into an alliance with a sultry dame called Glory Bee,
Orson Welles himself and a mobster with half a nose known as 'The Phantom'.
And slowly and surely, something is drawing plans against them. Just not
very good ones ...
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Episode One:
As Mouse's screams of terror are joined by that of something inhuman,
Chaney reflects to Ellis that he thinks their friend was hungry tonight...
Episode Two:
The Professor tells the Doctor that he has no family. Glory thanks the
Doctor for leading her to the Professor who asks her if he has come for
her. Glory replies that it's nothing personal, but she’s doing it for
Mother Russia...
Episode Three:
The Doctor realises that the creature has been reproducing through binary
fission. Instead of just one creature that they expected, there must be
at least 30 of them...
Episode Four:
Charley points out to the Doctor that they’re still supposed to be
going to Singapore, and the Doctor realises that they are already eight
years late and best be off. Chaney exclaims his disbelief as the TARDIS
dematerialises in front of his eyes...
John Houseman: 'Colouris, what are you doing with those keys?'
The Doctor: 'So Miss Bee, what's the rumpus? You cracking foxy with me or is you in trouble with
the bricks?'
Glory Bee: 'You're forgetting something.' The Doctor: 'I am?' Glory Bee: 'The door?'
The Doctor: 'Please...' Glory Bee: 'Were you a house-breaker before you became a detective?'
The Doctor: 'No, but I've been intimately involved with more cell doors than you've had...'
Glory Bee: 'Dead men?' The Doctor: 'I was going to say hot dinners.' Glory Bee:
'I've had a few.' The Doctor: 'And yet you stay so slim! What's your secret?'
Glory Bee: 'Clean living. What's yours?'
The Doctor: 'Oh, every now and again I treat myself to a
complete makeover...'
Invaders From Mars marks the directorial debut of
Mark Gatiss, and his the second script he has
contributed to the Big Finish Doctor Who audio adventures after
the earlier Phantasmagoria.
It features guest stars Simon Pegg and
Jessica Stevenson from the comedy
series Spaced.
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