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The Android Invasion

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on September 30, 2022July 2, 2024
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The Android Invasion

This Story: Season 13, Story 4. Production Code 4J
Overall: Story 83, Episodes 414-417
Airdates: 22 Nov 1975 to 13 Dec 1975
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Barry Letts

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#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 414 - The Android Invasion 1/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 22 Nov 1975. #DoctorWho 1/2

The first story written by Terry Nation w/o Daleks in a decade. It's also the final UNIT story until Battlefield in 1989. Due to real life scheduling, it didn't have the Brig, pic.twitter.com/X6lapOhcB8

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 28, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 414 - The Android Invasion 1/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 22 Nov 1975. #DoctorWho 2/2

so it felt off. Most of this ep is exploration and WTF is happening? I have little memory of this story from past viewings. Tom seems to be leaning towards more comedy here. pic.twitter.com/VoZBr9Ot1f

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 28, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 415 - The Android Invasion 2/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 29 Nov 1975. #DoctorWho 1/2

Despite this being a UNIT story, it feels odd with no Brig. There's still a big heap of "WTF is going on?" and we're in Episode 2/4. We get Harry & Benton here, but they are pic.twitter.com/iAWpYg16os

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 29, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 415 - The Android Invasion 2/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 29 Nov 1975. #DoctorWho 2/2

portrayed as evil, adding to the WTF. Have no idea why the Kraals are here. Sarah escapes, but seems "off". The Doctor figures it out quickly, but we find out at cliffhanger. pic.twitter.com/wSECQRYHko

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 29, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 416 - The Android Invasion 3/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 6 Dec 1975. #DoctorWho 1/2

As we go into Ep3, I'm still unclear on the point here, some nebulous "invasion plan", but we know next to nothing about the main bad guy or WHY they're doing this. We get a pic.twitter.com/pLDnhz2Br9

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 30, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 416 - The Android Invasion 3/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 6 Dec 1975. #DoctorWho 2/2

little of that in exposition here, but it kind of feels like "eh, why?" I've always been meh towards this story, the "fake UNIT" feel of this is probably why. Waiting for end. pic.twitter.com/Z8Uyqhav5b

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 30, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 417 - The Android Invasion 4/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 13 Dec 1975. #DoctorWho 1/2

This was called a UNIT story, but it really isn't. The couple of UNIT characters we got are barely in it, and they're fakes anyway. Undeveloped villain, and a plot that I did pic.twitter.com/UTweMgajMz

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 30, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 417 - The Android Invasion 4/4 (Serial 4J Story 83) - 13 Dec 1975. #DoctorWho 2/2

not care about, and this was a "can it be finished plz" story. We did finally get "real UNIT" in this last ep, but I didn't really care by this point, they don't even say bye. pic.twitter.com/YbCZyVpQgE

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) September 30, 2022

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