The Android Invasion

A Terry Nation script with an indistinct group of enemies with a somewhat interesting plan. Its a shame to not have Lethbridge-Stewart feature in this rare UNIT appearance and frankly Harry Sullivan (who it was nice to see) was grossly underused and given nothing to do.

So much of this tale was stuff we have seen before, most prominently being the cliche ridden "duplicates" plot device featured everything you'd expect - including a Doctor vs. android Doctor fight. Knowing that Terry Nation is capable of something as mind bogglingly brilliant as Genesis of the Daleks, why would he let this kind of material dribble out of his pen? The Androids at points are dressed like the Ambassadors of Death and they shoot out of their fingers like Autons... did Nation have no interest in trying to create something original and sparky?

Despite all this there are moments of fun and brilliance as you'd imagine there would be in a 4th Doctor/ Sarah-Jane adventure. I love them walking around the fake town and The Doctor's realisation that he is surrounded by Androids on a fake Earth on a never ending 6th July.

They hint that Sarah is leaving at the end of the episode. I can see that she's in the next story, I hope they do her final episodes justice.

This is a very solid serial. The hook and initial mystery is solid and the resolution of this mystery and tension is well executed. It's nothing particularly special, but solid all the same.

Definitely the weakest story of Season 13 I think but it's entertaining enough and has its moments. The first episode is really good and I always think evil dopplegangers are a cool concept which this goes all the way with (which the Zygons episode never really did, though it is strange both of these stories ended up in the same season).

akjljfd;kljfsa;jg the doctor jumping out of that window. i relate to the doctor so much bc i to find light painful