Invaders from Mars was the third serial of Season 41 of Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by James Strong and starred Liam Cunningham as the Eleventh Doctor & Kate Ashfield as Hannah Ward
Synopsis[]
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 The War of the Worlds broadcast weren't just imagining things?
Attempting to return Hannah home again, the Doctor ends up in the wrong country at the wrong time, arriving in Manhattan in the late 1930s. There, they discover that a full on alien invasion is about to commence. With the world 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".
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Liam Cunningham
- Hannah Ward - Kate Ashfield
- Mouse - To be added.
- Winkler - To be added.
- Luigi - To be added.
- Heavy - To be added.
- Ellis - To be added.
- John Houseman - To be added.
- Orson Welles - To be added.
- Professor Stepashin - To be added.
- Halliday - To be added.
- Bix Biro - To be added.
- Noriam - To be added.
- Don Chaney - Simon Pegg
- Glory Bee - To be added.
- Carla - To be added.
- Cosmo Devine - To be added.
- Hotel Clerk - To be added.
- Reception Guest - To be added.
- Radio Announcer - To be added.
- Toastmaster - To be added.
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
- H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds is mentioned.
- Orson Welles' radio series is sponsored by Campbell Soup.
- The Doctor says that sometimes he treats himself to a complete makeover.
- The Doctor was trying to take Hannah back to Llandaff.
- Don Chaney owns a lamborghini that used to belong to Al Capone.
Notes[]
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Continuity[]
- The Doctor tells Hannah that, in the 11th century, an "amoral Time Lord" altered history by providing King Cnut with technology which allowed him to turn back the tide and gain greater influence over Saxon England than he would have done otherwise. (TV: The Time Meddler)
- The Sixth Doctor previously met H. G. Wells, the author of The War of the Worlds, in Scotland during the summer of 1885 and subsequently took him on a trip to the planet Karfel. (TV: Timelash)
- The Doctor once again speed reads a book in a matter of seconds. (TV: City of Death)
Home video releases[]
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 41 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-First Season in 2005.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 41 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-First Season on Blu-ray.