The Android Invasion

(Series 13, Episodes 13-16)

Summary: The Doctor and Sarah arrive in a village where they don’t like strangers.  So far, so cliché.  However, the Doctor gets suspicious when even Benton doesn’t seem to recognise him.  Turns out, a manned mission to Jupiter has gone awry and the Kraals are trying to take over the Earth (probably for the oak trees).  It pays to know whether or not your friends like drinking ginger beer, although I’ll be honest, I lost track of who was real towards the end.

Watch it because: Mr Benton, I have loved you well.  Enjoy that Chinese with your sister.  (Does she know your first name?)

Original Air Date: 22 November – 13 December 1975.

Doctor: Tom Baker.

Companions: Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen).

Writer: Terry Nation.

Director: Barry Letts.

Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe.