Right, time for another revisitation of a previous post on this blog and this one will be on a
Doctor Who story from the original series and the story will be from the Tom Baker era: The
Android Invasion. So, I will do the usual bits of expanding sections here and there as usual.
Now this story has never really been considered a
classic or one of the best stories of Tom Baker's era but how does it stack up after 47years??? Well, let's find out....
PLOT SPOILERS ARE AHEAD!!
STORY
So, the story begins with the Doctor and Sarah-Jane Smith
(Elisabeth Sladen) arriving in the TARDIS in what appears to be modern
day Earth in the English countryside and they soon encounter a group of
men in white suits and helmets, who shoot at them with their index
fingers. As the Doctor and Sarah manage to evade the men they see what
appears to be a UNIT soldier (Max Faulkner) fall to his death over a
cliff. The Doctor searches the soldier's body and finds a wallet that
is filled with mint condition coins all dated the same year and he also
stumbles along a casket shaped pod nearby, which the Doctor seems to
recognise.
The Doctor and Sarah after once again evading the men in white suits,
arrive at a village, which Sarah recognises as being Devesham, which is
located near a space defense station and Sarah once covered a news story
there a couple of years ago. The Doctor and Sarah then enter a
deserted pub and on checking the register find the same mint condition
coins all dated the same year. Then a truck arrives in the village that
is filled with people in a trance like state, which has been driven by
the white suit men and they enter the pub with the dead soldier from
earlier. In the pub they take their places and stand still in a
catatonic state and when the clock chimes, they suddenly come to life
and act normally.
The Doctor then tells Sarah to stay at the pub while he sneaks out to go
to the space station and contact UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Task
Force) and Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart. Meanwhile Sarah at the pub,
questions the dead soldier, who acts strangely and tells her to go and
she leaves the pub, however outside she notices one of the men in the
white suit has a robotic face underneath their mask. Sarah then heads
back to the TARDIS and places the key in the lock but it then suddenly
dematerialises, leaving Sarah standed who then notices the pub from
earlier open, which is occupied by a man who attacks her but she manages
to escape.
The Doctor meanwhile soon meets the senior defence astronaut, Guy
Crayford (Milton Johns) and the Doctor introduces himself as UNIT's
scientific advisor but as he tries to escape but he is placed in
detention. Sarah however soon manages to sneak in and frees the Doctor
from his cell but as she does so an alien figure spies on them from a
distance, a Kraal named Styggron (Martin Friend).
Not long after the Doctor and Sarah escape they are pursued by
Crayford's men but they manage to evade them however Sarah sprains her
ankle, which leaves the Doctor having to place Sarah in a tree to hide
her but she is soon captured by Crayford's men but Styggron insists to
leave the Doctor alone as he has plans for him. Sarah meanwhile is
taken to an alien looking room where she is scanned by an android
version of Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) who also was accompanied by an
android Sergeant Benton (John Levine).
Meanwhile however Styggron speaks to another Kraal named Chedaki (Roy
Skelton) and together they talk about their plans to conquer the Earth
and other worlds. And its from here the Doctor must try and find a way
to stop Styggron from carrying out his plans for invasion.....
THOUGHTS
After so many high quality stories in the early years of the Tom Baker
era, "The Android Invasion" isn't quite a classic but
regardless of that its still an entertaining story that has got quite a bit going for it. However as this was the last UNIT story
of the original series until "Battlefield" in the Sylvester McCoy era,
it is disappointing that the UNIT days did not end on a higher note.
Also what's more disappointing is the exclusion of Nicholas Courtney
here from the story as Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, one of the key
stalwarts of the UNIT era but Courtney himself was unavailable to play
the role.
The story however is fairly unique as one of the very few that Terry
Nation wrote for the show that didn't feature the Daleks as the only
other story that Nation did that didn't feature the Doctor's deadliest
foes was "The Keys of Marinus" back in the Hartnell era. So for that
alone the story does offer something up a little different, particularly
from Nation with whom we associated the Daleks so much but he requested
himself that he be able to write a non-dalek story.
PERFORMANCES AND NOTABLE SCENES (Warning: this section may contain spoilers!)
As for the performances, well they are mostly pretty good here from both the regular cast and also the supporting cast.
Starting off with Tom Baker, who is great again as the fourth
doctor and he has now grown very comfortably into the role. His second
season however in the role saw Tom play the part with rather
inconsistent changes in the Doctor's personality because in stories such
as "Pyramids of Mars" and "The Seeds of Doom" the Doctor is pretty
serious but here he remains quite light-hearted and jokey with everyone.
But regardless of his mixed approach, Tom is great here once
again and he has some good scenes that include the one where the Doctor
is captured by some android guards who have weapons concealed in their fingers. And in the scene, the Doctor points to one of the android guards and asks what was an improved line by Tom, "Is that finger loaded?".
And there is the scene where the Doctor is talking to an android version of Sarah and he rumbles her as the replica. So,
the Doctor says to Sarah "This isn't Earth. This isn't real wood. It's
some kind of
artificial material like plastic. These are not real trees. And you're
not the
real Sarah". And on this revelation, the android Sarah takes out a
pistol and says "Step back, Doctor" and the Doctor says "I knew at once. You see, the real Sarah wasn't wearing
her scarf" and he produces Sarah's scarf and then he sharply swats his
hat against the android Sarah's hand, knocking the gun out of it". The
Doctor then grabs the fake Sarah and asks "What have you done with
Sarah? Where is the real Sarah?!". And the fake Sarah tries to run off
but she falls and her face masks comes off revealing her android
circuitry and two robotic eyeballs.
Then there is the scene where the Doctor is strapped down in Styggron's
disorientation centre being subjected to an intense mind analysis
machine, which Styggron has left on until it will kill the Doctor but
Sarah arrives to rescue him and turns off the machine. And the Doctor
afterwards in a daze says to Sarah "Once upon a time, there were three
sisters, and they
lived at the bottom of a treacle well. Their names were Olga, Masha, and
Elena. Are you listening, Tilly?". Sarah then says "I'm Sarah!" and
the Doctor says "What?" and Sarah says "Sarah!" and the Doctor comes
round a bit and says "I feel disorientated!" and Sarah says "This is is
the disorientation centre" and the Doctor says "That makes sense!".
Another good scene is when the Doctor tricks the android version of Benton that he is one of the androids and he says to Benton "Don't be a fool, Benton, I'm one of you. Didn't you hear the Colonel just now? The Doctor's not here, he's at large somewhere in the complex!". The android Benton apologetic says "Yes of course, sir. I'm sorry, sir" and the Doctor tells him "That's alright, Benton but keep your wits about you. Nobody knows who's who around here!" and he walks off.
However, the android version of the Doctor later walks in and the android Benton says to him "Stay back, Doctor!" and the android Doctor says "Don't be a fool, Benton, I am one of you!" and the android Benton shoots the android Doctor a few times but the bullets have no effect and the android Doctor coldly says "Satisfied?!".
Then there is the scene when the Doctor makes it back to Earth and
to the real space centre where he is soon confronted by the android
version of himself. And the android Doctor says to the real Doc "We
didn't want any shooting until our takeover was complete" and the real
Doctor says "Hello, Doctor, we've been waiting for you!" and the android
Doctor says "Stand back, Doctor!" and the real Doctor then says "You know, the
resemblance is astonishing. For a moment, I thought I was seeing double" and he slams the door and the crashes out the window!
WARNING: BIG SPOILER IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!!
And last of all is the scene near the end where the Doctor defeats Styggron by reprogramming his android replica to attack Styggron.
So, in the scene the android Doctor says to Styggron "Excuse me!" and he attacks Styggron, who falls back ontop of his virus container that dissolves and kills him but he get's a shot off and shoots the android Doctor who collapses leaving Sarah distraught as she leaves over him. And then we hear the words "Don't waste any tears on him, Sarah, he's only an android?" and Sarah tearfully looks up and says "An android!" and the Doctor says "Yes, my replica. I reprogrammed it to confuse Styggron" and we see the android Doctor avert into its robotic form and Sarah says "Please don't ever do anything like that again!" and the Doctor smiles and says "Come on".
Elisabeth Sladen also
does very well in the story as Sarah-Jane Smith, one of the show's most
popular companions (and with her longer hair she looks pretty nice in
this story!) and she is given plenty to do in the story given she plays
dual roles as Sarah and her android replica.
And
Liz's good scenes include the one in the first episode where Sarah
encounters the android villagers in the local pub and she sees the
soldier who died at the beginning of the story. And after Sarah is told
to go by the soldier she says "Look, if there's some sort of trouble, perhaps I could
help. I see. Well, I intend to find out, anyway I'm sure you shouldn't be drinking so soon after
breaking your neck!" and she walks out.
Then there is the scene where the Doctor and Sarah stay out of sight in
the space defence centre and they talk about Guy Crayford. And Sarah
says to the Doctor "But that's impossible. Guy Crayford was killed.
That was the first test of the XK-5 space freighter.
Crayford was out in space, deep space, and then they lost him. The ship
just
vanished. They thought he'd hit an asteroid". Then we hear some
soldiers footsteps pass by and then Sarah continues "Guy Crayford is
dead, Doctor".
Another good scene is when the fake Sarah meets with the Doctor in an
old shop in the village and the Doctor is somewhat suspicious of her but
plays along. And Sarah tells the Doctor of her capture by Crayford's
men "I climbed out of the tree and those soldiers were waiting
for me. I was knocked out. When I came round, I was in some kind of
operating
theatre. Doctor, I was so frightened!". And the Doctor says "Yes, I'm
sure you were. Here, have some ginger pop" and he takes out his bottle
of ginger beer and Sarah takes it from him and takes a sip and she says
"That was delicious" and the Doctor knows there and then its not the
real Sarah as she said at the start of the story she "can't stand the
stuff!".
WARNING: This last paragraph pertains to SPOILERS that conclude the story!!
And last of all I will combine two scenes in one paragraph, first off is
the scene where Sarah finds the real Harry Sullivan all tied up along
with the real Colonel Faraday (Patrick Newell). And Harry asks Sarah
"What's going on?" and Sarah says "Its a long story. For a start,
you've got a very nasty twin!" and Harry looks at her disbelievingly and
says "Twin???!". And finally there is the penultimate scene of the
story (SPOILER!!!!!) where the Doctor defeats Styggron with the help of
his reprogrammed android double. And the Doctor says to Sarah "Don't
waste any tears on him, Sarah, he's only an android" and Sarah surprised
says "An android??" and the Doctor says "Yes, my replica. I
reprogrammed it to confuse Styggron" and Sarah sighs with relief and
says "Please, don't ever do anything like that again!".
As for the supporting cast Milton Johns does not too badly in his
role as Guy Crayford, the astronaut who was presumed dead after a space
flight but was in fact abducted by the Kraals and manipulated by
Styggron.
And I will mention a few of Johns's scenes starting with the one where Crayford first meets the Doctor at Crayford's office. So, in the scene the Doctor picks up an ordinance survey map and unfolds it and Crayford suddenly appears with a gun and says to the Doctor "Keep your hands where I can see them!" and the Doctor puts his hands up with the map concealing his face. The Doctor then says "These are the first friendly words I've heard since I got here" and Crayford sharply asks him "I'd dare say, how did you get here coincidentally?" and the Doctor says "Oh, I dropped on. I do from time to time" and Crayford warns him "I can easily get the truth out of you!" and the Doctor says "You're getting it" and Crayford smacks the map out of the Doctor's hands.
The Doctor then asks Crayford "Who are you?" and Crayford warns him "I have the gun and I ask the questions!" and the Doctor says "You know, you're in someone elses office. It says Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on the door" and Crayford asks "You know the Brigadier?" and the Doctor tells him "Yes, I'm his unpaid scientific advisor" and Crayford realises who he is and says "Oh, yes. Yes, I see. You're the Doctor" and the Doctor says "Yes". The Doctor after a short while says "Look my arms starting to tire, why don't you call the Brigadier and ask him to identify me" but Crayford sharply tells him "Lethbridge Stewart is in Geneva, Colonel Faraday is in command!". Crayford then presses a button on an intercom at his desk and the Doctor teases him and says "If you are calling the butler I am very partial to tea and muffins" and Crayford tells him "You're going to have to say in detention until you're identity has been confirmed!". The Doctor then says "Oh no not detention you see I get..." and he knocks the desk over and runs out with Crayford shooting after him.
And in the scene Sarah
asks Crayford why he betrayed Earth and Crayford says to her "Well,
didn't Earth betray me?! I was written off, wasn't
I?! Left to die in space! It was the Kraals who saved me. I mean, I was
dying,
wasn't I? I was being torn apart by gyro failure. And they reconstructed
me,
Miss Smith, in every detail. Except the one eye that for some reason
couldn't
be found! Oh no, I owe them everything!" but the Doctor disdainfully tells him "You've been brainwashed, Crayford!" but Crayford dismisses what he the Doctor has said and then leaves "I'm sorry I have to go now. Trust me, I know what I'm doing".
And last of all is the scene where the Doctor reveals to Crayford that Styggron was using him all along and that he never lost his eye and was brainwashed into thinking he had.
So, in the scene, the android Doctor has the real Doctor at gunpoint as Crayford walks in and asks "What's going on?" and the android Doctor says "The Doctor has interfered in our plans for the last time!" and Crayford shocked says "But Styggron promised me there would be no killing" and the android Doctor says "Fool! Do you reall think the Kraals will spare humanity?!". Crayford however refuses to believe it and says "Styggron wouldn't do that! He's a surgeon, a genius! Look what he did for me!" and the real Doctor tells Crayford "He did nothing for you, Crayford. Absolutely nothing except brainwash you" and Crayford says "That's not true" but the Doctor tells him "You were hijacked by the Kraals, nothing was wrong with your rocket. You weren't even injured. Take off the eye patch and look for yourself" and Crayford then looks in a mirror on the wall and removes his eye patch to see his eye is still intact and he then storms out.
Martin Friend on the other hand is the weak link in the cast here
as his performance is a bit hammed up here as he uses his theatrical
voice to decent effect but he is ultimately let down by a poorly written
character in Styggron, the ruthless alien Kraal that intends to invade
Earth via the use of his androids.
Martin still has one or two good moments however such as the scene where
Styggron has the Doctor strapped in the disorientation centre as he
prepares to torture him to death with his mind analysis machine. And
Styggron says to the Doctor "In eight minutes, Doctor, the Analyser will
have
completed its recording. Unfortunately, I shall not be here to turn it
off.
Your brain tissue will expand under the stimulation until eventually,
your
skull bursts. I imagine it will be a most disagreeable death!". And the
Doctor struggles and says "We shall see!" and Styggron says "Defiant to
the end, Doctor. But you will soon be
screaming for mercy and there will be no one here!" and he leaves.
Another noteworthy scene is when Styggron creates a new android from Crayford's brain print, as he has Crayford on a table being analyzed to help create a hostile new android. So, Styggron says to his fellow Kraal, Chedaki "This should answer your fears, Chedaki. From Crayford's memory cells, we will now create a totally hostile android!". So, Styggron turns on the analysis machine which soon creates a new android in soldier form that attacks Styggron who shoots it dead and it falls down and averts to its android skeletal form. So, Styggron "See, they are not indestructable, Chedaki! What I can create, I can also destroy. Science, Chedaki, will make the Kraals invincible!".
WARNING: Again references here to the end of the story so SPOILER ALERT!!
And lastly there is the scene near the end where Styggron, having
arrived on Earth, finds Sarah at the space centre and he says to her
"The enterprising Earth girl! No! Don't move. The sensors
indicated an intruder. I hardly expected to find it was you. I
know the Doctor managed to escape, but you
must indeed have a charmed life!". And then they are interrupted by an
angry Crayford (who at this stage no longer wears his eyepatch) who says
"Styggron, you have betrayed me!" and Styggron turns to him and says
"Betrayed you? I used you, Crayford, as I use the
androids, but you are no longer of any value!".
As for the other cast members, Ian Marter makes his final
appearance as Harry Sullivan and unfortunately he is somewhat underused
in the story and appears mainly as his android version rather than the
human version of Harry. Ian still does well with what little he is
given here in the story but its a disappointment that he wasn't given
more to work with. Ian later sadly died of a heart attack due to
complications brought on by his condition of diebetes in 1986.
And I will mention a couple of Ian's scenes such as the one where the real Harry awaits the arrival of Crayford's shuttle at the research centre on Earth. And in the scene, real Benton is worried about the Doctor and Sarah not turning up and he tells Harry "We'll we've searched the village and asked the locals and not a sign of the Doctor and Miss Smith anywhere" and Harry says "Well, he'll turn up when he feels like it. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about" and Benton worriedly says "I hope you're right" and Harry smiles and says "You're a pessismist, Mr Benton. What could possibly happen to the Doctor in Devesham woods?".
And lastly there is the scene where Sarah finds the real Harry all tied up in the hold of Crayford's rocket and Sarah starts to untie him. So, Sarah says "Harry!" and Harry says "Sarah! What's going on?" and Sarah tells him "Its a long story, for a start you've got a nasty twin!" and Harry confused says loudly "TWIN?!".
John Levene is also underused here in his final story as Sergeant
Benton, the UNIT soldier, who is also captured and had a facsimilie
made of himself by Styggron.
And I will mention a couple of Levene's scenes such as the one at space centre when he makes a call to arrange a
date. And he says on the phone "Yes, yes. Make it eight o'clock
outside the Chinese
takeaway. And don't be late!" and he puts the phone down and one of the
station employees, Grierson (Dave Carter) smiles and says "You've got
her well trained!" and Benton says "Yes, well, to be honest with you,
it's my kid sister! I'm
taking her to a dance at the Palais tonight".
And then there is the scene where the android Benton is fooled by the real Doctor into thinking he's the android version.
So, in the scene, the Doctor walks into the research centre and the android Benton aims a gun at him him and say "Hold it, Doctor!" and the Doctor says "Don't be a fool, Benton, I'm one of you.
Didn't you hear the Colonel just now? The Doctor's not here, he's at
large somewhere in the complex!". The android Benton apologetic says
"Yes of course, sir. I'm sorry, sir" and the Doctor tells him "That's
alright, Benton but keep your wits about you. Nobody knows who's who
around here!" and he walks off.
However,
the android version of the Doctor later walks in and the android Benton
says to him "Hold it, Doctor!" and the android Doctor says "Don't be a
fool, Benton, I am one of you!" and the android Benton shoots the
android Doctor a few times but the bullets have no effect and the
android Doctor coldly says "Satisfied?!". The android Benton looks confused and says "But I thought that...he just passed me a minute ago" and the android Doctor asks "Which way did he go?" and Benton says "To the scanner room" and the android Doctor moves off.
Max Faulkner who was one of the main stuntmen for the show back
in the 70s makes a rare acting role performance here as the UNIT
soldier, Corporal Adams. And Faulkner actually starts off the story
himself very well with a jarring scene of Adams android version going a
bit beserk as it wanders through the countryside and then falls over a
cliff to its death.
Peter Welch also does pretty well in his role as the android
barkeeper, Morgan, who serves the Doctor at one point in the pub. And
to mention one of his scenes, Welch has a good one where Morgan serves
the Doctor, who asks him "Do you get much custom down here" and Morgan
flatly replies "Nothing for them in Devesham. Nothing for strangers
here". And the Doctor says "Yes, too quiet for them, I suppose" and
Morgan says "Except for darts club night, of course". Yep that'll get
them going there! ;-)
Roy Skelton also makes a rare physical performance in the show as
one of the Kraals, Marshal Chedaki and he actually does pretty well
with the part and he uses his voice to good effect, although if you
close your eyes you can surely detect a flavour of Zippy from Rainbow in
there!
And last of all Patrick Newell is one of the weaker cast members
as he plays Colonel Faraday, the replacement character for the Brigadier
and he is given a very stereotypical British military figure to play.
However Newell does get a priceless line when the Doctor meets with
Faraday near the end of the story and he tells Faraday of the androids
and Faraday says "I'll not have my command infiltrated by aliens!". And
the Doctor tells Faraday "They've made replicas of you and Harry,
Colonel" and Faraday surprised says "Of me?" and the Doctor says "Yes"
and Faraday says "Confounded cheek! How dare they!". Harry, who is with them then suggests "I think we should run a complete medical check on everyone" and Faraday smiles and says "Good idea, Sullivan, that'll learn em, eh Doctor?" and the Doctor says "Yes but it would take too long, so we could use this" and he holds out a device and says "Its a robot detector that lights up in the presence of androids" and Faraday looks wary as the Doctor uses it and it does light up and Faraday says "The thing must be faulty" but the Doctor says "I don't think so. It seems I was just a bit too late".
DIRECTOR AND MUSIC
As for the direction, Barry Letts takes the director helm this
time and it would also be his final contribution to the show and for the
most part he does a good job here although the pacing does lag in the
middle of the story. Regardless of this though, Letts does do a pretty
good job overall and he impressively opens the story with the image of
the crazed soldier walking through the woods that helps grab the
audience's attention straight away. Letts has directed better stories
of course but this certainly isn't a bad one to finish on.
Music wise we get another fine score from the show's regular composer, Dudley Simpson,
who provides another pleasant score that has a good mix of intrigue,
suspense and fun and he was the show's regular composer for good reason
given that he always churned out good quality stuff and this score is no
exception.
FLAWS (Warning: this section may also contain spoilers!)
As for flaws....well yeah, the Android Invasion is not perfect.
And to kick off one of the problems for me is that the plot doesn't
really make a whole lot of sense with the Kraals deciding to build an
exact replica of the space defence station on their own planet, which
seems a pretty complex and elaborate way to try and devise their plan.
They obviously had the means to do it all in the first place but it
seems just a bit daft and unnecessary for them to go to all that bother
when they could probably work out their calculations, build their
android army and then invade Earth without all the hassle of building a
replica of the Devesham village!
Another problem is also to do with the Kraals themselves as they are
pretty dull villains and remain one of the least most memorable in the
show's history. And all the Kraals mostly do is batter back exposition
with one another, which actually get's boring pretty quickly and its a
pity that Nation didn't write a better alien menace than this one. And
there is not much doubt that the scenes with Styggron and Chedaki really
do drag the pace of the story down and the story after the strong first
two episodes does hit a bad lull in the third episode before it picks
up again in the fourth episode.
Then there is the issue with Crayford and his eye-patch and how he
believed he lost one of his eyes yet all he needed to do is just remove
the eye patch at any time and see if it was actually there or not!!! I
mean for God's sake, surely the guy would have felt his eyeball moving
around underneath the bloody patch! But I guess it was part of
Styggron's brainwashing of Crayford that he had been conditioned to
believe that he had lost the eye anyway. However it still doesn't get
away from the fact that its pretty stupid that Crayford at no point
would consider take off the eyepatch at any time even just a peek to see
what was under there!
Then there is the laughable scene near the start of the story where
Sarah takes a nasty fall down what is supposed to be a steep cliff edge,
which she clings onto for dear life but its actual just a small slope
with incline! And its moments like that make you laugh at just how daft
the original series could be back then and how they tried to spin
moments of suspense out of something that is blatantly silly.
I also felt as a final story to involve UNIT in any shape or form until the Sylvester McCoy era with Battlefield, it was a pretty disappointing way for them to disappear from the show especially given how big a staple UNIT were in the early 70's of the TV show. I mean we only had Benton and the fact that Nicholas Courtney wasn't brought back was a letdown although this was because he was not available at the time of production. I think in retrospect, they would have been best to have left UNIT out of this story to be honest and just made Terror of the Zygons to be the last story to feature them.
And lastly there is the cliffhanger of episode three where the Doctor
and Sarah sneak onboard Crayford's shuttle just before it prepares for
take-off and the Doctor warns Sarah that they must find protection of
some kind or else the G-Force of the blast off will crush them. But the
two of them fail to secure themselves in one of the travel pods that
the androids use with the Doctor collapsing before he could get in one
and Sarah lying face up in one of the opened pods as she gasps for
breath on take-off. Now in reality surely they would have been killed
by the G-Force on take-off anyway just as the Doctor said but at the
start of episode four, they are both fine! It really negates the
purpose of the cliffhanger in the first place!
Anyway that's it for the flaws.
SUM UP
So to sum up, The Android Invasion is an enjoyable story from the Tom
Baker era but its certainly not one of the strongest as it does have its
problems with its somewhat mixed plot, mediocre villains and the
lacklustre use of Harry and Sergeant Benton let it down somewhat, which provides a pretty half-assed attempt to farewell UNIT from the show until Battelfield in 1989.
However it still does have some entertaining moments and Tom Baker and
Lis Sladen once again do shine together as they both play off each other
nicely. It also features a good score by Dudley Simpson and Barry
Letts provides a very decent and credible last contribution to the show
as its director.
So while its not perfect and has its flaws, The Android Invasion is
still worth a look and for me it is somewhat underrated and in my humble opinion, I much prefer it to the overrated "Planet of Evil" that featured in the same season, which I
would place as the weakest story in the season and this one as the
second. And if you are a fan of the Tom Baker era of the show its worth
taking a second look at this one if you are willing to give it another go.
And so I will rate the Android Invasion:
7.5 out of 10
So, that's it for now and I will be back again sometime soon with another post of some sort of other!
Until then, bye for now!
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