The Essential Doctor Who Invasions of Earth | |
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Series | Doctor Who |
Country | United Kingdom |
Release date | October 2016 |
Format | Paperback |
No. of pages | 116 |
Original RRP | £9.99 |
Other info | |
Editor | Marcus Hearn |
Published by | Panini Magazines |
In 2016 The Essential Doctor Who: Invasions of Earth was published by Panini UK Ltd.
Cover Blurb[]
ALIEN THREATS FROM BEYOND THE STARS
Contents[]
- The Invaders - Terry Nation's original notes for the story that became The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- The Boy With the Knack - Ray Brooks remembers the role he played fighting Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..
- Fury from the Deep - A horrifying creature emerges from the North Sea to menace the crew of a gas drilling rig.
- Devils' Work - Writer Victor Pemberton recalls his invasion stories Fury from the Deep and The Pescatons.
- Ice Sculpting - An interview with Jack Lovell, the prop-maker who created the costumes for the Ice Warriors.
- The Seeds of Death - The Ice Warriors launch a devastating plan to wipe out humanity and colonise the Earth.
- Terror Firma - Michael Ferguson shares his memories of directing some of Doctor Who's classic invasion stories.
- Spearhead from Space - A shower of synthetic meteorites heralds an invasion by the Nestenes and their murderous Autons.
- The Spare-Part People - Revealing the unmade Doctor Who story written by Jon Pertwee and Reed de Rouen in 1970.
- Day of the Daleks - Present-day events assume a crucial importance to the Daleks' brutal subjugation of a future Earth.
- Time Warrior - Anna Barry played one of the characters trying to save the world from the Day of the Daleks.
- Terror of the Zygons - The destruction of oil rigs marks the beginning of an invasion attempt by shape-shifting aliens.
- Military Precision - A tribute to Nicholas Courtney, who played UNIT's steadfast leader Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
- The Seeds of Doom Alien seed pods unleash a parasitic creature that threatens to engulf the world in hostile vegetation.
- Who's Army - Examining the evolving role of UNIT as the planet's first line of defence against alien attack.
- Warriors of the Deep - In the year 2084 vengeful Silurians and Sea Devils seek to reclaim the Earth by triggering a war.
- Deep Trouble - Johnny Byrne, the writer of Warriors of the Deep, explains what happens when invasions go wrong.
- Aliens of London / World War Three - A family of alien criminals initiates a complex and audacious scheme that spells doom for mankind.
- Counterstrike - The story behind the Counter Measures series of audio dramas released by Big Finish.
- The Christmas Invasion - It's the season of goodwill to all men, but the ruthless Sycorax have the planet at their mercy.
- Comic-strip Invasions - Exploring some of Doctor Who's outstanding invasion strips from the 1960s to the present day.
- The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky - The Sontarans plan to swell their numbers by transforming the Earth into a vast clone bank.
- Marshalling the Troops - Douglas Mackinnon has directed some of the most memorable invasion stories of recent years.
- The Vampires of Venice - A sixteenth-century finishing school hides an elaborate ploy to repopulate the Earth.
- Secret Armies - Writer Toby Whithouse expresses his admiration for Doctor Who's invasions by stealth.
- The Power of Three - What is the secret behind the billions of inert black cubes that appear all over the planet?
- Behind the Mask - Jon Davey's Doctor Who roles have included numerous stints as both an invader and a defender.
- Flatline - Monstrous aliens drag victims into their own dimension, before breaking through into our world...
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers - An interview with Peter Harness, who co-wrote 2015's ingenious Zygon episodes.
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Why have so many aliens tried to take over the Earth? And why do so many of these invasions fail?
- The Secret Invasion - A nostalgic look at how four plucky youngsters saved London from a squad of desperate Daleks.
Notes and other images[]
- Panini Bookazine #12
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