Big Finish Productions audio play
Invaders from Mars
Series	Doctor Who
Release number	28
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard
Writer	Mark Gatiss
Director	Mark Gatiss
Producer(s)	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	8F
Set between	Minuet in Hell and The Chimes of Midnight
Release date	January 2002

Invaders from Mars is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was broadcast on BBC 7 in four weekly parts starting on 29 October 2005, and was rebroadcast on the same channel beginning on 19 November 2006. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Image File history File links BFDW28_invadersfrommars_big. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... India Fisher, who provides the voice for Charley Pollard Charlotte Elspeth Pollard, or simply Charley, is a fictional character played by India Fisher in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966) is an English actor and writer. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Jason Haigh-Ellery is a director of a number of successful companies including a publishing firm, an internet company, and a direct mail company. ... Jacqueline Rayner is a best-selling British science fiction author, most notably of the Doctor Who series of books and audio productions. ... The Big Finish Doctor Who chronology lists the intended placement of the Big Finish Productions line of audio adventures based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Minuet in Hell is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Chimes of Midnight is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... This is a list of audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... BBC 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and childrens programming 24 hours a day. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Plot

In Manhattan 1938, the Eighth Doctor and Charley meet a crooked gangster, a Russian spy, a sinister fifth collumnist and Orson Welles. Welles's broadcast of War of the Worlds is just a story, but maybe there really are aliens at loose. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American theater and film producer and director, and a theater, radio and film actor. ... Orson Welles famous radio adaptation of H. G. Wells classic novel The War of the Worlds was performed by Mercury Theatre on the Air as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938. ...

Cast

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard — India Fisher
• Mouse — Ian Hallard
• Ellis — Mark Benton
• John Houseman — Jonathan Rigby
• Orson Welles — David Benson
• Bix Biro — Paul Putner
• Don Chaney — Simon Pegg
• Glory Bee — Jessica Stevenson
• Cosmo Devine — John Arthur
• Winkler — Ian Hallard

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Notes

1. Mark Benton and Simon Pegg both appeared in the 2005 series of Doctor Who on television. Benton played conspiracy theorist Clive in Rose, and Pegg appeared as the Editor in The Long Game.
2. Coincidentally, The Invaders from Mars was working title for the 1970 Third Doctor story, The Ambassadors of Death.
3. In episode 2, Welles reads the introductory narration from the War of the Worlds radio play and says "I wish I'd written that." Houseman responds "You will, Orson; you will." This is a reference to a famous witticism by James McNeill Whistler, who said "You will, Oscar; you will" to Oscar Wilde when Wilde said "I wish I'd said that". This incident was dramatized in the "Oscar Wilde Sketch" in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
4. The radio ventriloquist mentioned several times during the play is Edgar Bergen, who was performing that night on the competing NBC radio network along with Don Ameche and Nelson Eddy.
5. Don Chaney claims to own a 1929 Lamborghini previously owned by Al Capone, but Lamborghinis did not exist until 1963. This could be an example of anti-time contamination.
6. Don Chaney's name may be a reference to horror actor Lon Chaney; Bix Biro's name is a reference to the Bic and Biro, as well as jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke.
7. Jessica Stevenson (who plays Glory Bee) and Simon Pegg (who plays Don Chaney) are the creators and stars of the television comedy Spaced.
8. This is the first audio story to credit India Fisher as Charley on the front cover.

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External links

• Big Finish Productions - Invaders from Mars
• Invaders from Mars at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Reviews

• Invaders from Mars reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• Invaders from Mars reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

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