THE SONTARAN STRATEGEM/THE POISON SKY

INVASIONS OF EARTH

In 1969 the BBC’s publicists clearly felt it wasn’t quite

THE INVADERS

Terry Nation’s original plans for his 1964 serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth included a new companion for the Doctor and an intriguing visit to the forecourt of Television Centre

The Boy with the Knack

Long before he was Robby Box in the comedy drama Big Deal, and Pauline Fowler’s husband in EastEnders, Ray Brooks was defending the Earth against Daleks and their Robomen…

FURY FROM THE DEEP

THE TARDIS HAVING LANDED OFF THE NORTH SEA coastline, the

DEVILS’ WORK

In this previously unpublished interview, conducted in 1988, writer Victor Pemberton reflects on Fury from the Deep and his similarly themed audio story Doctor Who and the Pescatons

ICE SCULPTING

In the 1960s Jack Lovell made the costumes for some of Doctor Who’s greatest invading aliens. In this previously unpublished interview, conducted in 1995, he remembers the creation of the Ice Warriors

THE SEEDS OF DEATH

THE POPULATION OF EARTH VASTLY OUTNUMBERS the Ice Warriors of

TERROR FIRMA

As the man behind some of Doctor Who’s greatest alien invasion stories, director Michael Ferguson never allowed being Earthbound to limit his imagination…

SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE

SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEIR MAIN STRIKE, THE Nestenes discreetly commence

THE SPARE-PART SPARE-PART PEOPLE

In 1970 a story submitted to the Doctor Who production office began with a bizarre invasion led by unstoppable mummies. The Spare-Part People is made all the more intriguing by the fact it was co-written by the actor currently playing the Doctor

DAY OF THE DALEKS

TOWARDS THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, a series of

TIME WARRIOR

As freedom fighter Anat, Anna Barry helped to save the world from the Day of the Daleks

TERROR OF THE ZYGONS

CENTURIES AGO, THE CREW OF A DAMAGED ZYGON craft landed

MILITARY PARECISION

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was the Doctor’s staunchest ally when the Earth was threatened by alien invaders. He was played by the irreplaceable Nicholas Courtney

THE SEEDS OF DOOM

THE KRYNOIDS HAVE NO EXPLICIT PLANS FOR THE invasion of

WHO'S ARMY

The men and women of UNIT have been our first line of defence against alien invasions since the Yeti stalked the London Underground. But these soldiers are far from unique, and have parallels in the most surprising places…

Horrible History

The 1974 serial Invasion of the Dinosaurs featured one of the strangest occupations of London in the series’ history. The story has long been criticised for the quality of its visual effects, but what does palaeontologist Dr Dave Hone make of its historical accuracy?

WARRIORS OF THE DEEP

AFTER MILLIONS OF YEARS IN SUSPENDED animation, the Silurians launch

DEEP TROUBLE

In this 1989 interview, printed here for the first time, writer Johnny Byrne reveals some of the behind-the-scenes problems that beset his undersea invasion story Warriors of the Deep

ALIENS OF LONDON/WORLD WAR THREE

IF THERE’S ONE THING YOU CAN’T ACCUSE THE Slitheen of,

COUNTERSTRIKE

The plucky group that helped the Doctor defend the Earth in Remembrance of the Daleks has returned in Counter-Measures, an audio series from Big Finish

THE CHRISTMAS INVASION

Having intercepted and impounded the Mars-bound Guinevere One space probe,

Comic-strip INVASIONS

Comic-strip adaptations of Doctor Who have been depicting invasions of Earth since the 1960s. These are some of their highlights

Marshalling THE TROOPS

Director Douglas Mackinnon has overseen some of the most memorable invasion stories of recent years

THE VAMPIRES OF VENICE

FLEEING FROM THE SILENCE, THE LAST OF THE Saturnynes travelled

SECRET ARMIES

Toby Whithouse recalls the alien invasion stories he’s written for Doctor Who, and the kind of invasion he dreamt of as a child

THE POWER OF THREE

THE OCCUPATION THAT COMES TO BE KNOWN AS ‘the Slow

BEHIND THE MASK

As well as defending the Earth as a UNIT soldier, actor Jon Davey is also one of Doctor Who’s most prolific Earth invaders…

FLATLINE

FEW ALIEN INCURSIONS HAVE PROVEN AS inexplicable as the one

INVERSION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Writer Peter Harness drew upon controversial contemporary issues and a violent chapter of American history for one of the series’ most startling invasion stories

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Many have tried to take over the Earth; many have failed. But what’s the appeal? And what can any would-be conqueror learn from these failures?

THE SECRET INVASION

Terry Nation’s final Dalek invasion of Earth was published by Target Books in 1979 and marked the end of an era