Attack of the Graske (video game)

Attack of the Graske
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	the Viewer
Main enemy:	Graske Slitheen Changelings Mum (Changeling double) Dad (Changeling double) Urchin (Changeling double)
Main setting:	Earth, 21st and 19th centuries Griffoth The Doctor's TARDIS
Key crew
Writer:	Gareth Roberts
Director:	Ashley Way
Producer:	Sophie Fante
Release details
Story number:	-
Release number:	Interactive Christmas episode
Premiere broadcast:	25th December, 2005
Format:	1 x14-minute Episode

Synopsis

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Cast

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Graske - Jimmy Vee
• Mum - Lisa Palfrey
• Dad - Nicholas Beveney
• Daughter - Mollie Kabia
• Son - James Harris
• Granddad - Robin Meredith
• Grandma - Gwenyth Petty
• Urchin - Ben Oliver
• Older Man - Roger Nott
• Young Woman - Catherine Olding
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper (mention only)

Crew

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References

• In this story, Rose Tyler has been dropped off at the 1979 ABBA concert at Wembley Stadium, explaining her absence.

Individuals

• The Viewer
• Unidentified Slitheen

Races and species

• Time Lord
• Human
• Graske
• Changeling
• Raxacoricofallapatorian

Technology

• Sonic screwdriver
• Graske Changeling-converter machine

Locations

• Earth
• Europe
• United Kingdom
• England
• Griffoth
• Zygon

Story Notes

• This story immediately followed The Christmas Invasion and was initially only available to subscribers to the BBC's red button interactive service. Viewers were able to pilot the TARDIS and fight the Graske both on its native world of Griffoth and in Victorian London. From Wednesday 18th January 2006, the story was available to access via the BBC website, but only for UK residents. At one point it was available to international users of the website as well.

• The question of whether this episode "counts" as a television story is somewhat muddied by its interactive nature. Some regard it primarily as a game, rather than an episode. However a possible reference to the events of the story can be heard in The Sarah Jane Adventures story Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, which featured the first undisputed canonical appearance of the Graske, in which Sarah Jane Smith makes reference to there being some Graske activity on Earth a couple of years previous. Gareth Roberts wrote both storylines. Changelings and Graske activity at Christmas are also mentioned by Jack Harkness in his Monster Files, using footage from this adventure.
• Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia states that it is set after Tooth and Claw.
• A Zygon makes a cameo, they had not been seen since DW: Terror of the Zygons.

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot holes, Errors

If the TARDIS is following the Graske's trail, then how can it arrive before him? [It follows his trail to the right timezone and then has to wait around until he materialises.]

The map of Victorian London looks more like a map of modern London.

If the Graske want to conquer Earth by replacing its population then why does the Graske we see replace a modern day person and then travel back in time to replace a Victorian person? Why not just try to conquer Earth in one era rather than two eras?

How does the Doctor know that the Raxicoricofallapatorian is from the Slitheen family?

Continuity

• The Graske has also appeared in DW: Music of the Spheres, SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? and SJA: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith.

Timeline

• This story occurs after DW: The Christmas Invasion
• This story occurs before DWA: Once Upon a Time

DVD release

Although the interactive nature of the story would be compatible with DVD/Blu-Ray controllers, as of 2010 no home video release of Attack of the Graske has occurred or been announced.

External Links

• Update at Outpost Gallifrey
• Play Attack of the Graske on the BBC website
• Doctor Who Reference Guide: Attack of the Graske