The Nightmare Man (TV story)

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The Nightmare Man is the first story of Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Synopsis

Part 1

Luke faces life-changing events, and Bannerman Road will never be the same again. But when Sarah Jane’s son has his first nightmare, he’s haunted by a dark figure from his dreams; The Nightmare Man. A strange entity is reaching out to our world through Luke, with terrible consequences for the whole Human race.

Part 2

With Luke, Clyde and Rani trapped in a bizarre dreamscape, Sarah Jane must fight alone! As the Nightmare Man grows stronger, only K-9 might hold the key. But can Luke summon the courage to face his adult life before the whole world is trapped in an endless nightmare?

Plot

Part 1

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Part 2

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Cast

Crew

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References

The Doctor

Astronomical objects

Music

  • Bulletproof - La Roux
  • Untouchable - Girls Aloud
  • Boys and Girls - Pixie Lott

Cultural

Story notes

The dark green Raxacoricofallapatorian.
  • After portraying the Nightmare Man, Julian Bleach became one of the few actors to have appeared in Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
  • The Raxacoricofallapatorian at the beginning of the story does not appear to be a member of the Slitheen family. Its skin colour is a darker green which also covers its stomach, and it also has green fingernails at one point. In the closing credits, however, the Raxacoricofallapatorian is referred to as a Slitheen. A "real world" explanation for this could be the Slitheen costume was one of the ones repainted as a Slitheen-Blathareen, and was mistakenly painted a darker shade of green.
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    The gang after the Slitheen explodes
  • The Nightmare Man says "Children of Earth", which was the title of the third series of Torchwood.

Ratings

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Rumours

  • K9 and Luke will leave in this story. This was proven true.
  • A Raxacorciofallapatorian will make a cameo in this story as it was shown exploding on the team in a trailer and in a shot released for this episode the team are seen covered in goo in the exact same location as in the trailer. This was proven true.

Filming locations

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • The Slitheen's fingernails change from being brown to green.

Continuity

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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Novelisation

This was to be one of the two Series 4 stories to be adapted into a novel, the other being Death of the Doctor. The books were cancelled.[1]

See also

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External links

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Footnotes