The Nightmare Man (TV story)

The Nightmare Man
Featuring:	Sarah Jane Smith Luke Smith Rani Chandra Clyde Langer K9 Mark IV
Main enemy:	Nightmare Man
Main setting:	Earth September 2009 August 2010 6th -10th September 2010
Key crew
Writer:	Joseph Lidster
Director:	Joss Agnew
Producer:	Brian Minchin
Release details
Story number:	20
Release number:	Series 4
Premiere broadcast:	11th October 2010(Part 1) 12 October 2010 (Part 2)
Format:	2x 30 minute episodes

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, 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

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elizabeth Sladen
• Luke Smith - Thomas Knight
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Rani Chandra -Anjli Mohindra
• Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong
• K9 Mark IV - John Leeson
• The Nightmare Man - Julian Bleach
• Slitheen - Paul Kasey
• Voice of the Slitheen - Toby Longworth

Crew

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References

The Doctor

• The Doctor protecting planet Earth is referenced.

Astronomical objects

• The object that Sarah Jane had Mr. Smith analyse was from Alfava Metraxis.

Music

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

Cultural

• Luke got his A levels a year early, and has been accepted to the University of Oxford.
• Luke writes to Maria Jackson via a social-networking website (Facebook).

Story notes

• 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 and also has green fingernails. Although in the closing credits the Raxacoricofallapatorian is referred to as a Slitheen.

Ratings

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Rumours

• K9 and Luke will leave in this story.
• 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.

Filming locations

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Production errors

• The Slitheen's fingernails change from being brown to green.

Continuity

• Luke mentions that on his first day at Park Vale, the Slitheen turned off the Sun. This was in SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen.
• The gang are again covered in slime when a Raxacoricofallapatorian explodes.
• Clyde mentions seeing Earth from space. This was in SJA Warriors of Kudlak.

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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Novelisation

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Novelisation Cover.

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.

See also

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External links

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