Illegal Alien (TV Story)

***Illegal Alien*** was the third serial of Season 28 of *Doctor Who*. It was written by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry, directed by Nicholas Mallett and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor and Julia Ormond as Raine Cunningham.

 Synopsis

The Blitz is at its height. As the Luftwaffe bomb London, Cody McBride, ex-pat American private eye, sees a sinister silver sphere crash-land. He glimpses something emerging from within. The military dismiss his account of events — the sphere must be a new German secret weapon that has malfunctioned in some way. What else *could* it be?

Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Raine embark on a trail that brings them face to face with hidden Nazi agents, and encounter some very old enemies.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
* Raine Cunningham - Julia Ormond
* Cody McBride - John Alderton
* George Limb - Sean Arnold
* Chief Inspector Patrick Mullen - Bill Bailey
* Major Lazonby - Paul Barber
* Captain Hartman - Richard Armitage
* Wall - Terence Rigby
* Dr Peddler - Simon Cadell
* The Limehouse Lurker - Michael Kilgariff
* Cyber-Leader - David Banks
* Cybermen - Mark Hardy, Brian Orrell
* Colonel T.P. Potter - Norman Lovett
* Washington/Mama - John Grillo
* Sharkey - Richard Cubison
* Caretaker - Leon Tanner
* Dr Ruth Walsh - Anne Havard
* Constable Quick - Mike Haywood
* SS Brigadier General Kraus - Ian Rose
* General Schumacher - Nick Orchard
* Rosemary - Cynthia Powell
* Sid Napley - Peter Laxton
* Josh - Daniel André Pageon
* Deputy Reichsführer Reinhard Heydrich - Chris Sanders
* Wilkins - Richard Jamieson
* Frank - Michael Robbins

## References

###  The Doctor

* When he is talking about the Daleks, the Doctor's voice develops a harder edge, which disturbs Raine.
* The Doctor once watched a game that included Babe Ruth in 1926.
* The Doctor doubts that Captain Hartmann would be able to pronounce his given name.

### The Cybermen

* The Cybermen that were featured in the story were capable of repairing themselves.
* The Cybermen have used different types of Cybermats which attacked in different ways, such as the injection of poison and a sonic scream. The Cybermats present in the story have metal teeth used for cutting flesh.
* The Cybermen are from the 30th century, where they still have a limited control of time travel.
* A baby is among those converted by the Cybermen. It is given regular-sized Cyber-arms but has the tail of a Cybermat.
* In a similar scene a Cyber-Conversion is witnessed, in which Cybermats are used for surgical instruments.

### Individuals

* Many characters are mentioned or referenced throughout the story, fictious or otherwise, that do not appear in person.

## Story Notes

* A new Cyberman & Cybermat design is Introduced

## Continuity

* The Doctor expresses disdain about his reputation as "the manipulator" and "the Chessmaster". (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
* The Doctor carries a UNIT pass dated 1980, purchased by either his third or fourth incarnation. (TV: Spearhead from Space, Robot)
* The Doctor mentions the Dalek Invasion of Earth in the 22nd century. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
* Cybermen repeatedly say: "You will be like us," a line taken from TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen.
* At the end of the story, even more Cybermen are found "hibernating" within the sewers. The Cybermen would later activate their invasion of Earth through hibernating in the sewers. (TV: The Invasion)

## Home video and audio releases

### DVD

* This story along with the other stories in Season 28 were released as *Doctor Who: The Complete Twenty-Eighth Season* in 2003.

### Blu-ray

* This story along with the other stories in Season 28 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 28* in the UK.