The Nightmare Man (TV story)

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

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?

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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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.

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.

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.