The Nightmare Man (TV story)


 * If you are looking for the titular character, see here.

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
 * Nightmare Man - Julian Bleach
 * Slitheen - Paul Kasey
 * Voice of the Slitheen - Toby Longworth
 * Louise Marlowe - Doon Mackichan

Crew
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The Doctor

 * The Doctor and his friends protecting planet Earth is referenced.
 * The Nightmare Man refers to the Doctor when speaking of the nightmares of Sarah Jane.

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 is slightly physically different than previously-seen members 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. It was also referred to as this on the official Sarah Jane website. Gang_gooed.jpg
 * 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

 * 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. (SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen)
 * The gang are again covered in slime when a Raxacoricofallapatorian explodes.
 * Clyde mentions seeing Earth from space. (SJA Warriors of Kudlak)
 * The Nightmare Man notes that Sarah Jane had nightmares about the Doctor dying after he left her. She had previously told the tenth incarnation that she thought he had died. (DW: School Reunion)
 * The Volkswagen Beetle Sarah Jane gives Luke as a going-away present resembles "Ethel", the car she drove in her audio series.

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.