A real effort from Terrance here, with even comedy Sam Seeley and Meg being given some background. It's even explained how Hibbert came to be involved with the Nestenes in the first place.
There's a recap of the Doctor's trial as a prologue - and a back-reference to Jamie and Zoe which puzzled me mightily when I was younger.
The UNIT gate guards have a practised cover story about the place being a branch of the Pensions Department. (Rather than a sign saying 'UNIT HQ' with the Brigadier's name on, as seen in The Three Doctors).
Liz appears to take the TARDIS key from the Brigadier's office more out of petulance at being ordered around, than for any considered reason.
The invasion itself is on a much grander scale, with Autons taking to the streets across the country and rapidly causing chaos. The humans can only fight back in an isolated, piecemeal way because the Replicas are giving contradictory orders and sabotaging the resistance. Indeed, the Autons are so successful that the UNIT convoy has difficulty getting to the plastics factory at all for the final showdown.
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