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7	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/devil_girl_from_mars.jpg]]
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9	''Devil Girl from Mars'' is a 1954 British black-and-white ScienceFiction BMovie, directed by David [=MacDonald=] and starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh [=McDermott=], Creator/HazelCourt, Peter Reynolds, and Adrienne Corri.
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11	An innkeeping couple, a female bartender, a model, a scientist, a journalist, an escaped murderer and a little boy are at an inn in the moors of Scotland. Minding their own business, a UFO lands in the dead of night, from whence emerges Nyah, the titular Devil Girl from Mars, a space-queen with dominatrix boots and patent-leather cape, not to mention her highbrow imperious accent and headgear. Upon her homeworld, a war between the genders has decimated the male population, so Nyah, accompanied by her TinCanRobot Chani, has come in search of earth men for breeding stock. [[MarsNeedsWomen Mars Needs Men!]]
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13	Was adapted from a stage play. This was the first science fiction film Creator/GerryAnderson ever worked on (as sound editor).
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16	!!This film provides examples of:
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18	* AliensInCardiff: In fairness, Nyah didn't ''intend'' to end up in a small village in the Scottish moors. Her spacecraft collided with an aircraft while entering the atmosphere so landed her damaged craft there, and now has to make the best of a bad situation.
19	%% * AliensSpeakingEnglish: Lampshaded, and borderline-parodied:
20	%% -->'''Man:''' You speak English?\
21	%% '''Nyah:''' Of course! You're English; what other language should I speak?\
22	%% '''Man:''' What about other languages?\
23	%% '''Nyah:''' [[{{Omniglot}} I speak them all]].
24	* AntiVillain: Nyah is really just trying to save her race.
25	%% * TheBaroness: The leather-clad Nyah.
26	* ClearMyName: Albert's backstory; he continues to proclaim he didn't do it, but by the time of his jailbreak and Nyah's arrival he has all but given up on proving his innocence and just wants to go away and be left alone.
27	* ClosedCircle: Nyah throws up a shield that prevents anyone from leaving or entering the vicinity of the inn.
28	* CoversAlwaysLie: See that poster up there? Nyah's outfit isn't nearly that form-fitting, Chani doesn't look like that, there aren't multiple spaceships, and no one throws themselves at anyone's feet.
29	* HeroicSacrifice: Albert (the escaped murderer) goes as Nyah's captive on her spaceship and causes its power source to explode, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killing himself]] but saving the Earth.
30	* HumanAliens: Nyah is human looking, and speaks perfect English.
31	* ImmuneToBullets: Michael empties a revolver in Nyah's direction, with no effect whatsoever.
32	* LadyLand: Women taking power on Mars caused all the men to become impotent. Right...
33	* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: The locals don't seem very eager for this, and the womenfolk aren't willing to give up their men either.
34	%% * PunyEarthlings
35	%% -->'''Nyah:''' It amuses me to watch your puny efforts!
36	%% * TechnoBabble: How Nyah explains what powers the spaceship to TheProfessor.
37	%% * TinCanRobot: Chani is more of the giant mailbox variety.
38	* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: Nyah speaks perfect English, and claims to be capable of speaking all languages, but 'Earth' hours and minutes apparently merit the adjective.

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