Its really quite something of a bromance the third doctor and the master. The docs cavalier attitude to the master is quite odd. Now that the autons seems to be something of a fixture of new who, maybe well see a proper rendition of of the consciousness yet. The doctor also suggests that the autons that are here are just a diversionary threat, and that their main force is waiting to land. A cult favorite about the journeys through the universe of a timetraveling eccentric, a cultural icon who has been portrayed by more than a half.
Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic autons, led by dr. Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic autons. Weve already got the evil doll and the auton policemen both of which are involved in effective action scenes, but part 3 adds carnivalesque auton mascots handing out plastic flowers of death. Doctor who season 8, terror of the autons, episode 2 terror of the autons. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that amc sent you when you purchased your ticket. Terror of the autons was the first serial of season 8 of doctor who. The doctor has certainly faced more than his share of baddies, but roger delgado as the master is one of the best of the best. Funny, it never occurred to me at the time that the massive flaw in this plan is the driver turning down the heat, lol i was too busy hiding behind the plastic chair. Spearhead from space is the first serial of the seventh season in the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on bbc1 from 3 to 24 january 1970. The doctor gets in some nice lines while being interrogated, and its interesting to note that he can spot the masters tardis just by looking at it and steals the part he lost to jos fire extinguisher in part 1.
The cliffhanger to part 2 has the dramatic unmask of an auton posing as the doctor and jos cab driver just long enough to kidnap them and lead them to an auton ambush. Took me right back to my childhood as i zipped through this easy, but compelling story. Doctor who, season 8, terror of the autons, episode 2. Funny, it never occurred to me at the time that the massive flaw in this plan is the driver turning down the heat, lol i.
Ominous looking cartoon style figures are out and about giving out free plastic flowers to members of the general public. With jon pertwee, nicholas courtney, roger delgado, katy manning. Attempting to find out where jo encountered the master, the doctor heads to the circus where he falls foul of rossini. Doctor who season 8, terror of the autons, episode 2 jo grant, hypnotised by the master. Having just watch doctor who terror of the autons, it is not one of the worst doctor whos made but it certainly is not one of the best. He reactivates it using the facilities of a radio telescope, then uses his hypnotic abilities to take control of a small plastics manufacturer, farrel autoplastics, where he organises the production of deadly auton artefacts, including plastic dolls.
My mask must be slipping because people are looking at me oddly. Autons unleash a curious weapondeadly plastic dafodils. In the serial, the alien time traveller the third doctor jon pertwee and the human. Jo and the doctor realise they are not in a police car after all. Nov 07, 2017 overall, this is another of the stronger stories in pertwees series. Revenge of the nestenes was a disembodied life force, a hive mind race and a singular entity existing as energy with the ability to possess plastic. The third doctor described the nestenes as ruthlessly aggressive and intelligent. The manytentacled nestene monster spearhead of the second auton invasion of the earth crouched beside the radio tower part crab, part spider, part octopus, its single huge eye blazed with alien intelligence and deadly hatred. Doctor who thrives when the commonplace becomes anything but, and the autons exemplify this perfectly, the plastics here sometimes literally scaring their victims to death. Classic doctor who 7x1 spearhead from space reaction and discussion haarute live duration. Allaround, this is an ideal season of oldschool doctor who. Aug 06, 2012 the doctor says the masters weakness is his vanity he will want to make himself the master of the nestenes, and a few minutes later, the master says the doctor s weakness is his curiosity jo is sent to snoop on him, though technically not by the doctor.
Part of the master and the doctors relationship is explored in the book called the dark path. Terror of the autons tv story tardis fandom tardis wiki. The master uses his hypnotic powers to take control of a factory where he. Mar 02, 2020 this feature is not available right now. Terror of the autons is the first serial of the eighth season of the british science fiction television series doctor who. The earth is endangered by a renegade time lord known as the master, who steals a dormant nestene energy unit from a museum. During a meteor shower, the doctor must battle the nestene consciousness, which is animating autons in an effort to colonize earth. Bbc one doctor who, season 8, terror of the autons, episode. He reactivates it using the facilities of a radio telescope, then uses his hypnotic. The doctor faces the end of his life as the masters plans hurtle out of control. The way it was directed by doctor who producer barry letts with the help of his. And maybe thats the root of his snappishnessbecause hes been kicked around by his social betters as well. Attempting to find out where jo encountered the master, the.
This may include all outofuniverse as well as inuniverse information relating to the episode. Restoration team article details of the dvd release,as part of mannequin mania, with spearhead from space. Classic doctor who terror of the autons part 1 reaction. Rescued by two policemen, the doctor becomes suspicious and unmasks one of the officers as an auton. Doctor who and the terror of the autons by terrance dicks. Then i explored watching alot of jon pertwee, tom baker and peter davison. Terror of the autons full movie in hd visit a timelord warns the doctor that an old adversary of h.
An exciting adventure from the era of the third doctor, once more fighting those nasty nestenes in the shape of the creepy autons. A firefight breaks out between the two soldiers and the autons, enabling the doctors party to escape. When a nestene energy unit is stolen and a radio telescope sabotaged, the doctor is contacted by a time lord who tells him his old rival the master is responsible. The doctor fits the masters dematerialisation circuit in his own tardis and tries to take it for a test. Publishers summary edit 1975 target books edition edit. The doctor receives a warning from a timelord, the master is at large on earth, and has stolen a vital part of the nestene consciousness.
More than any other doctor, three takes the lord part of time lord seriously. Everything that i saw in this four part serial, which was made in the autumn of 1970 looks artificial. At first glance i thought he was the master in disguise, but obviously he turned out not to be. The doctor has a lifeanddeath struggle on his hands and a new assistant to add to his troubles. Its an action packed, exciting episode, it looks great, and has plenty going on. He is especially sensitive about rank because his trial in war games took it away from him, a fact made painfully clear by the visit from the nameless.
This fellow renegade time lord is like moriarty is to sherlock holmes, an equally brilliant, intelligent regular adversary who is a bit like the other side of the same coin with the doctor. There are no notations or trivia available for this episode at this time. The autons are an artificial life form from the british science fiction television series doctor who and adversaries of the doctor. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on bbc1 from 2 to 23 january 1971. The most notable aspect of this story is the arrival of the master as an arch nemesis for the doctor. The nestene consciousness, also known as the nestenes, crown consciousness and mother consciousness to its autons, audio. In 2008, the eighth doctor and lucie miller encounter autons in the audio brave new town, these autons being part of an old soviet program to infiltrate britain during the cold war before the collapse of the soviet union left the autons stuck in a loop in the fake british town created for the spies, eventually developing independence. The evil master leered at the doctor, and triumphantly pointed out of the cabin window. Doctor who and the terror of the autons novelisation. Its a brilliant first part to this four part story, not only has one legend joined, in the form of roger delgado, but a second also has. Doctor who terror of the autons vhs, 2000 for sale online.
Bbc one doctor who, season 8, terror of the autons. The master puts the final stages of his plan into action. The autons take the doctor and jo to a quarry in order to destroy them. The claws of axos is the third serial of the eighth season of the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on bbc1 from march to 3 april 1971 in the serial, set in britain, the alien organism axos spreads its axonite particles across the earth to allow itself to feed on all life on the planet. Mcdermott and colonel masters argue over the production at the plastics factory. Watch unlimited tv shows start your free trial now. Did i miss the explanation of exactly who he is on gallifrey, and how he relates to both the doctor and the master, or was it not explained in this first part and might be explained in future. That was the first doctor who episode i watch on pbs.
Classic doctor who terror of the autons part 2 reaction. In the serial, the alien time traveller the third doctor jon pertwee and the. Starring jon pertwee unit continues to hunt for the master who is ruthlessly destroying all who stand in his way. At least the master is around to turn doctor who into a scooby doo spinoff.
They were originally created by scriptwriter robert holmes. With the sound of drums growing louder, and an ancient trap closing around the earth, the doctor and wilf must fight alone. The doctor and his new assistant, jo grant, have to tackle the autons, the master and a large number of deadly daffodils. The doctor removes something from the masters tardis but is attacked by rossini and his men. The brigadier suggests redoubling security and finding the masters tardis, which the doctor recommends. The manytentacled nestene monster spearhead of the second auton invasion of the earth crouched beside the radio tower. Yes, terror of the autons is doctor who as comicstrip adventure, and when a. It was the first doctor who serial to be produced in colour the serial is set in essex and london. Classic clip from the 1971 four part story terror of the autons starring jon pertwee. Fleeing from the autons, the doctor and jo hide in a quarry until the brigadier and captain mike yates arrive.
The doctor has certainly faced more than his share of baddies, but roger delgado as the master is. Jo grant joins the show this season, and the doctor s exile on earth comes to an end. Well, its a much better story than spearhead from space. Terror of the autons part 1 is the first episode of series eight of the british science fiction television series doctor who, and the 279th episode of the series. Spearhead from space was the first story for jon pertwee as the 3rd doctor who is now exiled on earth by order of the timelords who we saw in patrick troughtons last story the war games as they forced him to regenerate and stop interfering in other planets problems and causing mayhem so the doctors tardis lands on earth and the unconscious doctor falls out and is taken to hospital, doesnt. Terror of the autons the locations guide to doctor who. Doctor who season 8 cover art of the region 2 dvd release for first serial of the season. May 10, 2010 both are fun, but where spearhead offers a quatermasslike drama aimed at a more mature audience, terror shoots straight for the kids behind the sofa, with the gleeful evil of delgados master.
Just click on the edit tab under the section heading and start typing. In the second episode of the four part story having previously escaped death at the hands of the nestenes auton warriors, the doctor is naturally on his guard. Not counting those meant to pass as humans, such as channing, general scobies replica, mickey smith auton and rory williams auton, this is the only story in which autons speak. The master uses his hypnotic powers to take control of a factory where he creates autons. Dec 12, 2012 back at unit hq, bad news reaches the doctor in spades the theft of the meteorite, the ruination of his newlyconstructed dematerialization circuit, and most of all, the woman responsible for it jo grant, an intended replacement for the recentlydeparted liz, a nepotismhired ditz who ruins the delicate microcircutry with a fire extinguisher doctor who is doing its part to raise public. And that goes some way toward explaining another major change terror brought to the series core cast, which is otherwise a little distastefulthe disappearance of the doctors seventhseason companion liz shaw, who has quit unit and gone back to cambridge. The doctor s nemesis, the master, is about to be captured. Feb 28, 2020 this feature is not available right now. The doll was very creepy this was prechucky but very much part of a spooky voodoostyle tradition from hammer films, avengers etc. Doctor who s8 e1 terror of the autons recap tv tropes. First appearing in jon pertwees first serial as the doctor, spearhead from space in 1970, they were the first monsters on the show to be presented in colour robert holmes would feature the autons later. Aug 06, 2012 the doctor gets in some nice lines while being interrogated, and its interesting to note that he can spot the masters tardis just by looking at it and steals the part he lost to jos fire extinguisher in part 1.