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. Follow the irrepressible doctor as he travels the universe righting wrongs and. This fellow renegade time lord is like moriarty is to sherlock holmes, an equally brilliant, intelligent regular adversary who is a. The master snaps his fingers and the first of three autons sits up. Originally transmitted in color january 2nd23rd 1971, this four part adventure. Allaround, this is an ideal season of oldschool doctor who. The master, a renegade time lord, comes to earth and breaks into a museum where he steals a nestene energy globe that was salvaged from their previous invasion attempt. Part crab, part spider, part octopus, its single huge eye blazed with alien intelligence and deadly hatred. Terror of the autons doctor whos tragical history tour. This is the terrible threat facing earth the terror of the autons.
Jo and the doctor realise they are not in a police car after all. Upon pointing his key fob at the tardis, the tardis makes a distinctive chirp and the light on top of the tardis flashes. 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. The doctor and jo hes hoping to get the tardis working again. Mediumhigh the master lacks motivation to slingshot the nestenes back to, uhm, polymos, but this is an otherwise fun episode, with lots of action an two time lords. Terror is notable for its extensive and sometimes distracting use of colorseparation overlay, i. The doctor and the brigadier head to farrels factory but the master and the autons have already left and are distributing plastic daffodils around the country. Doctor who s8 e1 terror of the autons recap tv tropes. The most notable aspect of this story is the arrival of the master as an arch nemesis for the doctor. Its the story that connected the classic series with a new audience, set up a new concept that explained the doctors absence within his own realitynamely the time warand set a tone that can still be clearly heard within the most recent episodes, over 10 years after it was first broadcast. Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic autons.
Mrs farrel, jo and the doctor examine the killer auton doll. The definitive time lord collection from 63 to 96 william hartnell to paul mcgann. This meant that letts could avoid the lengthy sevenpart serials which were. He then hijacks the beacon hill radio telescope, which he uses as a bridgehead to channel energy into the nestene unit, and kidnaps professor phillips, a ministry of technologys research scientist. The evil master leered at the doctor, and triumphantly pointed out of the cabin window.
Everything that i saw in this four part serial, which was made in the autumn of 1970 looks artificial. The doctor meets the daleks for the first time pic. Jo grant joins the show this season, and the doctors exile on earth comes to an end. This meant that letts could avoid the lengthy seven part serials which were predominant in the seventh season. Terror of the autons is the first serial of the eighth season of the british science fiction television series doctor who. In the late 1990s, bbv released a trilogy of madeforvideo films, titled auton, auton 2. Instead of a gang of relatively faceless creatures like the daleks or the. With jon pertwee, nicholas courtney, roger delgado, katy manning. Rose is the story that kickstarted the modern era for doctor who.
Unit member captain yates makes his first appearance in this story and was great, and as for the doctors new assissant, jo grant, she didnt make the best premiere of them all, but she no doubt made a great new companion as later. Part 3 the brigadier and the doctor discuss a wave of sudden deaths all over the home counties. Doctor who and the terror of the autons by terrance dicks. Jo, its a pity escapology wasnt part of your curriculum. Watch doctor who classic terror of the autons prime video. Part of the master and the doctors relationship is explored in prose. Autons unleash a curious weapondeadly plastic dafodils.
At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings. The master uses his hypnotic powers to take control of a factory where he creates autons. The earth is endangered by a renegade time lord known as the master, who steals a dormant nestene energy unit from a museum. Although a theme that had been explored before, with the meddling monk the time meddler and the war chief the war games, the introduction of the master as the main villain for every story of season 8 saw a true evil counterpart for the doctor a moriarty to the doctors sherlock holmes, as the bbc. The manytentacled nestene monster spearhead of the second auton invasion of earth crouched beside the radio tower. The nestenes can control anything made of plastic, including killer autons. Especially when there are fans left and right curling themselves into excitement knots over the significance of references that dont really mean much for newbies. Three months delicate work and now look at it, you hamfisted bungler. Terror of the autons was the first serial of season 8 of doctor who. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on bbc1 from 2 to 23 january 1971. Haydn jones was originally contracted both to provide the auton voices and to play the telephone engineer who turns out to be the master in disguise, but the latter part was recast when jones was given the more substantial one of vosper in the mind of evil.
Can the doctor outwit his rival time lord, the master, and the evil master leered at the doctor, and triumphantly pointed out of the cabin window. Bbc one doctor who, season 8, terror of the autons. The autons make a fightening reappearance as they once again try to take over earth with the aid of the master. Bbc for anyone getting into doctor who since the shows relaunch in 2005, the back story on some of the creatures that suddenly pop up must seem a little daunting.
Doctor who and the terror of the autons audiobook by. 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. In the first film, a nestene energy unit and several autons captured by unit in spearhead from space are accidentally reactivated. 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. The doctor trying to do a bunk in this period of exile was actually repeated a few times, with pertwee largely unrepentant just a little embarrassed it hadnt worked. In the 2009 christmas episode, part one of the end of time, the doctor uses a remote locking system to lock the tardis, similar to the remotecontrol locking system used on modern cars. Part 3 season 1, episode 3 tvpg cc sd during a meteor shower, the doctor must battle the nestene consciousness, which is animating autons in an effort to colonize earth. The master another renegade time lord and the doctors sworn enemy arrives and allies himself with the nestene consciousness in an attempt to conquer the planet.
I always quite liked the fact that, in the future, the doctor wins his freedom and then cant seem to leave until he regenerates. The autons return to usher in a new era as jo grant, captain yates and the master are introduced. 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. The brigadier and the doctor discuss a wave of sudden deaths all over the home counties. In this manner, letts was able to ensure that there would be more first nights during season eight, which he and head of serials ronnie marsh felt would be better. The autons are run by a council, and in the illustrations, a giant nestene cephalopod actually appears. These stories featured unit battling the consciousness. The most notable part of autons, of course, is the introduction of the master, who became the doctors new archnemesis. 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. Doctor who reaction s8e1 terror of the autons part. The doctor and the brigadier head to farrels factory but the. The master puts the final stages of his plan into action. The one with a killer phone cable and the first appearance of an iconic villain. Sure, ill grieve for liz shaw and her return to cambridge in between seasons, but the new assistant isnt halfcute with her wide smile, wider eyes and artsy fashion sense.