Main menuRobert Holmes, Doctor Who - Terror of the Autons
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Terror of the Autons | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Robert Holmes | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 3135B | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1970 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101759813-B911 03 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1943 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2829, rank in dvds is 133. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 3 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Amazon online shop | ||||||||||
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Part 1 | 24.36 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 24.48 | |||||||||
| A3 | Part 3 | 23.28 | |||||||||
| A4 | Part 4 | 22.10 | |||||||||
| A5 | Life on Earth - New kids on the block | 33.42 | |||||||||
| A6 | The Doctor's Moriarty | 18.56 | |||||||||
| A7 | Plastic fantastic | 11.04 | |||||||||
| A8 | Photo gallery | 8.33 | |||||||||
| A9 | Radio Times listings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A10 | Coming soon - Frontios | 1.01 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 2:48:18. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3.6666666666667. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringJon Pertwee (Third Doctor) Katy Manning (Jo Grant) Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Richard Franklin - Captain Mike Yates John Levene - Sergeant Benton Roger Delgado - The Master David Garth - Time Lord Michael Wisher - Rex Farrel Stephen Jack - Farrel Snr. Barbara Leake - Mrs. Farrel Harry Towb - McDermott Christopher Burgess - Professor Phillips Frank Mills - Radio Telescope Director Andrew Staines - Goodge Dermot Tuohy - Brownrose John Baskcomb - Rossini Roy Stewart - Strong Man Dave Carter - Museum Attendant Bill McGuirk - Policeman Pat Gorman - Auton Leader Terry Walsh - Auton Policeman Hayden Jones - Auton Voice Norman Stanley - Telephone Mechanic Written byRobert Holmes Produced byBarry Letts Directed byBarry Letts SynopsisThe Doctor is still trapped on Earth and unable to use the TARDIS, but the Time Lords are looking out for him. They send warning that the Master has arrived and the Doctor soon discovers that the evil Time Lord is working is working alongside the Nestene Consciousness, controller of lethal Auton creatures. Once again, the planet is in terrible danger. Can the Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant save it before it's too late and the true terror of the Autons is revealed? BackgroundTerror of the Autons opens Jon Pertwee's second series of Doctor Who and creates a fresh template for an exciting new era of the show. The story is bright, bold and full of plastic. It features the return of the nightmarish Autons, who appeared the year before in Spearhead from Space, and is quite different in tone and style from previous Doctor Who. There are many firsts here. As well as a new UNIT base and laboratory for the Doctor, there's a new companion, new captain at UNIT and a brilliant new villain. The Master, played here with suitable menace by Roger Delgado, was created to provide a Moriarty figure for the Third Doctor. The character appears in every story that year - and returns again and again throughout Doctor Who's history. Katy Manning makes her debut as the Doctor's endearingly clumsy assistant Jo Grant, and is very different from the previous year's companion. Jo is the antithesis of Liz Shaw - less of an equal to the Doctor, and more about asking important questions and getting into trouble. By the end of the first episode, she has already been hypnotised into trying to blow-up UNIT! The Nestene and the Autons are popular and well-remembered monsters, even though they only appeared in two stories. They were originally going to return to fight the Sixth Doctor in 1985 - but it wasn't until Doctor Who's comeback in 2005, that Russell T Davies resurrected them as the alien menace for the first new series adventure, Rose. | ||
Other versions | ||
| I have the title track on these releases: | ||
| [dvds] | BBCDVD 3135 | Doctor Who - Mannequin mania |
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