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Terror of the Autons
Terror of the Autons is the first serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 January 1971.
The serial is set in various locations in England. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor and the organisation UNIT work to stop the Master, a renegade Time Lord just like the Doctor, from using a radio telescope to summon an invasion force of the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes to Earth. The serial introduced three new characters: the Doctor's new companion, Jo Grant; his archenemy the Master; and Captain Mike Yates.
The Master arrives on Earth, steals a surviving Nestene energy unit, then hijacks a radio telescope, using it to channel energy into the Nestene unit, and kidnaps Professor Philips, a research scientist. Reports of the theft and sabotage bring the Doctor, his new assistant Jo Grant and the Brigadier to investigate. There the Doctor encounters a fellow Time Lord, who warns him of the Master's arrival.
The Master next takes over Farrel Autoplastics, a nearby factory. Jo, investigating local plastics factories, finds the Master, but he hypnotises her and wipes her memory of their meeting. He sends her back to UNIT with a box ostensibly containing the stolen energy unit, but the Doctor realises she has been hypnotised and forced to deliver a bomb.
UNIT trace the missing Professor to Rossini's Circus, which the Doctor visits. He is captured by Rossini, but freed by Jo. The Doctor removes something from the Master's TARDIS. He is then attacked by Rossini and his men, only to be "rescued" by Autons disguised as policemen. Fleeing, the Doctor and Jo hide in a nearby quarry until UNIT arrive. As UNIT fight the Autons, the Doctor's party escape. Meanwhile, a large group of Autons disguised in Carnival masks tour the country handing out plastic daffodils: soon deaths from asphyxiation, shock and heart failure are being reported nationwide.
The Master infiltrates UNIT headquarters, disguised as a telephone engineer. At the Autoplastics factory, the Brigadier and the Doctor discover that Farrel, the owner, has chartered a coach, and discover a lurking killer Auton that ties-in the factory with the Master. At UNIT headquarters, the plastic flower and the plastic telephone cable try to kill Jo and the Doctor, respectively, but are foiled.
The Master breaks into UNIT HQ. The Doctor reveals that he has possession of the Master's dematerialisation circuit, threatening to destroy it: but the Master uses Jo as a hostage. He takes them both to the quarry, but Farrel, struggling to break free of his hypnosis, unexpectedly causes a diversion during which the Doctor and Jo escape.
UNIT engage the Autons, and the Doctor convinces the Master that the Nestenes will not distinguish between him and the humans once they arrive. Together, they use the radio telescope channel to force the Nestene energy back into space. The Autons collapse. The Master flees, then re-emerges, apparently surrendering. When he pulls out a gun, Yates shoots him, but the Doctor peels back a facemask to reveal it is only the hypnotised Farrel in disguise. The real Master escapes in the coach. However, without his dematerialisation circuit, the Master is now trapped on Earth.
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Terror of the Autons
Terror of the Autons is the first serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 January 1971.
The serial is set in various locations in England. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor and the organisation UNIT work to stop the Master, a renegade Time Lord just like the Doctor, from using a radio telescope to summon an invasion force of the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes to Earth. The serial introduced three new characters: the Doctor's new companion, Jo Grant; his archenemy the Master; and Captain Mike Yates.
The Master arrives on Earth, steals a surviving Nestene energy unit, then hijacks a radio telescope, using it to channel energy into the Nestene unit, and kidnaps Professor Philips, a research scientist. Reports of the theft and sabotage bring the Doctor, his new assistant Jo Grant and the Brigadier to investigate. There the Doctor encounters a fellow Time Lord, who warns him of the Master's arrival.
The Master next takes over Farrel Autoplastics, a nearby factory. Jo, investigating local plastics factories, finds the Master, but he hypnotises her and wipes her memory of their meeting. He sends her back to UNIT with a box ostensibly containing the stolen energy unit, but the Doctor realises she has been hypnotised and forced to deliver a bomb.
UNIT trace the missing Professor to Rossini's Circus, which the Doctor visits. He is captured by Rossini, but freed by Jo. The Doctor removes something from the Master's TARDIS. He is then attacked by Rossini and his men, only to be "rescued" by Autons disguised as policemen. Fleeing, the Doctor and Jo hide in a nearby quarry until UNIT arrive. As UNIT fight the Autons, the Doctor's party escape. Meanwhile, a large group of Autons disguised in Carnival masks tour the country handing out plastic daffodils: soon deaths from asphyxiation, shock and heart failure are being reported nationwide.
The Master infiltrates UNIT headquarters, disguised as a telephone engineer. At the Autoplastics factory, the Brigadier and the Doctor discover that Farrel, the owner, has chartered a coach, and discover a lurking killer Auton that ties-in the factory with the Master. At UNIT headquarters, the plastic flower and the plastic telephone cable try to kill Jo and the Doctor, respectively, but are foiled.
The Master breaks into UNIT HQ. The Doctor reveals that he has possession of the Master's dematerialisation circuit, threatening to destroy it: but the Master uses Jo as a hostage. He takes them both to the quarry, but Farrel, struggling to break free of his hypnosis, unexpectedly causes a diversion during which the Doctor and Jo escape.
UNIT engage the Autons, and the Doctor convinces the Master that the Nestenes will not distinguish between him and the humans once they arrive. Together, they use the radio telescope channel to force the Nestene energy back into space. The Autons collapse. The Master flees, then re-emerges, apparently surrendering. When he pulls out a gun, Yates shoots him, but the Doctor peels back a facemask to reveal it is only the hypnotised Farrel in disguise. The real Master escapes in the coach. However, without his dematerialisation circuit, the Master is now trapped on Earth.