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 Doctor Who: Terror of the
Autons [1971]
Date(s) of Broadcast:
2 January 1971 - 23 January 1971
Number of Episodes: 4
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Barry
Letts
SCRIPT
Script: Robert Holmes
Story Editor: Terrance Dicks
DIRECTION
Director: Barry
Letts [uncredited]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Eric Monk
Film Camera: John Baker
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Geoffrey Botterill
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
SOUND
Studio Sound: Colin Dixon
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Jan Harrison
Costumes: Ken Trew
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Michealjohn Harris
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Ian Watson
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Nicholas John
Assistant Floor Manager: Bruce Best
Circus Sequences: Robert Brothers
STUNTS
Action: Havoc
CAST
Jon Pertwee [The Doctor]
Katy Manning [Jo Grant]
Nicholas Courtney [Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]
Richard Franklin [Captain Mike Yates]
John Levene [Sergeant Benton]
Roger Delgado [The Master]
Michael Wisher [Rex Farrel]
John Baskomb [Luigi Rossinni (Lew Russell)]
Christopher Burgess [Professor George Philips]
Harry Towb [James Mcdermot]
David Garth [Time Lord]
Frank Mills [radio telescope director]
Andrew Staines [Albert Goodge]
Dave Carter [museum attendant]
Barbara Leake [Mary Farrel]
Stephen Jack [John Farrel]
Roy Stewart [Toby]
Pat Gorman [Auton leader]
Hadyn Jones [Auton voice]
Dermot Tuohy [Brownrose]
Norman Stanley [telephone mechanic]
Bill McGuirk [policeman] (credited but does not appear)
Terry Walsh [Auton policeman]
Tommy Reynolds [Auton doll - uncredited]
Bob Blaine, Les Clark, Ian Eliott, Nick Hobbs, Tom O'leary, Charles
Pickless, Mike Stevens [Autons - uncredited]
Les Conrad [soldier - uncredited]
Eve Aubrey, Mike Austin, Max Diamond, Duke Dupree, Brian Gough, Stuart
Harwood, Gordon Howes, Sylvia Lane, Mario, Jack Murray, Gregory Powell,
Sheila Power, Bobby Roberts, Mac Russell, Steve Sullivan, E Turner,
Edward Vaughn, Paul Warren [extras - uncredited]
SUMMARY
A malevelant Timelord called The Master arrives
on Earth and captures a Nestene energy unit. Re-starting production
of the Autons The Master distributes fake plastic flowers throughout
the country which when activated would bring the Nestene down to Earth.
The Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant attempt to foil his plan.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A new companion the daffy Jo to replace scientific
Miss Shaw[no farewell scene for her] and the first appearance of The
Doctor's Moriarty, The Master builds on the previous season's
change in format and make complete what is now in retrospect the Pertwee
/ Letts / Dicks era. The Autons were the most subtle soulless robot
villain creation and it is odd they were never re-used. The doll murder
caused a minor outcry at the time and still works.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
USA
Video Distributor: CBS/FOX
TIMELINE
1971
January
2: UK - Episode One first television broadcast [on BBC1]
9: UK - Episode Two first television broadcast [on BBC1]
16: UK - Episode Three first television broadcast [on BBC1]
23: UK - Episode Four first television broadcast [on BBC1]
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Spray of Death
LINKS
SEQUEL
TO
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space [1970]
SEQUELS
Auton [1997]
Auton 2: Sentinel [1998]
Auton 3 [1999]
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor
Who: The Television Companion pp.197-201
credits, synopsis, review [by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker]
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
aliens
Last Updated:
21 April, 2008
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