The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw - Caroline John
Brigadier
Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
Channing - Hugh Burden
Sam Seeley - Neil Wilson
Mullins - Talfryn Thomas
Captain Jimmy Munro - John Breslin
Doctor Henderson - Antony Webb
Nurse - Helen Dorward
Corporal Forbes - George Lee
UNIT officer - Tessa Shaw
Technician - Ellis Jones
Michael Wagstaffe - Allan Mitchell
Jimmy "2nd reporter" - Prentis Hancock
Major General Scobie - Hamilton Dyce
Doctor Beavis - Henry McCarthy
George Hibbert - John Woodnutt
John Ransome - Derek Smee
Meg Seeley - Betty Bowden
Sergeant - Clifford Cox
attendant - Edmund Bailey
Assistant Floor
Manager - Liam Foster
Costumes - Christine Rawlins
Designer - Paul Allen
Film Cameraman - Stan Speel, Robert
McDonnell
Film Editor - William Symon, Adam
Dawson
Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
Make-Up - Cynthia Goodwin
Producer - Derrick Sherwin
Production Assistant - Peter Grimwade
Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
Title Music - Ron Grainer
Visual Effects - John Horton
Exile! The Time
Lords have banished the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth...
But The Doctor isn't the only alien to have arrived, as a swarm
of meteorites have crashed into the sleepy English countryside,
bringing with them a terible new threat to mankind.
As the Nestene plan takes shape, UNIT, The Doctor and his newly
appointed scientific advisor, Liz Shaw, race against time to
stop humanity being replaced by a terrifying plastic facsimile
race...
Working
Title(s):
■ Facsimile
Things to look out for:
■ This is the first story where we learn that The Doctor
has two hearts.
Archive:
■ All 4 episodes exist.
Bloopers:
■ At the start of Episode Two, The Doctor clutches his
head before being shot.
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Mannequin Mania
Manufactured by:
BBC DVD / 2|Entertain (cat.#3135)
Format: DVD -
Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic
RRP:
£30.63
Rating: PG
Released:
9th May 2011
Notes:
Spearhead From Space: Special Edition
waseleased as part of the Mannequin Mania
box-set, together with Terror Of The Autons.
Special Features:
■ Commentary - With actors Katy Manning and Nicolas
Courtney, producer Barry Letts.
■ Life on Earth - In this documentary, cast and crew
look back at the making of the story and the differences in
the way Doctor Who was made in the seventies compared to now.
With actors Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning and Richard Franklin,
producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks and new
series producer Phil Collinson.
■ The Doctor’s Moriarty– with the introduction of the
Master, the Doctor now had his very own Moriarty, who would be
the dark figure behind every story in season eight, and many
more beyond that. This featurette discusses the enduring
appeal of the character. With actor Katy Manning, producer
Barry Letts, script editors Terrance Dicks and Christopher H
Bidmead and writers Robert Shearman and Joe Lidster.
■ Plastic Fantastic – how did the writers of Doctor Who
and other programmes take something as everyday as plastic and
turn it against us? With writers Francesca Gavin, Robert
Shearman and new series designer Matthew Savage.
■ Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity
photos from the story.
■
Coming Soon - a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
■ Radio Times Listings and promotional material for
Sugar Smacks and Nestle products in Adobe PDF format.
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Spearhead From Space
Manufactured by:
BBC DVD / 2|Entertain (cat.#1033)
Format: DVD -
Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic
RRP:
£19.99
Rating: U
Released:
29th January 2001
Special Features:
■ Commentary - by Nicholas Courtney & Caroline
John
■ On Screen Production Notes
■ UNIT Recruitment Film
■ Trailers
■ Photo Gallery
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Invasion Earth!
Manufactured by: BBC Audio / AudioGO
Format:
Audio CD
RRP:
£40.00
Released:
4th October 2012
Notes:
Doctor Who And
The Auton Invasion,
released as part of the Invasion Earth!
box-set, together with Doctor Who And The
Dalek Invasion Of Earth & Doctor
Who And The Invasion Of The Dinosaurs.
Read by Caroline John.
This release is a repack of the 2008, 4 x CD set (see below).
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Doctor Who And The Auton Invasion
Manufactured by: BBC Audio
Format:
Audio CD
RRP:
£13.25
Released:
12th June 2008
Notes:
This
is a 4 x CD set. Read by
Caroline John.
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