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 'We deal with the odd... the unexplained. Anything on Earth... or beyond.' – The Brigadier
The Doctor in his new body lands on the planet Earth. He finds out that he cannot leave Earth because he is an exile. When a man gets fired from his work place, and then gets chased by shop manikins, The Doctor soon realises that he is facing the Autons and the Nestene’s. He also finds out that the invasion of Earth will begin when plastic kills people.
I have written this review five days before the new series starts. The day is 21st March 2005. On the 26th March, episode 1 of the new series will start. I could not think of a better episode than ‘Spearhead From Space’, only because this is an Auton story, and episode 1
of the new series is an Auton episode. Well I could have written the very first episode of ‘Doctor Who’ just to get it right, the Doctor is only called Doctor. Not Doctor Who. The Who bit means the mystery.
No-one knew more about writing Doctor Who, than Robert Holmes. He is, and always will be the best writer for ‘Doctor Who’. His script for this story is one of the best
scripts he has ever done. He has written and done the third Doctor well. Many of the actors gave this story their best effort. More Jon Pertwee. His first story is one of his best
stories.
I like the look of the Autons. Except you can see that it is just a mask put over a face. The music makes this story work well.
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» Review by Peter Davis, Copyright 2005.
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All i can hear is this strange buzzing sound and then this thing appears out of the woods...it stands before me on two legs, but it isn't Human and there's no one else around and nowhere to run.
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