Doctor Who (1963) 8.01.X2

The Doctor's Moriarty (2010)

19 minutes

People interviewed included

• Barry Letts, producer (1970-1975)
• Joseph Lidster, writer on Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Christopher Bidmead. script editor (1980-1981)
• Terrance Dicks, script editor (1970-1975)
• Katy Manning, Jo Grant
• Robert Shearman, writer on Doctor Who (2005)

Topics discussed included

• similarities and differences between the Master and the Doctor
• strengths and weaknesses of having the Master in every story in the eighth season
• Roger Delgado, Anthony Ainley and other actors who have played the part

Doctor Who (1963) 8.01.X1

Life on Earth (2010)

34 minutes

This is the "making of" documentary for Terror of the Autons

People interviewed include

• Barry Letts, producer
• Terrance Dicks, script editor
• Katy Manning, Jo Grant
• Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who (interviewed in 1995)
• Richard Franklin, Captain Mike Yates
• Phil Collinson, producer (2004-08)

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Terror of the Autons - Episode Four

The Doctor shouts and the Brigadier comes rushing back into the lab and saves him from the constricting phone wire.

Someone spots the van full of men in weird masks. The Brigadier goes after them with Captain Yates. The plan is to have the RAF blow up the van with a missile after it stops in a quarry.

The Doctor and Jo stay behind. The Doctor studies the plastic daffodil. He tries to figure out what it does. It turns out that it is activated by radio waves. Jo almost gets killed by the daffodil.

The Master shows up at UNIT HQ and insists that the Doctor and Jo come with him. The three of them go to the quarry. The Brigadier is forced to call off the missile strike on the van. The Autons tie up the Doctor and Jo.

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Terror of the Autons - Episode Three

The Doctor attacks the Autons in the front seat of the car. The Auton driving the car loses control and the car crashes. The Doctor and Jo get out of the car. They run and hide. The Autons come looking for them but then the Brigadier and Captain Yates show up. They are unable to destroy the Autons but they do manage to rescue the Doctor and Jo.

The Master, disguised as a telephone repairman, visits UNIT HQ. He replaces the phone in the lab and then leaves.

The Doctor and Jo go to visit the Farrel residence and talk to Mrs. Farrel. She gives them the doll that strangled her husband. They take it back to UNIT HQ. The Doctor leaves Jo to keep an eye on the doll. It comes back to life but Captain Yates shoots it to pieces before it can harm either of them.

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Terror of the Autons - Episode Two

The Doctor gets the bomb away from Jo and throws it out of the window. It doesn't blow up until it has sunk into some water. No one is injured. Jo is still in a hypnotic trance, even after the bomb blows up, but she eventually returns to consciousness.

The Master deals with McDermott, Farrel's second in command, by having him smothered by a inflatable chair. Farrel Senior shows up at the factory. He objects to the control that the Master is exerting over the company. The Master tries to hypnotize the elder Farrel but it doesn't work. The Master switches to plan B. He paces a plastic toy in Farrel Senior's car. It comes to life and strangles Farrel Senior after he takes it home with him.

The Doctor goes to the circus to look for the missing scientist, Professor Phillips. The manager of the circus catches the Doctor snooping around and with some help for the strong man he restrains him. That works until Jo shows up and hits the strong man over the head. The Doctor and Jo escape temporarily but a mob led by the manager of the circus attack them. They are rescued by two police officers who turn out to be Autons.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.01.01

Terror of the Autons - Episode One

The Master arrives on Earth. He steals a dormant Nestene Energy Unit. He visits the Beacon Hill Research facility. He kills a couple scientists and leaves a trap for the Doctor.

The Doctor, accompanied by Jo Grant (his new assistant) and the Brigadier, visits the Beacon Hill Research facility. He climbs to the top of the radio telescope and receives a visit from a Time Lord who has been sent to warn him that the Master is on Earth and has left a trap for him. The Doctor disarms the trap and then disarms the super powerful bomb that the Master used to arm the trap. The Doctor suggests that UNIT search any and all nearby plastics factories.

The Master pays a visit to a local plastics factory. He identifies himself as Colonel Masters and hypnotizes Rex Farrel, the owner. Jo Grant is doing her part to aid in the search for the Master when she stumbles right into him. He hypnotizes her and sends her back to UNIT with a bomb. She is in the process of trying to detonate the bomb when the episode ends.