Spearhead from Space
by Robert Holmes
A mysterious shower of meteorites lands in Essex, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
of UNIT has reason to believe that they have been deliberately been aimed
at the Earth's surface.
The Doctor joins forces with the Brigadier and Liz Shaw in a desperate
bid to prevent the nightmarish invasion of the sinister Autons. Living
models of human beings - like waxwork dummies - their murderous behaviour
is controlled and directed by the Nestene Consciousness, a malignant, squid-like
monster of cosmic propertions and indescribably hideous appearance.
Forbidden to continue his travels through time and space by his fellow
Time Lords, the newly regenerated Doctor begins his exile on Earth and
finds himself hurled into one of his most exiting and terrifying adventures...
But the Doctor is not the only alien intelligence arriving on the planet.
A shower of mysterious meteorites signals the coming of the Nestene Conciousness
- an evil, cosmic, collective being with jus one goal - total conquest
of Earth. The Nestenes possess a special ability to control plastic and
are making hoards of Autons - indestructible, armes plastic mannikins,
only awaiting the Nestene command to start their killer rampage.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, scientist Liz Shaw and U.N.I.T. enlist
the Doctor's help to defeat the relentless Auton invasion, but the Doctor
has problems of his own,,,
Running time: 92 mins approx.
Produced by Derrick Sherwin
Directed by Derek Martinus
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