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DVD

Doctor Who. Terror of the Autons

Call Number

  • DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney.

Publication Information

[London] : BBC Worldwide Ltd. : 2 Entertain Video ; [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The Doctor is still trapped on Earth and unable to use the TARDIS, but the Time Lords are looking out for him. They send warning that the Master has come to Earth, and the Doctor soon discovers that the dangerous Time Lord is also working alongside the Nestene Consciousness, controller of lethal Auton creatures. Once again, the planet is in terrible danger. Can the Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant save it before it's too late and the true terror of the Autons is revealed?

Notes

Title from container.

"Story no. 55"--Container.

Originally broadcast in episodes on the BBC in 1971.

DVD extras: audio commentary with select cast and crew ; Life on Earth: making of (33 min.) ; The Doctor's Moriarty (19 min.) ; Plastic fantastic (11 min.) ; photo gallery (6 min.) ; PDF materials.

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