Doctor Who #55: Terror of the Autons

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Title: Doctor Who: “Terror of the Autons”
Year: 1971
Network: BBC
Episodes: 4, at 25 minutes each; the first story (of five) from season eight
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Director: Barry Letts
Writer: Robert Holmes
Starring: Jon Pertwee
With: Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, John Levene, Michael Wisher, Harry Towb, Stephen Jack, Barbara Leake, Christopher Burgess, John Baskcomb
Music: Ron Grainer (theme); Dudley Simpson
Editing: Geoffrey Botterill
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Synopsis: The Master helps plastic-controlling aliens invade Earth

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Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, ). The Master's introduction to the series. Sadly, the fact that he's a renegade Timelord has no relevence to the plot. If you could call it a plot. Apart from a handful of nice character moments, everything is done quite badly. But it's a campy sort of bad that's entertaining.
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