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'''''Spearhead from Space''''' was the first serial of [[season 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Continuing from the final episode of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', it marked a significant change in the format of ''Doctor Who''. The Doctor was from now on serving his [[Time Lord]]-imposed sentence of [[exile on Earth]]. It also continued some elements from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' in depicting a renewal of the Doctor's association with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and re-introducing [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s [[ | '''''Spearhead from Space''''' was the first serial of [[season 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Continuing from the final episode of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', it marked a significant change in the format of ''Doctor Who''. The Doctor was from now on serving his [[Time Lord]]-imposed sentence of [[exile on Earth]]. It also continued some elements from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' in depicting a renewal of the Doctor's association with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and re-introducing [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] as head of its British branch. Both would be regular features of this era of the programme. | ||
The story also introduced the Doctor's [[binary vascular system|binary cardio-vascular system]], which became an oft-repeated feature of [[Time Lord]] physiology thereafter. Moreover, it introduced both the [[Nestene Consciousness]] and its android agents the [[Auton]]s, who reappeared in future stories. [[Russell T Davies]] used this story as a template as he wrote the [[Rose (TV story)|first episode of the 2005 series]]. It also had some common features with both [[Steven Moffat]]'s and [[Chris Chibnall]]'s first stories as producers, in that both this story, ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', and ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'' introduced a new Doctor and new [[companion|companions]] after the departure of all those from the previous story, effectively making a "clean break" from the previous era of the show. | The story also introduced the Doctor's [[binary vascular system|binary cardio-vascular system]], which became an oft-repeated feature of [[Time Lord]] physiology thereafter. Moreover, it introduced both the [[Nestene Consciousness]] and its android agents the [[Auton]]s, who reappeared in future stories. [[Russell T Davies]] used this story as a template as he wrote the [[Rose (TV story)|first episode of the 2005 series]]. It also had some common features with both [[Steven Moffat]]'s and [[Chris Chibnall]]'s first stories as producers, in that both this story, ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', and ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'' introduced a new Doctor and new [[companion|companions]] after the departure of all those from the previous story, effectively making a "clean break" from the previous era of the show. | ||