Spearhead from Space (TV story): Difference between revisions

The press, hearing about a "man from space" at the hospial.. The meteorites turn out to be hollow globes containing the [[Nestene Consciousness]], a disembodied alien intelligence which can inhabit and animate [[plastic]] and create [[robot]]-like plastic slaves which can appear either as mannequins or replica [[Human]]s. The plastic polyhedron is actually a power unit for a non-physical [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] intelligence known as the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. Normally disembodied, it has an affinity for plastic, and is able to animate humanoid facsimiles made from that material, known as [[Auton]]s. The Nestene have taken over a toy factory in [[London]], and plan to replace key government and public figures with Auton duplicates. The Auton in charge of the factory sends other, less human-looking Autons to retrieve the power units from UNIT and the poacher. [[Channing]], who is a Nestene agent, has taken over Auto Plastics to facilitate the invasion. Later, John Ransome returns to the plastics factory and breaks into his old workshop to find it full of new equipment. As he inspects a strange computer-like device, a plastic shop dummy steps down from a plinth behind him and advances towards him.