Terror of the Autons (TV story): Difference between revisions
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Circus manager Rossini sees a horsebox materialize in the field near the circus tent. Out steps [[the Master]], who quickly overpowers him via hypnosis. He enlists Rossini into helping him steal a [[Nestene]] meteorite (leftover from [[Spearhead from Space]]) from a nearby museum. | Circus manager Luigi Rossini sees a horsebox materialize in the field near the circus tent. Out steps [[the Master]], who quickly overpowers him via hypnosis. He enlists Rossini into helping him steal a [[Nestene]] meteorite (leftover from [[Spearhead from Space]]) from a nearby museum. | ||
[[Liz Shaw]] having returned to Cambridge, [[the Brigadier]] assigns [[UNIT]] trainee [[Jo Grant|Josephine Grant]] to be [[Third Doctor|the Doctor’s]] new assistant. She immediately makes a bad first impression when she extinguishes a small fire on the Doctor’s lab bench, destroying the Doctor’s dematerialization circuit. Dismayed at her lack of qualifications, he attempts to fire her but cannot bring himself to do so. | [[Liz Shaw]] having returned to Cambridge, [[the Brigadier]] assigns [[UNIT]] trainee [[Jo Grant|Josephine Grant]] to be [[Third Doctor|the Doctor’s]] new assistant. She immediately makes a bad first impression when she extinguishes a small fire on the Doctor’s lab bench, destroying the Doctor’s dematerialization circuit. Dismayed at her lack of qualifications, he attempts to fire her but cannot bring himself to do so. | ||
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Investigating the theft of the meteorite and the disappearance of the scientists, the Doctor arrives at the radio telescope. Outside the control tower, a [[Time Lord]] arrives to warn the Doctor of the arrival of the Master to Earth, and alerts him to a booby trap inside. Disarming it, he discovers the shrunken body of Goodge in a lunchbox. | Investigating the theft of the meteorite and the disappearance of the scientists, the Doctor arrives at the radio telescope. Outside the control tower, a [[Time Lord]] arrives to warn the Doctor of the arrival of the Master to Earth, and alerts him to a booby trap inside. Disarming it, he discovers the shrunken body of Goodge in a lunchbox. | ||
At a small plastics firm, production manager McDermott confronts the owner, young Rex Farrel, about the mysterious Colonel Masters (the Master, of course) and the new line of products he has commissioned them into producing. | At a small plastics firm, production manager James McDermott confronts the owner, young Rex Farrel, about the mysterious Colonel Masters (the Master, of course) and the new line of products he has commissioned them into producing. | ||
The Doctor correctly surmises that the Master is in league with the Nestenes, and obtains a list of nearby plastic factories. Jo, against the Doctor’s will, goes off to investigate, and arrives at Farrel’s factory. She is quickly discovered by the Master and hypnotized. She returns to UNIT with a crate that apparently contains the Nestene meteorite, but as she attempts to open it the Doctor quickly realizes it’s a bomb… | The Doctor correctly surmises that the Master is in league with the Nestenes, and obtains a list of nearby plastic factories. Jo, against the Doctor’s will, goes off to investigate, and arrives at Farrel’s factory. She is quickly discovered by the Master and hypnotized. She returns to UNIT with a crate that apparently contains the Nestene meteorite, but as she attempts to open it the Doctor quickly realizes it’s a bomb… | ||
