Terror of the Autons (TV story): Difference between revisions

The Brigadier hears the Doctor shouting for help, and disconnects the phone, cutting off the signal. The Doctor tells the Brigadier that the Nestenes can put life into anything made of plastic, and the Brigadier says there is a lot of plastic around. Later, a daffodil sprays a plastic film over Jo's mouth. The Doctor eventually removes the film by spraying it. The Doctor and Jo accidentally discover that the plastic daffodils, which are activated by radio waves, emit the asphyxiating films over peoples' noses and mouths. The Master arrives at the Doctor's lab, armed with his shrinking device, ready to kill him. The Doctor shows that he is holding the Master's dematerialization circuit, which would be destroyed if he used it. Jo breaks the stalemate when she blurts out that UNIT has identified the coach bus and is planning an airstrike. The Master then alters his plan, kidnapping them and leaving them tied up in the bus to be killed in the strike. The Brigadier and Benton see this and cancel the airstrike just in time. The Doctor communicates to UNIT by tapping a Morse Code message on the bus brake pedal, while Jo impresses the Doctor with her skills at escapology. The bus then drives off to the radio telescope. Farrel regins his wits, and sends the bus into a field near the radio telescope. The Doctor and Jo escape from the bus while it is moving. The Master sees that the Doctor and Jo have escaped, and orders the Autons to go after them. The Master encounters a scientist on his way to the radio telescope. He throws the scientist over the side of the radio telescope staircase, and the scientist falls, screaming to his death.

While the Autons hold off a UNIT force led by Yates and Benton, the Doctor and Brigadier confront the Master at the radio telescope as he opens the signal for the Nestene invasion force. The Doctor convinces him that he'll be expendable once the Nestenes arrive, and together they reverse the radio signal, expelling the force into deep space. Because their signal is cut off, the Autons drop dead. Inside the radio telescope, the Doctor and the Brigadier catch their breath. Suddenly, the Brigadier sees that the Master has escaped, and they both chase after him. The Master reaches the bus, where he is trapped. He then exits the bus with his hands up, surrendering. As he pulls out a pistol, Yates shoots him. The Doctor looks closely, and peels off the face. He discovers it is Rex Farrel disguised as the Master. The real Master escapes in the bus, but without his dematerialization circuit he's trapped on Earth. Back at UNIT, the Doctor admits to Jo and the Brigadier that since they are now both stranded, he looks forward to their next meeting.