Terror of the Autons

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Doctor Who serial television story

Terror of the Autons is a 1971 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor that introduced the Time Lord villain known as the Master and is notable for its use of the shape-shifting Autons and a darker, more psychological tone.

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Doctor Who serial "Terror of the Autons" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who serial ⓘ
television story ⓘ
chronologyFollows Inferno ⓘ
chronologyPrecedes The Mind of Evil ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Barry Letts ⓘ
featuresCompanion Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart ⓘ
Jo Grant ⓘ
Sergeant Benton ⓘ
featuresConcept Time Lord ⓘ
surface form: Time Lords
featuresDevice Time Lord technology ⓘ
featuresDoctor The Doctor ⓘ
surface form: Third Doctor
featuresElement shape-shifting Autons ⓘ
featuresEntity Nestene Consciousness ⓘ
featuresOrganization UNIT ⓘ
featuresSpecies Autons ⓘ
featuresVillain The Master ⓘ
surface form: the Master
firstBroadcastYear 1971 ⓘ
format 4-part serial ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
introducesCharacter Captain Mike Yates ⓘ
Jo Grant ⓘ
The Master ⓘ
surface form: the Master
notableFor darker tone ⓘ
introduction of the Master ⓘ
psychological horror elements ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who ⓘ
portraysCharacter Jon Pertwee – Third Doctor ⓘ
Katy Manning – Jo Grant ⓘ
Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart ⓘ
Richard Franklin – Captain Mike Yates ⓘ
Roger Delgado ⓘ
surface form: Roger Delgado – the Master
producer Barry Letts ⓘ
productionCode EEE ⓘ
scriptEditor Terrance Dicks ⓘ
season 8 ⓘ
series classic Doctor Who ⓘ
setting Earth ⓘ
settingEra contemporary to broadcast ⓘ
starsActor Jon Pertwee ⓘ
Katy Manning ⓘ
Nicholas Courtney ⓘ
Richard Franklin ⓘ
Roger Delgado NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgenre psychological horror ⓘ
writer Robert Holmes ⓘ

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The Master → firstAppearance → Terror of the Autons ⓘ
Roger Delgado → firstAppearanceAsTheMaster → Terror of the Autons ⓘ
Barry Letts → workedOn → Terror of the Autons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Who serial "Terror of the Autons"