Doctor Who And The Auton Invasion

Name: Doctor Who And The Auton Invasion
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Terrance Dicks
ISBN: 9781405609586

Author: Terrance Dicks

Narrator: Caroline John, Caroline John

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: BBC Digital Audio

Published: 06/02/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In this, the first adventure of his third incarnation, Doctor Who, Liz Shaw and the Brigadier grapple with the nightmarish invasion of the Autons. Living, giant-sized, plastic-modelled ‘humans’ with no hair and sightless eyes, they are waxwork replicas and tailors’ dummies whose murderous behaviour is directed by the Nestene Consciousness – a malignant, squid-like monster of cosmic proportions and indescribably hideous appearance. Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in the original Doctor Who TV serial ‘Spearhead from Space’, reads Terrance Dicks’ complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974. ‘BBC Audiobooks has chosen well with its books and has taken the right approach with its readers... they benefit from new music and sound effects’ - Doctor Who Magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on March 21, 2017

Third Doctor begins here! This is a novelization of the TV serial titled “Spearhead from Space”, which was the first story of the Season 7 in the classic era of “Doctor Who”. WHO The Doctor: The Third Doctor Companion: Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Shaw Ally: Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart WHE......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 28, 2021

This is a novelization of the first serial of the seventh season of Doctor Who, which was broadcast in January of 1970 under the title Spearhead From Space. The teleplay was written by Robert Holmes. This was the first new novelization commissioned by Target after their successful reprinting of thre......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 05, 2012

The basic story of this one owes a lot to Nigel Kneale's second Quatermass serial, with sentient meteorites being scattered about the countryside, mysterious industrial compounds manned by dull faced workers, high ranking officials being subverted or controlled, an alien intelligence brewed in a vat......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 27, 2011

One of the first adaptations in the long running Target range of "Doctor Who" novels and still one of the best. It just goes to show that when given time to let a story breathe, Terrance Dicks can do more than just translate a script onto the printed page. Adapting the first story of the Jon Pertwee......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on March 10, 2012

I went into the Oxfam shop in Ipswich the other day, because to my delight, there was a whole load of the original Doctor Who Target books displayed prominently in the window. About 20 or more of them. A nostalgic treasure trove. So naturally I stood in the doorway, with my tangled mop of curly hair......more