Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (1970)
For general exhibition
| Director: | Derek Martinus |
| Actors: | Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Caroline John |
Exiled to Earth in the late 20th century by his own people - the Time Lords - the newly regenerated Doctor arrives in Oxley Woods alongside a shower of mysterious meteorites. Investigating these unusual occurrences is the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - UNIT for short. Led by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart, UNIT is soon called into action when people and meteorites start going missing. Most puzzling of all is the attempted kidnap of a strange hospital patient - a man with two hearts, who insists that he recognises the Brigadier.
The new Doctor soon joins forces with his old friend, UNIT, and the recently recruited Dr Liz Shaw, but time is running out.
Irregular things are happening at a nearby plastics factory, while faceless creatures lurk in the woods. The Nestenes have arrived, and want to conquer the Earth.
This story was first broadcast in the UK on BBC1 between January 3 and January 24, 1970.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 97mins |
| Origin: | |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:03 |
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Member Reviews (5)
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The list of firsts for this DW serial is quite long.
This is the first serial to made in colour. The first for Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Caroline John as Liz Shaw. The first episode of DW to be made wholly on film. An accident but a notable first. It came about because of the unexpected unavailablilty of TV studios at the time of production. It means in 2013 this will become the first classic DW to be released on BluRay.
Bethanie I.
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Great story, the first to feature the autons (later seen in the new series
Neil M.
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the first jon pertwee story and it's a beauty
John M.
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Anne Searle
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