Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

1971 · 100 min · ★ 7.8 · Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the aid of the Nestene Consciousness and their army of Autons and killer plastic daffodils - unless the Doctor, joined by new assistant Jo Grant, can stop them.

Directed by Barry Letts · Written by Robert Holmes

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