Terror of the Autons

055 – *Terror of the Autons*
055 – Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Jon Pertwee – Third Doctor;
	Companion Katy Manning – Jo Grant;
	Others Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; Richard Franklin – Captain Mike Yates; John Levene – Sergeant Benton; Roger Delgado – The Master; David Garth – Time Lord; Michael Wisher – Rex Farrel; Stephen Jack – Farrel Snr.; Barbara Leake – Mrs. Farrel; Harry Towb – McDermott; Christopher Burgess – Professor Philips; Frank Mills – Radio Telescope Director; Andrew Staines – Goodge; Dermot Tuohy – Brownrose; John Baskcomb – Rossini; Roy Stewart – Tony the Strong Man; Dave Carter – Museum Attendant; Bill McGuirk – Policeman (scenes deleted); Pat Gorman – Auton Leader; Terry Walsh – Auton Policeman; Haydn Jones – Auton Voice; Norman Stanley – Telephone Mechanic;
Production
Directed by	Barry Letts (uncredited)
Written by	Robert Holmes
Script editor	Terrance Dicks
Produced by	Barry Letts
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	EEE
Series	Season 8
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	2 January 1971
Last broadcast	23 January 1971
Chronology
← Preceded by; Inferno	Followed by →; The Mind of Evil

Terror of the Autons is the first serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 January 1971.

The serial is set in various locations in England. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor and the organisation UNIT work to stop the Master, a renegade Time Lord just like the Doctor, from using a radio telescope to summon an invasion force of the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes to Earth. The serial introduced three new characters: the Doctor's new companion, Jo Grant; his archenemy the Master; and Captain Mike Yates.