#autons

[lilydvoratrelundar]

"I couldn't escape now if I wanted to. They've trapped me here!"

Giffing Pertwee Who - Spearhead from Space: Episode 3

#dwedit #pertweegifs #lily dot tee ex tee #lily edits #jon pertwee #doctor who #classic who #classicwhoedit #liz shaw #autons #brigadier lethbridge-stewart #unit #spearhead from space #dwgifs

[doctorwhogirlie]

Doctor Who - Terror of the Autons

#third doctor #the master #jo grant #brigadier alistair gordon lethbridge stewart #doctor who #doctor who girlie #classic who #classic doctor who #brigadier lethbridge stewart #autons #terror of the autons

[tinkerbitch69]

Coming to the horrifying realisation that the nestene consciousness could create auton sex dolls and the equally horrifying realisation that this sounds like the plot of an average torchwood episode 😐

#screaming internally #I have sinned and cannot return to my former state of blessed innocence #doctor who #dw #torchwood #nestene consciousness #autons #hire me big finish

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Coming Soon: Celebrating Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary with Illustrated Target Book of Rose

Coming Soon: Celebrating #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary with Illustrated Target Book of Rose

Following the popularity of last year’s Illustrated Edition of Doctor Who and the Daleks, BBC Books is set to release a follow-up version of Rose, the first story of Doctor Who‘s 21st Century revival. The story was novelised by Russell T Davies back in 2018, and while this edition republishes the whole narrative, it comes with brand new illustrations by acclaimed artist, Robert Hack. BBC Books…

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#Autons #Billie Piper #Christopher Eccleston #Fifteenth Doctor #Ncuti Gatwa #Ninth Doctor #Robert Hack #Rose #Rose Tyler #Rose: The Illustrated Edition #RTD #Russell T. Davies #Target Books

[thingsasbarcodes]

Doctor Who 5x12 - The Pandorica Opens

#doctor who #newwho #the pandorica opens #eleventh doctor #amy pond #rory williams #river song #pandorica #cybermen #daleks #autons #the silence #judoon #silurians #sontarans #hoix #sycorax

[pluralzalpha]

Doctor Who - revamped villains part two

#doctor who #dalek emperor #cybermat #ice warriors #autons #nestene consciousness

[6-and-7]

Time Ramvent Day 25: Dirty Box from Space It's Matt Smith's introductory episode, 'Spearhead from Space'! Plastic rains down on Leadworth, bringing with it a crashing blue box. The Doctor steals Helen Mirren's look. Amy steals her dad's dirty old box. Rory is just trying to make it through the day. Relatable, relatable Rory.

#doctor who #time ram #art #fan art #my art #time ramvent #eleventh doctor #matt smith #amy pond #rory williams #autons #spearhead from space

[doctorwho-rewatch]

S1E1 - Rose

★★★★★

This show is about time travel and wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. And what a time warp this episode was! Eighteen years after it was released, watching it felt like I had stepped into the TARDIS myself and was transported back in time, to 2005 London, slightly disoriented by how old this episode is. Punkyfish! Flip phones! Flared jeans! Give me all that mid-noughties nostalgia!

This episode is honestly perfection to me. Chris Ecclestone’s Doctor is the war-ravaged Doctor - retaining that unquenchable curiosity for the universe but now no longer caring for the mundane complexities of humans and relationships. This is a Doctor who has seen things. What, we don’t specifically know just yet. He is likely experiencing something akin to PTSD but he is not cognisant to it or more likely, he is in denial.

This Doctor is balanced against Rose Tyler - the embodiment of bored British youth, over the monotony of life and asking themselves, ‘is this it?’. She was my favourite companion and largely because she was me when I first watched this.I was living Rose’s life and much like Rose, I was over it. She asks the questions I would’ve asked.

This episode has the dated VFX, silly humour that actually lands and camp galore (burping bins anyone?). The awaited scene of entering the TARDIS for the first time delivered. The plot is nothing special to write home about but I do think it was a smart choice to meld the alien world with our human world for that critical first episode of the rebooted series. 

This first episode had me grinning. I’m reminded why I loved this show in the first place. And so when the Doctor grabs Rose’s hand and says ‘Run!’, I am ready to embark on this adventure again, with them.

QUOTE (QUote Of The Episode): “If you’re an alien, how come you sound like you’re from the North? Lots of planets have a North!”

#doctorwho #rose tyler #ninth doctor #nuwho #christopher eccleston #billie piper #autons #series 1 #9th doctor

[gallifreywhere]

"Play now to win Autons"

...I'd rather lose, actually.

#doctor who #autons #lost in time #doctor who lost in time

[dougielombax]

I wonder if we’ll see the Autons in Dr Who again.

Idk.

Maybe some day.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #doctor who #autons

[doctorwhogirlie]

#doctor who #doctor who girlie #ninth doctor #9th doctor #christopher eccleston #rose tyler #the parting of the ways #the ninth doctor #rose #the end of the world #the unquiet dead #fathers day #aliens of london #world war three #slitheen #autons #dalek #daleks #the empty child #the doctor dances #boom town #mickey smith #captain jack harkness #bad wolf #jackie tyler

[eloisembrooks]

Nu Who Review (RTD-Chibnall) Part One: Series One with Eccleston and Piper

With 28 weeks to go, here is Nu Who Review (RTD-Chibnall) Part One: Series One with Eccleston and Piper!

This is blog post one of the 28 week countdown to November! I’m so excited for DW to come back and trying to avoid spoilers wherever possible, so I’m going to be considerate and warn you now: These first seventeen posts will be direct reviews of each series of Doctor Who, so will be absolutely riddled with spoilers, so please don’t read if you’ve never watched the show! Watching Doctor Who for…

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#aliens #aliens of london #autons #bad wolf #best of #billie piper #blog #boom town #captain jack #cardiff #cassandra #charles dickens #Christmas #christopher eccleston #dalek #daleks #doctor who #father&039;s day #gelth #jackie tyler #jagrafess #john barrowman #journalism #life #london #me #mickey smith #mine #nine #nuwho review

[being-of-rain]

Thoughts from my Classic Who watch, season 7 edition. Is this overall my favourite season so far? I think so! This was a bit of a long one because I found a lot to gush about liking in these stories.

I have kinda mixed feelings about the third Doctor and his era, so I was interested to see how they’d develop during my Classic Who watch. But I knew I really liked a lot of his first season, and watching all of it over two days confirmed that for me! The four stories just feel like such a coherent unit and dedicated to their aesthetic of modern earthbound sci-fi adventures with an official agency dedicated to the paranormal. Each of the four is a classic telling of a different type of tale you could do with that setting. I’ve seen lots of people compare the show to the British sci-fi serial Quartermass, but never having seen that, I couldn’t help but draw parallels instead with The X-Files.

The seven-part format of the other stories don’t bother me too much, but I’m really glad that Spearhead From Space is only four-parts. Unlike the others, I don’t think it really has anything political to say, and is all aesthetic- but that’s not a downside when your aesthetic is this good. The asteroids, the silent and efficient attempt to kidnap the Doctor from hospital, the eldritch abomination growing out of plastic in a scientific coffin. Channing- the actor who played Channing deserves all the praise, he barely ever changes expression but he’s never not creepy and very obviously the bad guy. And the autons! Living mannequin dummies is such a classic and easy horror trope, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen them done as efficiently as they are in Spearhead (sorry Nikola Orsinov). Coming alive in the background of the shot at the end of episode 2, surprising the hunter’s wife inside her home in episode 3, and gunning people down on the street in episode 4 are as scary as the Autons have ever been. As for the regulars, the Brigadier is incredibly fun, and I love it when he’s obviously enjoying himself like he is in his first scene. The new Doctor is funny and it’s interesting to see how he reacts to being stuck on Earth, trying to run off mid-story and acting rude to a lot of people (Two was incredibly polite to the Brigadier compared to how Three treats him). But the standout for me was Liz Shaw, I love her so much. Her first scene with the Brigadier is fantastic at establishing her character and how much she won’t compromise on who she is and what she believes (Science!). It’s hilarious to watch her and the Doctor immediately become best friends by bonding over annoying the Brig. Like I said in my last watchthrough post, I love a strong female character in classic who, and Liz just feels so incredibly human too (yawning and daydreaming about sleep while working all night, what a mood). She even gets to be the once to ultimately save the day by fixing the Nestene-zapping machine she made with the Doctor! Oh, and having a hospital cleaner call the press who mob the Brigadier as soon as he arrives there is hilarious and was the perfect way to immediately ground the series in modern-day Earth, fantastic.

I do love that, despite it being a mistake and no matter how unnecessary it is, every Dr Who fan I know always calls this story by its full on-screen title, Doctor Who and the Silurians. It’s just... such an aesthetic. The Dr Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks of TV Who. I also love that of the four season 7 stories, only the first has a completely malevolent alien force. For a show that preaches accepting people despite their differences, Doctor Who sometimes gets complacent in showing Humans Good Aliens Bad just because of its format, and it’s been nice seeing the Third Doctor era actively reject that complacency so often. Certainly I don’t think the Silurians (the creatures or the story) would be as remembered or loved by Dr Who lore if they had been portrayed as purely out-and-out villains, and the Doctor and Liz silently driving away from the exploding caves makes for a really sombre ending. There’s some good horror in this story too, like the build-up of the disturbed man drawing figures on the wall of his room, and Liz being attacked alone in the barn. And of course, oh god, this really is a too-real story after the worldwide pandemic. Seeing government officials ignore quarantine rules simply because they didn’t feel like obey them was so accurate to real life. And my brother and I groaned and yelled at the TV when Dr Lawrence said “Why should I waste my time having useless injections against an imaginary epidemic?” Jeezy Creezy.

The government conspiracy in The Ambassadors of Death gave me such X-Files vibes, and my brother pointed thought that UNIT had so many security lapses in it that they should find another job. I really liked that once again the aliens were reasonable, and this time a peaceful solution could be met with them, and meanwhile it was the xenophobic officials and army general who were the real villains. Of course, the horror in this story also endeared itself to me. I’ve been getting more into horror recently, and I’m clearly find a lot of examples of it that I like in Doctor Who. The ambassadors approaching people slowly and impassively in their spacesuits, the cliffhanger where one is reaching out right behind the Doctor, and the moment where Liz sees one without its helmet are all fantastic. There was some funny unintentional comedy in this story too, like when there was an extended sequence of global satellite dishes working together to co-ordinate where in the world a signal was coming from, and in the end the world map shows that it was coming from England, shocker. Or the end of the serial which wraps up so abruptly, with the Doctor shaking peoples hands and saying his goodbye the moment the general gets arrested and saying he has other places to be with no further explanation. He really does hate doing the busywork of tidying up afterward.

Literally what could be more iconic than making an evil version of a character with an eyepatch. Nothing. It’s kind of a surprise that Doctor Who hasn’t done more with parallel universes, but if it had to just do one then Inferno was a good outing for the concept. The way it used the drilling and seeing a world just slightly ahead of our own but already facing total destruction was very clever. And the visual of the lava approaching at the end of episode 6 is one that’ll always stick with me. I’m glad that it was that horror which got brought up the next season as something that really stuck with the Doctor, and utterly terrified him. I’m not sure what else to say about this one that I haven’t said is great about the other stories- the aesthetic of a down-to-earth agency (or forced-down-to-earth in the Doctor’s case) facing something huge, unknown, and deadly. The largest obstacle and initiation of most problems being humans’ greed, pride, and bureaucracy. And of course the regulars, who are always fun. Benton gets his largest role since The Invasion here, even ignoring his evil duplicate, and it’s easy to see why he’s brought in for some light comic relief in future seasons. Evil Brigadier is both enjoyable and hateable like only the best characters can be. And Liz! It’s such a shame that she only had one season, because she’s just so lovable and smart, she’s probably one of my favourite companions so far. Even when the story sidelines her, she’s always putting up a fight, for what she believes in and against those who’d keep her down (unfortunate that she didn’t win that fight against the producers. I wonder what an AU of season 8 where Liz stayed would look like?)

#my thoughts #this again gets rambly #I shouldn't wait so long after watching the episodes to write these because I start to forget jsdlkfj #Three #Liz #The Brig #unit #autons

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Pete McTighe Confirms That Praxeus Originally Brought Back the Autons

Pete McTighe Confirms That #DoctorWho Praxeus Originally Brought Back the Autons

Writer, Pete McTighe has confirmed that his Doctor Who Series 12 episode, Praxeus, originally brought back the Autons. When a story focuses on the dangers of plastic, it’s only natural that fans immediately think of the Autons — living plastic, stirred into being by the Nestene Consciousness –and McTighe has shed some light on initial plans for the Thirteenth Doctor story: “Originally, that was…

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#Autons #Chris Chibnall #Doctor Who Series 12 #Jodie Whittaker #Pete McTighe #Praxeus #Spearhead from Space #Terror of the Autons #Thirteenth Doctor

[vintage1981]

The Future is Here - the new Doctor is revealed | Doctor Who

The BBC has today announced Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor set to take charge of the TARDIS.

“There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared. Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart, but I am giving it all to this show.” — Ncuti Gatwa

Star of stage and screen Ncuti is best known for his critically acclaimed performance in Sex Education as the iconic Eric Effiong, for which he was awarded Best Actor Award at the Scottish BAFTAs in 2020 as well as numerous nominations, including Best Male Performance in a comedy programme at this year’s BAFTAs.

Speaking of his new role, Ncuti says: “There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared. This role and show means so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unique responsibility and privilege with the utmost care. I will endeavour my utmost to do the same.

"Russell T Davies is almost as iconic as the Doctor himself and being able to work with him is a dream come true. His writing is dynamic, exciting, incredibly intelligent and fizzing with danger. An actor’s metaphorical playground. The entire team has been so welcoming and truly give their hearts to the show. And so as much as it’s daunting, I’m aware I’m joining a really supportive family. Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart but I am giving it all to this show.”

Russell T Davies, Showrunner, adds: “The future is here and it’s Ncuti! Sometimes talent walks through the door and it’s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just stand back in awe and thank my lucky stars. Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds. It’s an honour to work with him, and a hoot, I can’t wait to get started. I’m sure you’re dying to know more, but we’re rationing ourselves for now, with the wonderful Jodie’s epic finale yet to come. But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!”

Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, says: “Ncuti has an incredible dynamism, he’s a striking and fearless young actor whose talent and energy will set the world alight and take Doctor Who on extraordinary adventures under Russell T Davies’ new era."

Further details will be announced in due course.

#Doctor Who #BBC Studios #Russell T. Davies #Ncuti Gatwa #TARDIS #Sonic Screwdriver #BAFTA #Daleks #Cybermen #Ice Warriors #Sontarans #Autons #Fenric

[crossoverworldtree]

Nestene Consciousness

Name: Nestene Consciousness Motivation: Spread Critter Type: Offspring of Shub-Niggurath Attributes: Str 8, Dex 4, Con 4, Int 8, Per 3, Will 7 Ability Scores: Muscle 22, Combat 16, Brains 16, Life Points: 158 Drama Points: 2-4 Special Abilities: Tentacles (5 actions per turn), Increased Life Points, Reduced Damage (1/5 Bullet), Reduced Damage (1/5 Falls), Reduced Damage (1/2 Slash/Stab), Armor Value 8, Weakness (Anti-Plastic), Hypnosis 3, Kardashev Type 1 (Medium)

Civilization Member Name - Score - Damage - Notes Tentacle - 16 - 20 - Bash Grapple - 18 - None - Impairments vary Hypnosis 1 - 18 - None - Causes Hesitation Hypnosis 2 - 17 - None - Creates Illusion Hypnosis 3 - 16 - None - Dominates target

The Nestene Consciousness is a spawn of Shub-Niggurath. As such, it is concerned only with the spread of its species. The species once had a good niche in the galaxy before the Time War. Now, they get by however they can. They can telepathically control plastics, altering them to suit their needs. Primarily, they form "Autons" from mannequins.

Name: Auton Motivation: The Will of the Consciousness Critter Type: Android Attributes: Str 8, Dex 1, Con 2, Int 2, Per 3, Will 2 Ability Scores: Muscle 18, Combat 14, Brains 12, Life Points: 50 Drama Points: 10 Special Abilities: Reduced Damage (1/5 Bullet), Reduced Damage (1/5 Falls), Reduced Damage (1/2 Slash/Stab), Armor Value 8, Natural Weapons (Sonic Gun), Weakness (dies if cut off from Consciousness), Weakness (Anti-Plastics), Kardashev Type 1 (Medium) Civilization Member Name - Score - Damage - Notes Punch - 14 - 19 - Bash Sonic Gun - 14 - 20 - x2 after armor, ignores 6 AV.

#Doctor Who #Nestene Consciousness #Autons #Auton