"Spearhead from Space" | |
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Information | |
Title: | "Spearhead from Space" |
Series: | Doctor Who |
Season: | 7 |
Airdates: | January 3rd, 1970 - January 24th, 1970 |
Chapters: | 4 |
Episodes: | 7.1; 7.2; 7.3; 7.4 |
Setting | |
Setting: | England |
Major characters: | The Doctor; Elizabeth Shaw; Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart; The Autons; Sam Seeley; The Nestine Consciousness |
Minor characters: | Channing; Meg Seeley; Mullins; Captain Munro; Doctor Henderson; Corporal Forbes |
Navigation | |
Previous: | "The War Games" |
Next: | "Doctor Who and the Silurians" |
"Spearhead from Space" is the first major serial featured in series seven of the original BBC science fiction television program Doctor Who. It is the first story-arc to feature Jon Pertwee in the role of the third incarnation of the Doctor and also introduces the character of Elizabeth Shaw, his newest companion. The storyline ran for four installments from January 3rd to January 24th, 1970.
Characters[]
- The Doctor - The third incarnation of the Doctor; He helped identify and defeat the threat of the Autons.
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - The head of UNIT. Recruited Elizabeth Shaw and assisted in the Doctor's recovery.
- Elizabeth Shaw - Scientist who joins UNIT; Skeptical of all things alien - until she partners up with the Doctor to combat the Autons.
- Sam Seeley - A rabbit poacher who finds a Nestine sphere and tries to bargain it with UNIT for a monetary sum.
- Meg Seeley - The wife of Sam Seeley. She is attacked by an Auton in her home, but survives.
- Henderson - Physician at Ashbridge Cottage Hospital; Examined the Doctor and discovered that he had two hearts.
- Nurse - An unnamed nurse who showed Doctor Henderson the Doctor's x-rays.
- Technician - The technician picked up the radar signals of a meteor shower and noted that they were descending in formation.
- UNIT officer - This female UNIT officer received the report of the technician who noted the radar signals of a meteor shower.
Cast[]
Production crew[]
Plot threads[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- First appearance of the Third Doctor.
- First appearance of Liz Shaw.
- This is the first colorized serial of Doctor Who.
Home Video[]
Related categories[]
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space/Images
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space/Episodes
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space/Characters
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space/Miscellaneous