SHOPPING > DVDs > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

· Product Information

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

... It really set the tone for the next 4 years of his reign as the Doctor. Wonderfully written beautifully acted and with one of the creepiest enemies ever featured, The Autons. The first part of the story sees a mysterious two hearted hospital patient claim to be the Doctor, who has been ... Read review

Offers for Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)
 

Choose from our great phone, SIM, Laptop and Mobile Broadband deals from 3. From just £15 a month.
 

Similar offers for Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD) »

1 to 10 out of 11 similar offers for Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD) Show all similar offers
Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space

Exiled to Earth in the late 20th century by his own people - the Time Lords - the newly ... more

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. Lead by Brigadier Alistair
Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT are 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?


Postage & Packaging:  £0.00
Availability:  In Stock
 Visit Shop  >
LOVEFiLM.com
Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space-DVD

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space-DVD


Postage & Packaging:  £0.00
Availability:  In stock - Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
 Visit Shop  >
thehut.com
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space - Dvd

Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space - Dvd

eBay offers you smart deals and the widest selection, ranging from the everyday basics to ... more

things that are as unique as yourself. With
millions of items to choose from, great deals are
always just a click away.


Postage & Packaging:  £0.00
Availability:  available
 Visit Shop  >
ebay
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space  (Dr Who) DVD

Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space (Dr Who) DVD

Forbidden to continue his travels through time and space by his fellow Time Lords the ... more

newly regenerated Doctor begins his exile on Earth
and finds himself hurled into one of his most
exciting and terrifying adventures.   But the
Doctor is not the only alien intelligence arriving
on the planet. A shower of mysterious meteorites
signals the coming of the Nestene Consciousness -
an evil  cosmic  collective being with just one
goal - total conquest of Earth. The Nestenes
possess a special ability to control plastic and
are making hordes of Autons - indestructible 
armed  plastic mannikins  only awaiting the
Nestene command to start their killer rampage.  
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart  scientist Liz Shaw
and U.N.I.T. enlist the Doctor's help to defeat
the relentless Auton invasion  but the Doctor has
problems of his own.


Postage & Packaging:  £0.00
Availability:  3-5 working days
 Visit Shop  >
play.com (films)
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space Jon Pertwee Dvd

Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space Jon Pertwee Dvd

eBay offers you smart deals and the widest selection, ranging from the everyday basics to ... more

things that are as unique as yourself. With
millions of items to choose from, great deals are
always just a click away.


Postage & Packaging:  £0.00
Availability:  available
 Visit Shop  >
ebay
Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

"Spearhead from Space" launchedDoctor Whointo the 1970s with not only a new Doctor, Jon ... more

Pertwee, but a new assistant, the scientist Liz
Shaw (Caroline John) and a regular place in the
show for UNIT and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(Nicholas Courtney). It also marked the debut of
the programme in colour and saw the Doctor
stranded on Earth after Patrick Troughton's last
adventure, "The War Games" (1969). Not only that,
but it proved the only serial in the show's
history to be entirely shot both on film and
location, giving it a uniquely cinematic feel.
Regenerating in a country hospital, the Doctor
finds himself helping the Brigadier investigate an
unusual meteorite and its links with a sinister
doll factory. The Autons are cybernetic
killers--anticipatingThe Terminatorby some 15
years--and the sequence in which they break
through high-street shop windows to slaughter
pedestrians remains a chilling highpoint ofDoctor
Who'sentire history. Things do turn silly with a
subplot involving a waxworks museum, while the
ultimate battle with the Nestine consciousness is
more likely to induce laughter than fear, but as
vintage television nostalgia this is fast-moving
splendidly characterised entertainment. --Gary S.
DalkinOn the DVD: The remastered picture and sound
are exceptional for a 1970 TV show. Obviously in
4:3 and mono, this DVD offers technical quality
easily as good as many feature films. There is a
very friendly, if not especially informative,
commentary from Nicholas Courtney and Caroline
John, and subtitles that offer background facts
and figures. With an amusing five-minute
recruiting film for UNIT, repeat trailers and a
gallery including previously unpublished photos,
this excellent DVD is aDoctor Whofan's dream come
true. --Gary S. Dalkin


Postage & Packaging:  free Super Saver Delivery
Availability:  Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
 Visit Shop  >
amazon dvd
Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

"Spearhead from Space" launchedDoctor Whointo the 1970s with not only a new Doctor, Jon ... more

Pertwee, but a new assistant, the scientist Liz
Shaw (Caroline John) and a regular place in the
show for UNIT and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
(Nicholas Courtney). It also marked the debut of
the programme in colour and saw the Doctor
stranded on Earth after Patrick Troughton's last
adventure, "The War Games" (1969). Not only that,
but it proved the only serial in the show's
history to be entirely shot both on film and
location, giving it a uniquely cinematic feel.
Regenerating in a country hospital, the Doctor
finds himself helping the Brigadier investigate an
unusual meteorite and its links with a sinister
doll factory. The Autons are cybernetic
killers--anticipatingThe Terminatorby some 15
years--and the sequence in which they break
through high-street shop windows to slaughter
pedestrians remains a chilling highpoint ofDoctor
Who'sentire history. Things do turn silly with a
subplot involving a waxworks museum, while the
ultimate battle with the Nestine consciousness is
more likely to induce laughter than fear, but as
vintage television nostalgia this is fast-moving
splendidly characterised entertainment. --Gary S.
DalkinOn the DVD: The remastered picture and sound
are exceptional for a 1970 TV show. Obviously in
4:3 and mono, this DVD offers technical quality
easily as good as many feature films. There is a
very friendly, if not especially informative,
commentary from Nicholas Courtney and Caroline
John, and subtitles that offer background facts
and figures. With an amusing five-minute
recruiting film for UNIT, repeat trailers and a
gallery including previously unpublished photos,
this excellent DVD is aDoctor Whofan's dream come
true. --Gary S. Dalkin


Postage & Packaging:  £1.24
Availability:  Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
 Visit Shop  >
amazon marketplace dvd
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Release Date: 2007-07-02, Rating Universal, suitable for all,


Postage & Packaging:  free Super Saver Delivery
Availability:  Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
 Visit Shop  >
amazon dvd
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space [DVD] [1970]

Release Date: 2007-07-02, Rating Universal, suitable for all,


Postage & Packaging:  £1.21
Availability:  Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
 Visit Shop  >
amazon marketplace dvd
Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space [1970] [VHS] [1963]

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space [1970] [VHS] [1963]

Release Date: 1997-04-02, Rating Universal, suitable for all,


Postage & Packaging:  £2.69
Availability:  Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
 Visit Shop  >
amazon marketplace video

Products you might be interested in »

Independence Day (DVD)

Independence Day (DVD)

(+) Great acting and effects
(-) Obvious computer generated effects

User reviews (63)

Buy now for only £ 2.41

Stargate Atlantis - Series 3 - Complete (DVD)

Stargate Atlantis - Series 3 - Complete (DVD)

(+) Another brilliant season from Atlantis
(-) it has to end at some point

User reviews (1)

Buy now for only £ 4.19

X-Men 2 (DVD And Fantastic Four Jonny Storm Watch) (DVD) I Am Legend (DVD)

I Am Legend (DVD)

Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith

User reviews (82)

Buy now for only £ 0.01

X-Men (DVD) Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (DVD)

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (DVD)

(+) Amazing special effects. Excellent acting.
(-) Unfaithful to the book in parts.

User reviews (26)

Buy now for only £ 6.99

Related offers for Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD) »

Amazon UK 722 Ratings

Amazon UK

Find "Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)" New and Used on Amazon. Free UK Delivery on orders over £25.

 Visit Shop  >
Amazon UK

Reviews of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD) »

1 review

Plastic fantastic.

Advantages: String plot, wonderfully acted,
Disadvantages: Auton acting a little plastic!

Perfection, is just about the only word that can describe this the first Joh Pertwee story. It really set the tone for the next 4 years of his reign as the Doctor. Wonderfully written beautifully acted and with one of the creepiest enemies ever featured, The Autons.

The first part of the story sees a mysterious two hearted hospital patient claim to be the Doctor, who has been exiled to Earth, for crimes against Time, by his masters ...
...Alistair Lethbridge Stewart of UNIT. Alongside this, mysterious goings on at a plastics factory are being examined closely, following a strange meteor shower. Faceless creatures lurk everywhere, waiting for the time to launch the invasion of the planet Earth.

Can this strange man, who looks nothing like the Dr he knows, really be the same man who thwarted the Cyberman Invasion. The Brigadier has to trust him, as he is the only one ... more

MEISTER123 18.04.2008
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

Did you enjoy it?

Story

Characters / Performances

Special Effects

Soundtrack

How does it compare to ...

How does it compare to ...

Value for Money

What format are you rev...

Similar reviews »

Reviews which might be of interest for "Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)"

TOTAL DESTRUCTION

Advantages: Great story, great features
Disadvantages: None

INTRODUCTION We only got a DVD player in January 2003, so have only just began to buy our favourite films and TV programmes on DVD. As my husband and I love Doctor Who, as do our four children, it was inevitable that an early DVD purchase would include a Doctor Who release and here it is ? Spearhead From Space. This story is special to fans of the series as it is the first story shot in colour and the first adventure for Jon Pertwee - the third face of the loveable time traveller. It is special for me because it was being filmed when I was born (October 1969) and it is the story I was asked to write the detailed synopsis of, for inclusion in the Doctor Who Chronicles. Despite having therefore seen the whole story countless times, it remains one of my favourite stories. STORY Pertwee?s first story sees him facing the Autons ...

KarenUK 10.02.2003 (21.05.2004) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

The Third Doctor

Advantages: A new Doctor
Disadvantages: Lack of action with the Tardis

Its always exciting in Doctor Who when a new actor takes over the lead of the show. So seeing Jon Pertwee in his first story really was a pivotal point in Doctor Who history. The previous Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton, had seen ratings fall over his tenure as The Doctor and this meant that a vital overhaul was required. Troughton felt that his time was coming to an end and time to hand over to another person. This gave the producers a real opportunity to kick start the show.... this time in colour. Originally broadcast on 3rd January 1970, Spearhead from Space is a four part story, Based on events in the previous story called The War Games, Pertwee's Doctor has been exiled on Earth as punishment, in fact Pertwee's first scene as The Doctor has him literally collapsing out of the Tardis in woodland, only to be found and taken to ...

Timbo3107 11.07.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

Travel back in time with this great DVD

Advantages: Jon Pertwee, Autons, Robert Holmes
Disadvantages: 1970's fashions!

rather too easily. I have lots of favourite moments from this story. The most famous is the memorable scene where several of the Autons, disguised as normal shop dummies, suddenly come to life and smash their way out of shop window displays and begin to firs indiscriminately on the human populace. The monsters have very cool weapons: they are quite literally armed, as their hands are hinged and drop down to reveal an alien gun! It is scenes like this which have made a lasting impression on our childhood memories as we watched through our fingers from our safety zone, behind the sofa, that makes Doctor Who so special. The DVD transfer is superb, the re-mastered episodes really benefiting from the extra quality of the film. Although the sound is mono, it is crisp and clear, and the greatest theme tune of all time sounds superb. Fair ...

Crazy-Christian 15.08.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

Products similar to Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD) »



Are you the manufacturer / provider of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)? Click here