Spearhead from Space - Auton

Suspicious former employee Ransom returns to the plastics factory to investigate

In the large room that used to be his workshop he finds a strange container tank and ranged all around life-size plastic dummies. As he turns away, one of them starts to move..

Story background: 1970. Written by Robert Holmes, produced by Derrick Sherwin. Notable for: The infamous plastic killers with their empty eye sockets and unhinging hand rank highly as one of the most unnerving creations in the history of Doctor Who.

Illustration: 1995/2010 Daryl Joyce. Gouache, Paint Shop and Photoshop. 17cm x 13cm