In this, the first adventure of his third incarnation, Doctor Who, Liz Shaw and the Brigadier grapple with the nightmarish invasion of the Autons. Living, giant-sized, plastic-modelled 'humans' with no hair and sightless eyes, they are waxwork replicas and tailors' dummies whose murderous behaviour is directed by the Nestene Consciousness - a malignant, squid-like monster of cosmic proportions and indescribably hideous appearance. Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in the original Doctor Who TV serial 'Spearhead from Space', reads Terrance Dicks' complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974. 'BBC Audiobooks has chosen well with its books and has taken the right approach with its readers... they benefit from new music and sound effects' - Doctor Who Magazine.
- ISBN10 0491028954
- ISBN13 9780491028950
- Publish Date 19 November 1981 (first published January 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Virgin Books
- Imprint W.H. Allen / Virgin Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 152
- Language English