DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOKS

The Auton Invasion (Spearhead from Space)

by Terrance Dicks

First published: 1974

Reprinted 1978, 1980

Cover artist: Chris Achilleos

Blurb

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; 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.

Chapters

Prologue: Exiled to Earth
The Mystery of the Meteorites
The Man from Space
The Faceless Kidnappers
The Hunting Auton
The Doctor Disappears
The Horror in the Factory
The Auton Attacks
The Creatures in the Waxworks
The Final Battle