Spearhead from Space - Episode 2

This episode continues on nicely from the last episode. The color is particularly vivid on this DVD. I can remember watching my old Beta tape recorded off of PBS which was horribly washed out it almost looked black and white. We get to see the Doctor in costume finally, and rather dashing he is, too. The shower scene beforehand is funny, I don't think we've ever seen the Doctor barechested before. Or with a tattoo on his arm, for that matter. The Doctor steals a fancy old car, and finds his TARDIS which is at UNIT HQ. The Doctor is charming when he meets Liz Shaw. The makeup on the strange people at the plastics factory is very effective and creepy. Also good and creepy are the Autons, which we see for the first time. If the rumors about the Autons appearing in the first episode of the new series are true, they could do worse to bring back the scariness. They really work well. The cliffhanger is a bit lame, the skinny guy sneaks back into his old workplace and sees an Auton approaching.