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Terror of the Autons: Episode One
Broadcast: Sunday 22nd October 2000
6:30pm NZDT (05:30 GMT) < > « »
Prime (adverts during broadcast)
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Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Richard Franklin, John Levene, Harry Towb, Michael Wisher

The Master, a renegade Time Lord and a rival of the Doctor's, arrives on Earth and paves the way for an invasion by the insidious Nestene Consciousness.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast notes:

First colour broadcast in New Zealand.

Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 20th October 2000:
Prime TV New Zealand
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http://www.primetv.co.nz/
Sun-Wed 6:30PM Terror of the Autons eps 1 - 4 of 4
Last rerun in 1992. First ever colour broadcast in New Zealand. The 3rd Doctor's exile on Earth is interrupted by a fellow Time Lord known as the Master, who shortly after his arrival on Earth begins a reign of murder and deceit.
Thu-Fri 6:30PM The Mind of Evil eps 1 - 2 of 6
Last rerun in 1992. Black & White due to the 70s junkings. The Doctor wants to look into a device that promises to reform violent offenders by purging their minds. But the Brigadier wants his help protecting a World Peace Conference instead.