6. The Auton Attack (Spearhead from Space, 1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0QKVk4sZik As a child, you knew that shop window dummies came to life at night. They had to, right? I mean, sometimes when you walked by on one day, they looked one way, and the next day theyd look totally different. How could that happen unless they were able to move about? Thats part of what makes this scene so very good. The Autons are disguised as shop window dummies and come to life. They break out of the stores and go on a rampage, killing pretty much everyone they come across. Its a wonderfully creepy, very unpleasant scene that does a better than usual job of showing what the stakes are should the Doctor fail.
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