'Axos calling Earth.'
Bringing gifts to humanity, seemingly beneficial and crafted from their unique biological power source - Axonite - come the Axons: space-age golden gods. The 'beautiful people' they may look at first glance, but these 'Vampires from Space' are soon not what they seem...
Making full use of colour filming, with superb set design and experimentally very effective CSO, The Claws of Axos is a great little tale from the Pertwee era. and equally a great debut for writing duo Bob Baker and Dave Martin. I always remember the tendril-packed Axon monster (later Krynoid) on display for a year or so in the Forbidden Planet 2 film/TV store of London's St. Giles High Street, back in the mid-eighties.
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