The second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and companions Jamie (Frazer Hines), Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) materialise on a runway at Gatwick Airport and promptly become embroiled in a complex alien plot involving doppelgangers who are kidnapping young Earthlings to help resurrect their dying race. The story-line, which involves the classic trope of 'alien duplicate infiltrators', is a bit far-fetched to begin with and takes a bizarre (and IMO unnecessary) swerve in the fifth episode when it's revealed how the kidnap victims are to be transported to the Chameleons' home world (an idea possibly lifted from the previous year's Italian space-opera 'Wild, Wild Planet'). The 'special effects' (such as the alien space station and the Chameleons' convertible jet) are interesting (but as this is an animated recreation, it is difficult to imagine what original was like (in the recreation of 'Galaxy 4', the animated images are more 'impressive' than are the surviving originals)). Troughton is in fine form playing the sometimes supercilious Time Lord although some of the scenes of him trying convince skeptical airport administrations go on a bit long, and Jamie, who for a 18th century highlander seems to adapt to a 1966 British airport pretty quickly, is as entertaining as always. This serial was the last for Ben and Polly, who were serviceable, but not particularly memorable, companions, and, as the TARDIS (having been towed off the runway) is missing, sets up the next series (the excellent 'The Evil of the Daleks') which introduces a new companion: Victoria Waterfield). Like all of the animated recreations, 'The Faceless Ones' provides fans with an opportunity to see at least an avatar of one of the 'lost' adventures from early in the venerable show's tenure and thus is a welcome addition to the Whovian archives. Watched on Tubi, which only had a colour version, I have watched others and find the B/W recreations to look a little more 'authentic'.