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{{Infobox Individual
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|individual name=Channing
|image   = Channing.jpg
|image=[[Image:Channing.jpg|250px]]
|species = Auton
|race=[[Auton]]
|origin  = [[Earth]]
|home planet=unknown
|first    = Spearhead from Space (TV story)
|home era=1970's?
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
|appearances=[[Spearhead from Space]]
|actor   = Hugh Burden
|actor=Hugh Burden
|clip    = When Autons Attack - Spearhead from Space - BBC
}}
}}
'''Channing''' was the first [[Auton]] created during the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s first attempted invasion of [[Earth]] in the [[20th century]], and was more sophisticated than a typical Auton.


'''Channing''' was an [[Auton]] henchman who lead the attempted Auton attack on planet Earth in [[Spearhead from Space]]. He had taken over a plastics factory and set it to build autons into the products whilst getting rid of all the other employees. Channing was killed by the [[Third Doctor]] in the same episode when he and [[Liz Shaw]] killed the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. How he got on Earth, taken over the factory, and knowning of the Doctor's presence on Earth on that episode is unknown.
== History ==
Channing's body was created by [[George Hibbert]] after being hypnotised by an energy unit which showed him how to design and build the machinery needed to create the Autons, and how to make the plastics needed for their construction; he was animated by a large portion of the Conciousness, allowing him to have something akin to feelings and seemingly his own thoughts. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)}})
 
[[File:Spearhead 4 (Channing).jpg|left|thumb|Channing, reduced to a mannequin. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}})]]
Controlling Hibbert, Channing took over an [[Auto Plastics]] factory and set it to build Autons into the products while getting rid of all the other employees. He was deactivated, along with all other Autons, when the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] destroyed the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s physical body. Channing was reduced to a faceless mannequin. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 3 November 2024

Channing was the first Auton created during the Nestene Consciousness's first attempted invasion of Earth in the 20th century, and was more sophisticated than a typical Auton.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Channing's body was created by George Hibbert after being hypnotised by an energy unit which showed him how to design and build the machinery needed to create the Autons, and how to make the plastics needed for their construction; he was animated by a large portion of the Conciousness, allowing him to have something akin to feelings and seemingly his own thoughts. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)"])

Channing, reduced to a mannequin. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])

Controlling Hibbert, Channing took over an Auto Plastics factory and set it to build Autons into the products while getting rid of all the other employees. He was deactivated, along with all other Autons, when the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw destroyed the Nestene Consciousness's physical body. Channing was reduced to a faceless mannequin. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])