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|image  = Channing.jpg
|species = Auton
|origin  = [[Earth]]
|first    = Spearhead from Space (TV story)
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
|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.
 
== 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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|individual name = Channing
|race = [[Auton]]
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|home era = [[20th century]]
|appearances = [[Spearhead from Space]]
|actor = [[Hugh Burden]]
}}


'''Channing''' was an [[Auton]] henchman who lead the attempted Auton attack on [[Earth]]. He had taken over an [[Auto Plastics]] factory and set it to build Autons into the products while getting rid of all the other employees. Channing was killed by [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] when he and [[Liz Shaw]] destroyed the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')
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[[Category:Henchmen]]
[[Category:20th century individuals]]
[[Category:Murderers]]
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 14 March 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)"])