Auton Diaries (home video)

Auton Diaries
Main character(s):	Auton
Featuring:	Nestene Consciousness
Main enemy:	BBC Executive
Main setting:	London
Key crew
Publisher:	BBV Productions
Writers:	Gareth Preston, John Isles, Alistair Lock
Director:	Kevin Hiley
Producer:	John Isles, Gareth Preston
Release details
Release date:	1998, 2005
Format:	2x12 minutes
Production code:	AD

Auton Diaries was a tale spoofing the acting career of an Auton. Robin Squire was also indirectly spoofed, the man who played the Auton the story is about. It was released on the VHS and DVD versions of Auton 2: Sentinel.

Stories spoofed included Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, Auton Trilogy: Auton, Sentinel, Awakening and Rose.

Synopsis

The real acting life of an Auton...

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Cast

• Auton - Gareth Preston
• Auton (voice) - Alistair Lock
• Bill Baggs - himself
• BBC Executive - Nigel Peever
• Glamourous wife - Kate Siney

Also featuring

• Andrew Crines
• Josh Fielden
• Kevin Hiley
• Lisa Hiley
• John Isles
• Jonathan Miles
• Matthew Post
• Margaret Rogers

Crew

• Writers - Gareth Preston, John Isles with Alistair Lock
• Producers - John Isles, Gareth Preston
• Director - Kevin Hiley
• Editor - Kevin Hiley
• Executive producer - Bill Baggs
• Autons created by Robert Holmes
• Posters designed by - Charles Auchterlonie
• Camera - Kevin Hiley, John Isles
• Camera assistant - Dan Lakin
• Music - Peter Wicks, Alistair Lock
• Sound recording - Darren Crines
• Sound dubbing - Alistair Lock
• Production assistant - Andrew Crines
• Assistant editor - John Isles

Special thanks to

• Elizabeth Titley at The Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
• Lesley Durkin - Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum
• Ken Norris, Shibden Miniature Railway, Halifax
• Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
• Clayton Hickman - Doctor Who Magazine

Worldbuilding

• A plastic daffodil is used.
• A poster for a Nimon night club is seen on a wall.

Story notes

• The end of the skit saw the Auton fall into the Rose version of the Nestene Consciousness, parodying the events of the latter story.
• The end title sequence spoofed Earthshock primarily due to the lead character being killed.