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Graham Winslet was an archivist at a secret UNIT facility. Working with scientific researcher Dr. Sally Arnold and her assistant Janice, they had rediscovered a Nestene pod placed in storage many years earlier, along with a number of crates marked 'Auton'. Unaware of the dangers involved, Dr. Arnold had tried to activate the fragment and was unsuccessful until she exposed it to deep-space transmissions. Re-establishing contact with the Nestene Consciousness, the creature killed Janice before escaping. With the building placed under quarantine and searched by UNIT operatives led by Lockwood, Daniel Matthews and Sergeant Ramsay, the unfortunate Winslet was confronted by the Nestene creature and his mind was destroyed when it replicated his form to spy on the others. Arnold helped the team find a hidden room containing more Nestene pods and also 'Doctor John Smith's UHF transmitter from a previous encounter (DW: Spearhead from Space). However, though the transmitter was useful in destroying the original pod which had taken Winslet's form, unsealing the doors allowed the reactivation of a second pod and also of the Autons still held in the warehouse. The second pod was able to escape through an air vent and evade capture for a further two years. (BBV: Auton)
Making it's way to Sentinal Island, the escaped pod had re-energised and again taken on the appearance of Winslet - this time masquerading as a vicar - and taken over the island community in an attempt to revive ancient Nestene creatures buried beneath the Earth's surface. A UNIT force headed by Lockwood, Ramsey and Natasha Alexander was able to defeat the Autons again but Lockwood was forced to absorb the energy from the giant Nestene creature. (BBV: Auton 2: Sentinel) The real Winslet had been confined to a psychiatric hospital in Millhampton after his encounter with the Nestenes. There, he had remained in a coma for six months before he revived, but his mind never recovered. The Autons chose to find Winslet and create another duplicate of him to direct their operations in Millhampton. With the help of Arnold and Ramsey, the real Winslet escaped and challenged his Auton duplicate as he tortured Lockwood. Though he was killed, he provided a distraction for Lockwood, enabling him to end his life and break the Nestene's control over him. (BBV: Auton 3: Awakening)