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|novelisation = Auton (novelisation) | |novelisation = Auton (novelisation) | ||
|main character = [[Sally Arnold|Sally]], [[Lockwood]] | |main character = [[Sally Arnold|Sally]], [[Lockwood]] | ||
|featuring = [[ | |featuring = [[Graham Winslet|Winslet]], [[James Ramsay|Ramsay]] | ||
|enemy = [[Auton]] | |enemy = [[Auton]] [[Graham Winslet (Auton)|Winslet]] | ||
|setting = UNIT storage facility, [[Earth]], [[1996]] | |setting = UNIT storage facility, [[Earth]], [[1996]] | ||
|writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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|next = Auton 2: Sentinel (home video) | |next = Auton 2: Sentinel (home video) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the [[Auton Trilogy]] of video dramas produced by [[BBV Productions]] in the late 90s. It was a sequel to the first | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the [[Auton Trilogy]] of video dramas produced by [[BBV Productions]] in the late 90s. It was a sequel to the first [[Auton]] story ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]''. | ||
Like most video dramas of this era, the story featured characters and concepts from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', but did not include any main characters from the series, though [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] was planned to make an appearance until [[Nicholas Courtney]] was forced to withdraw from the project due to health concerns. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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* Lockwood is the head of a [[UNIT containment team]]. | * Lockwood is the head of a [[UNIT containment team]]. | ||
* Lockwood uses the call sign [[Greyhound Leader]], which is usually used by [[The Brigadier|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | * Lockwood uses the call sign [[Greyhound Leader]], which is usually used by [[The Brigadier|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
* A risk of contamination is afforded a [[Code 7]] categorisation. | * A risk of contamination is afforded a [[Code 7]] categorisation, with those at risk of contamination having their [[death certificate]]s made in preparation. | ||
* Ramsay uses the call sign [[Greyhound One]] when requesting back-up. | * Ramsay uses the call sign [[Greyhound One]] when requesting back-up. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The story was originally commissioned for [[Reeltime Pictures]] as a follow-up to ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'', and | * The story was originally commissioned for [[Reeltime Pictures]] as a follow-up to ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'', and featured [[Nicholas Courtney]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Beverley Cressman]] as [[Kate Stewart|Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[Miles Richardson]] as [[Douglas Cavendish]]. When Reeltime couldn't produce it, they had Nicholas Briggs take the project over to BBV. The project almost collapsed when Courtney had to drop out at the last minute due to a bout of cyclical depression, but Bill Baggs encouraged Briggs to find a way out and so he created the character of Lockwood as a replacement. With the Brigadier out, Kate and Cavendish were written out as well. This caused a brief falling out between Richardson, Cressman and Briggs; years later, Briggs was relieved to learn from interviewer [[Dylan Rees]] that Cressman no longer remembered it.<ref>Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who by Dylan Rees, chapter 16</ref> | ||
* The crates containing the other energy unit and the Autons are coded AAA/RH/2961 | * The crates containing the other energy unit and the Autons are coded AAA/RH/2961; AAA is the story code for ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' and RH is the initials of [[Robert Holmes]], the creator of the Autons. | ||
* "Dr. John Smith" was the name the Third Doctor gave to the Brigadier at the end of ''Spearhead from Space'', and was used here as, like [[Reeltime Pictures]], BBV Productions were not allowed to refer to the Doctor directly. | * "Dr. John Smith" was the name the Third Doctor gave to the Brigadier at the end of ''Spearhead from Space'', and was used here as, like [[Reeltime Pictures]], BBV Productions were not allowed to refer to the Doctor directly. | ||
* In the credits it states: | * In the credits it states: | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Sally and Lockwood make use of the UHF transmitter the [[Third Doctor]] created during UNIT's first battle with the Autons. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
== DVD and video releases == | == DVD and video releases == | ||
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