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== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
{{Quote|You have only seen the Autons. Crude weapons with a single offensive function. The facsimiles like Scobie's are perfect reproductions, even down to brain cells and memory traces.|Channing|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}} | {{Quote|You have only seen the Autons. Crude weapons with a single offensive function. The facsimiles like Scobie's are perfect reproductions, even down to brain cells and memory traces.|Channing|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}} | ||
In addition to the basic [[Auton]], more agile and maneuverable models were made as duplicates of humans. The Swarm Leader was able to create the body of a planet's native life-form from scratch; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]'') the first Auton created, [[Channing]]'s human appearance allowed him to infiltrate [[Auto Plastics]] and organise the Nestene invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | In addition to the basic [[Auton]], more agile and maneuverable models were made as duplicates of humans. The [[Swarm Leader]] was able to create the body of a planet's native life-form from scratch; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]'') the first Auton created, [[Channing]]'s human appearance allowed him to infiltrate [[Auto Plastics]] and organise the Nestene invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
More sophisticated Autons could be created to copy and impersonate specific individuals. The originals needed to be kept alive to maintain the copy, although these were sometimes imperfect, looking and acting [[human]] except for a slight yellowing sheen or glint to the skin and a flat-sounding voice. When destroyed, the duplicates reverted to the appearance of a basic Auton, sometimes leaking Nestene blood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') One Auton copied [[Graham Winslet]] before reverting back to its basic form; however, it later appeared as Winslet with no apparent connection to the real man, although it may have only required a human appearance rather than Winslet's mind. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Auton (home video)|Auton]]'', ''[[Auton 2: Sentinel (home video)|Auton 2: Sentinel]]'', ''[[Auton 3: Awakening (home video)|Auton 3: Awakening]]'') Occasionally if a copy wasn't necessary and an Auton simply needed to appear human, it could wear a plastic mask. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') | More sophisticated Autons could be created to copy and impersonate specific individuals. The originals needed to be kept alive to maintain the copy, although these were sometimes imperfect, looking and acting [[human]] except for a slight yellowing sheen or glint to the skin and a flat-sounding voice. When destroyed, the duplicates reverted to the appearance of a basic Auton, sometimes leaking Nestene blood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') One Auton copied [[Graham Winslet]] before reverting back to its basic form; however, it later appeared as Winslet with no apparent connection to the real man, although it may have only required a human appearance rather than Winslet's mind. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Auton (home video)|Auton]]'', ''[[Auton 2: Sentinel (home video)|Auton 2: Sentinel]]'', ''[[Auton 3: Awakening (home video)|Auton 3: Awakening]]'') Occasionally if a copy wasn't necessary and an Auton simply needed to appear human, it could wear a plastic mask. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') | ||
