Stories Movie Auton Auton Episode: 1 2 3 Auton 1 image Overview Characters Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Transcript Overview Released January 1997 Written by Nicholas Briggs Directed by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 57 minutes Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth Synopsis In deep space, death is waiting to return... In a top-secret UNIT warehouse Dr Sally Arnold is studying a Nestene energy unit with little success. Until she subjects it to cosmic signals that activate it and it awakens several dormant Autons stored in the facility. Complete Completed Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Lockwood First Appearance Autons Graham Winslet (Auton) First Appearance Sally Arnold First Appearance Show All Characters (4) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 2 January 2025 · 30 words Review by EBP 1 A slow burn in only fifty-seven minutes seems silly. There's very little Auton action in this one, but makes for a great depiction of UNIT as an SCP-style task force. EBP View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating14 members 3.21 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating2 votes 2.75 / 5 Member Statistics Completed 20 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote Transcript Needs checking (In a storage bay in an anonymous building, a man in traditional brown coat is stocktaking.) [Laboratory] (Meanwhile, two women in white lab coats have a Nestene energy unit on a table.) SALLY: Janice, have you got a screwdriver? (She adjusts a device she has aimed at the energy unit.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window