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Auton • Episode 1
Auton
Sets:
BBV
Released
January 1997
Written by
Nicholas Briggs
Directed by
Nicholas Briggs
Runtime
57 minutes
Locations
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.