Auton 3: Awakening (home video)

Auton 3: Awakening
Main character(s):	Lockwood, Sally Arnold, Natasha Alexander
Featuring:	Sergeant Ramsay, Ross Palmer, Graham Winslet
Main enemy:	Nestene Consciousness, Autons
Main setting:	Earth, 1998
Key crew
Publisher:	BBV Productions
Writers:	Arthur Wallis, with additional material by Paul Ebbs
Director:	Bill Baggs and Patricia Merrick
Producer:	Bill Baggs
Release details
Release date:	1 June 1999
Format:	57 minute, VHS
Auton Trilogy
← Previous	Auton 2: Sentinel

Auton 3: Awakening was the third and final story in the Auton Trilogy of video dramas produced by BBV Productions in the late 90s. Like most video dramas of this era, it featured characters and concepts from Doctor Who but did not include any main characters from the series.

Synopsis

The Millhampton Event has left an entire population at the mercy of the Nestene Consciousness. UNIT's only hope of halting an AUTON invasion is to find Lockwood. However, UNIT's most enigmatic and talented operative is missing. Within his mind are the means by which the Consciousness will return to life and destroy the human race. Lockwood will not be given up easily. Palmer knows that time is running out. As the world's computer networks break down, he leads a desperate mission into the heart of AUTON control. Sal and Ramsay can only hope they will survive to find Lockwood before the Nestene Consciousness takes over his mind completely and extinguishes all life on Earth...

Plot

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Cast

• Natasha Alexander - Jo Castleton
• Dr Sally Arnold - Bryonie Pritchard
• Lockwood - Michael Wade
• Graham Winslet - George Telfer
• Ross Palmer - Graeme Du Fresne
• Sergeant Ramsay - Andrew Fettes
• Nurse - Helen Baggs
• Dalby - Peter Trapani
• Autons - Peter Trapani, Blane Coughlan, Steve Johnson

Crew

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References

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Story notes

• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's call sign, Greyhound Leader, is used here by Ross Palmer. It had previously been used by Lockwood in Auton and Colonel Wilson in Auton 2: Sentinel.
• Awakening is also the title of a 1984 Doctor Who serial (with the definitive article).

Filming Locations

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Continuity

• This film is a direct sequel to Sentinel, with the story opening as that film left off with the Nestene attacking the church.

DVD and video releases

Originally released on VHS in 1999, it was later re-released on DVD available to purchase from the Galaxy 4 website.

External links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - Auton 3: Awakening