August 10th, 2004 4 comments

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BBV Productions Auton

Available to order from www.galaxy4.co.uk

The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce was set up to tackle human contact with the extraterrestrial and paranormal – especially when that contact proved dangerous.

But when the battles were over, when the top-secret ‘clean ups’ had been completed, where was all the alien technology taken?

The Warehouse… UNIT’S highly classified storage and research establishment. Here lie the dead, forgotten relics of past battles and encounters.

But what happens when one of these relics is reactivated? UNIT has only one way of dealing with its mistakes. The Containment Team has been summoned… and the outcome is far from certain…

Production Credits…

Written And Directed by Nicholas Briggs

Starring Verona Chard as Janice Bryonie Pritchard as Dr Sal Arnold Reece Shearsmith as Dr Dan Matthews George Telfer as Graham Winslet Michael Wade as Lockwood Andrew Fettes as Ramsay

UNIT Soldiers: Roy Hughes, Gabriel Mykaj, Mike Parry, David Ringwood, and Richard Smith Autons: John Ainsworth, Gareth Baggs, Blaine Coughlan, and David Ringwood

Original VHS cover and details…

AUTON

Produced by BILL BAGGS.. Written and directed by NICHOLAS BRIGGS

“Your death certificates have already been prepared by UNIT…”

When Doctor Sally Arnold experiments on an energy unit, the Nestene Consciousness reactivates its Autons and takes over The Warehouse. UNIT calls in The Containment Team and a life and death struggle begins.

The future of the human race is at stake!

THE MAKING OF AUTON

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this tense hour-long drama. Cast and crew discuss the creation and shooting of AUTON and the challenges of an entirely studio-based production.

UNIT – Set up to tackle human contact with the extraterrestrial and paranormal – especially when that contact proves dangerous!
THE WAREHOUSE – Units highly classified storage and research establishment. Here lie the dead, forgotten relics of past battles and encounters.
AUTONS – Deadly plastic killing machines controlled by the alien Nestene Consciousness.
THE CONTAINMENT TEAM – Units way of dealing with its own mistakes. Its brief: to stop the contamination of Earth by any means necessary.

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