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Auton 2: Sentinel

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Starring:  Jo Castleton By: Nicholas Briggs Rating:   7  (3 votes)  Vote here Review:   None yet  Add a review Editions:   UK (original) | UK (reissue) Note: Unauthorised spin-off drama featuring the Autons, subsequently re-released on DVD. Second part of a trilogy also containing Auton and Auton 3: Awakening.

Edition:  UK (original) When:   January 1998 Publisher:   BBV Format:  1 x VHS Owned: Do you own this?Yes - I own itNo - I want itNo - not interested Buy: Cover blurb: "We have been colonising other planets for a thousand million years..." Two years have passed since the Nestene creature vanished from UNIT's top secret Warehouse... Suddenly and without warning the Nestene strikes, once again using Autons as its deadly foot soldiers. As mysterious UNIT operative Lockwood struggles to unearth the Nestene plan he finds himself drawn to the remote Sentinel Island. There, the population have been caught up in a bizarre frenzy of religious activity. Lockwood is joined by Natasha Alexander, a new scientific advisor with her own, sinister agenda. To defeat the Nestene menace they must both face the terrifying power of a creature from before the dawn of Mankind... Auton 2 Uncovered features footage from the Sci-Fi Channel's popular magazine programme SF Scene, investigation the making of Auton 2. Natasha Alexander Unit scientific advisor and Internal Security Division investigator. Intuitive, sharp-witted and determined. Lockwood Head of The Containment Team. Something of an enigma. Recent reports suggest signs of psychological trauma.

Edition:  UK (reissue) When:   March 1999 Publisher:   Reeltime Format:  1 x VHS Owned: Do you own this?Yes - I own itNo - I want itNo - not interested Buy: Used:   £3.95 Note:  Retitled simply Auton: Sentinel. Cover blurb: "we have been colonising other planets for a thousand million years" UNIT Set up to tackle human contact with the extraterrestrial and paranormal — especially when that contact proves dangerous! THE NESTENE A malevolent alien consciousness awaiting its chance to invade Earth. AUTONS Deadly plastic killing machines controlled by the alien Nestene Consciousness. THE CONTAINMENT TEAM UNIT's way of dealing with its own skeletons. Its brief: to stop the contamination of Earth by any means necessary... When a shipment of lifeless Autons is hijacked en-route to a secret research facility, Lockwood, head of UNIT's Containment Team, suspects the Nestene Consciousness is responsible. His fears are realised as he finds himself drawn to Sentinel Island, where the population has become embroiled in a frenzy of bizarre religious practices. With time running out, hostile islanders, and an army of now deadly Autons to face, how can he possibly stop the Nestene from invading Earth.... especially when UNIT itself suspects he is a Nestene pawn? PLUS! An exclusive extended version of the Sci-Fi Channel's behind-the-scenes look at the making of Auton: Sentinel — featuring interviews with cast and crew!