and Cybermen in the 2005 revival, as well as original Dalek voice actor, Peter Hawkins, in An Adventure in Space and Time and government official, Rick Yates, in Torchwood: Children of Earth. In a chase scene about 13 minutes into Auton 3: Awakening, the Autons have shadows longer than their own bodies, the sun being low in the sky. However, 10 seconds later they are seen with much shorter shadows, revealing that different parts of the chase were filmed at significantly different times of day, in the BBC car park in Southampton. US retailer Who North America (http://www.whona.com) contributed US$10,000 to the Auton 3 project. When admiring the warehoused Auton-killing device near the end of the first film, Lockwood compliments its absent designer: "Not a bad bit of workmanship, Doctor John Smith." The Third Doctor built the device in his première serial, Spearhead from Space, at the end of which he asked his new employer, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, to use the name John Smith on his UNIT credentials. Sources The Auton Trilogy video set References External links Film series introduced in 1997 1990s science fiction films 1990s thriller films Alien invasions in films British film series British science fiction films Direct-to-video film series Film spin-offs UNIT stories F Auton trilogy Bill & Ben Video Films with screenplays by Nicholas Briggs Trilogies 1990s English-language films 1990s British films