Auton

The Autons are artificial life forms, called 'living plastic', from the Doctor Who universe.

Biography
The Autons are extensions of an entity known as the 'Nestene Consciousness', which is living plastic.

"Rose" also featured an Auton facsimile that could change the shape of its features and limbs, and established that the Nestenes animate the Autons by means of 'telepathic projection'.