![]() The Brigadier orders the factory where it is housed to be guarded. The last component is a focusing generator. He also deduces from the stolen items that whoever is doing this is stealing the components of a disintegrator gun. He points out that the force needed to do that would have to be about a quarter ton. ![]() The Brigadier brings the Doctor to investigate the break-in, but the Doctor seems more interested in a pulverised dandelion on the grounds. The mechanical creature breaks into another facility, this time stealing components from a vault. His fourth attempt has him emerge in what will be his regular outfit, with a long multi-coloured scarf and floppy hat the Brigadier decides this look is much better than the ones before. His third attempt is a Pierrot clown outfit, complete with face-paint, which is also met with disapproval. The Doctor tries again, but comes out wearing the costume of a playing card jack, which he immediately goes back in to change. He emerges in a Viking outfit, complete with horned helmet, much to the Brigadier's annoyance, who points out that UNIT is supposed to be an undercover organisation. The Doctor has entered the TARDIS to find a new wardrobe. She almost fails, until the Doctor recognises the Brigadier and her. Sarah tries to coax the still unstable Doctor out of the TARDIS, saying they need his help to find a stolen secret weapon. Sarah bangs frantically on the police box doors, causing the takeoff sound to stop and the Doctor to pop his head out. When Sarah and the Brigadier return to the lab, they find Harry shut up in a locker and hear the wheezing sound of the TARDIS starting to take off. However, before he can enter his ship, he is interrupted by Harry, who tries to persuade him to return to sickbay. Finding the TARDIS locked, the Doctor discovers the key in one of his boots. The two leave for his office just as the Doctor, dressed in a nightshirt and the previous Doctor's black velvet jacket, sneaks into the laboratory. Sarah asks the Brigadier to arrange for a visitor's pass to the National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research, or "Think Tank", which admits journalists only rarely. In the Doctor's laboratory, the Brigadier confides to Sarah that the plans are for a disintegrator gun. ![]() It kills a guard, scares a guard dog and breaks easily through a gate to steal documents from a vault. Meanwhile, something large and mechanical enters a Ministry of Defence advanced research centre. The Brigadier summons the base medical officer, Lieutenant Harry Sullivan, to take the Doctor to sickbay and care for him. The newly regenerated Doctor is delirious, waking to spout random lines from past adventures before again falling unconscious. Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier watch as the Third Doctor's features fade into those of the Fourth Doctor. However, the robot's basic programming prevents him from killing, providing a contradiction to the clues.Īt the same time, the Doctor is recovering from his latest regeneration can he regain his senses and help UNIT solve the case before time runs out? All evidence seems to point to the culprit being a sentient robot, created by an eccentric professor and owned by a think tank. Trouble is brewing once again a series of robberies are taking place which seem linked to plans for a top secret disintegrator gun. 5.2 Cultural references from the real world.He convinced his replacement, Robert Holmes, that the programme had a tradition of departing script editors being commissioned by their successors, and so was assigned the task of writing this story. Outgoing script editor Terrance Dicks saw this as an opportunity to quickly secure a contract now that he had returned to the ranks of freelance writing. His only subsequent appearances were in the aforementioned Terror of the Zygons and The Android Invasion. ![]() Likewise, John Levene's newly promoted Warrant Officer John Benton made his final appearance as a regular character. After that, he was entirely absent from the series until Mawdryn Undead in 1983. It was the last story in which Nicholas Courtney had a regular role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, as the character did not appear again until Terror of the Zygons the following season. In terms of lasts, this was the final story produced by Barry Letts. It was the first story for which Robert Holmes was the script editor. It was also the first story to feature new companion Harry Sullivan, played by Ian Marter. In terms of firsts, Robot was Tom Baker's debut episode as the Fourth Doctor, which followed on directly from the end of Planet of the Spiders. This story had numerous notable firsts and lasts. Robot was the first serial of season 12 of Doctor Who.
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