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{{Infobox Object
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|image      = Orbitus.jpg
|image      = Orbitus.jpg
|type        = multi-purpose [[robot]]
|type        = [[Robot]]
|origin      = [[Dalek]]s
|origin      = [[Skaro]]
|appearances = [[DAN]]: ''[[The Orbitus]]''
|only        = The Orbitus (comic story)
|mentions    =  
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}}An '''orbitus''' was a multi-functional [[robot]] not usually seen on any other world but [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, Captain [[Rod Marlow]] found one while on a mission to a [[planet]] the [[Dalek]]s had deserted. He brought it back and gave to his son, [[Roger Marlow|Roger]], as a birthday present. The orbitus would soon thereafter save Roger's life when the boy was captured by criminals [[Sheer]] and [[Karsoff]].
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An '''orbitus''' was a multi-functional [[robot]] not usually seen on any world but [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, [[Rod Marlow|Captain Rod Marlow]] found one on a mission to a [[planet]] the [[Dalek]]s had deserted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Log of the "Gypsy Joe" (short story)|The Log of the "Gypsy Joe"]]'') In [[2612]], he brought it back and gave it to his son, [[Roger Marlow|Roger]], as a birthday present. The orbitus saved Roger's life when he was captured by the criminals [[Sheer]] and [[Karsoff]].


The full range of the robot's capabilities was unknown.  Nevertheless, some facts were observed about the orbitus. It had the capacity to adapt extremely quickly to its master's wishes.  Above and beyond the extraordinary ability to process [[human]] speech and make logical deductions about that which it heard, it also had:
It had the capacity to adapt extremely quickly to its master's wishes above and beyond the extraordinary ability to process [[human]] speech and make logical [[deduction]]s about what it heard. It also had a geomath calculator which helped it play [[draughts]] and other board games; a sensor receiver, which allowed it to "hijack" images shown at local cinemas and display them locally; sonic diffuser beams, which allowed for simple cleaning tasks; photomatic memory cells, which gave it "all the knowledge in the world"; [[anti-gravity|anti-grav]] propulsors, which converted it into a high-speed vehicle; the ability to travel underwater and to provide air bubbles for organic passengers and metron disseminator beams that could burn through metal. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Orbitus (comic story)|The Orbitus]]'')
* a geomath calculator which helped it play [[draughts]] and other board games
* a sensor receiver, which allowed it to "hijack" images being shown at local cinemas and display them locally
* sonic difuser beams, which allowed for simple cleaning tasks
* photomatic memory cells, which gave it"all the knowledge in the world"
* [[anti-gravity|anti-grav]] propulsors, shich converted it into a high-speed vehicle
* the ability to travel underwater and to provide air bubbles for organic passengers
* metron disseminator beams that could burn through metal


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Latest revision as of 15:54, 29 January 2023

An orbitus was a multi-functional robot not usually seen on any world but Skaro. Nevertheless, Captain Rod Marlow found one on a mission to a planet the Daleks had deserted. (PROSE: The Log of the "Gypsy Joe") In 2612, he brought it back and gave it to his son, Roger, as a birthday present. The orbitus saved Roger's life when he was captured by the criminals Sheer and Karsoff.

It had the capacity to adapt extremely quickly to its master's wishes above and beyond the extraordinary ability to process human speech and make logical deductions about what it heard. It also had a geomath calculator which helped it play draughts and other board games; a sensor receiver, which allowed it to "hijack" images shown at local cinemas and display them locally; sonic diffuser beams, which allowed for simple cleaning tasks; photomatic memory cells, which gave it "all the knowledge in the world"; anti-grav propulsors, which converted it into a high-speed vehicle; the ability to travel underwater and to provide air bubbles for organic passengers and metron disseminator beams that could burn through metal. (COMIC: The Orbitus)