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[[Image:Roboman.jpg|thumb|250px|A Roboman. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')]]
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|origin = [[Earth]], [[Vega VI]]
|first = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)
|appearances = [[Roboman/Appearances|'''''see list''''']]
|individuals = {{il|[[Gordon Pellan]]|[[Mirana]]|[[Ernst Tanlee]]|[[Damien Stephens]]|[[Phil Madison]]|[[Moira Brody]]}}
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'''Robomen''' were [[human]]s converted by the [[Dalek]]s into wholly obedient [[slave]]s during the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]].


'''Robomen''' were [[human]]s converted by the [[Dalek]]s into totally obedient slaves during the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] of [[Earth]] and used for patrols and overseeing other slaves. They needed them because there were relatively few Daleks on Earth.
The Daleks captured prisoners and operated on their [[brain]]s in a surgical procedure called the "[[transfer]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') or "robotization", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You! (short story)|What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You!]]'') fitting them with large, helmet-like headsets. The Daleks' [[hypnosis|mind control]] technique was unstable, and would eventually wear off. However, instead of reverting, that is to say becoming human again, the Robomen would go insane and commit [[suicide]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')


The Daleks captured prisoners and operated on their brain in a surgical procedure called the [[Transfer]], plus fitting them with large helmet-like headsets. The [[mind control]] technique the Daleks used was unstable, and the Robomen would eventually go insane and commit suicide. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
== History ==
=== Pre-Time War ===
[[File:Roboman sketch.jpg|thumb|One of only a handful of surviving images of the Robomen during the occupation was a sketch by a prisoner before his own untimely conversion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'')]]
During the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], the Daleks used Robomen. These surgically modified captives were armed with [[firearm|machine guns]] and used for patrols and overseeing other slaves. The Robomen were needed because there were few Daleks on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of Earth (audio story)|Masters of Earth]]'')


A more sophisticated implantation technique was revealed after the conquest of [[Vega 6]].  Rather than fitting their subjects with grafted positronic discs and communication devices, the circuitry was placed inside the brain itself and the Robomen retained independent thought. Due to this, they were much harder to detect and considered far more dangerous.  Orders from their Dalek masters would be filtered within normal thought processes, the subject seemingly unaware of the disc implant. One such Roboman was [[Gordon Pellan]], who was gunned down by [[Earth Alliance]] forces. ([[BFDE]]: ''[[The Human Factor]]'')
In [[2158]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] encountered a Roboman in [[Kansas]] who had been a sheriff. He and a Dalek believed them to be escaped prisoners from a work camp and tried to capture them, but they escaped in the TARDIS. The Roboman and the Dalek returned to their commander to report their failure. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'')


[[Category:Allies of the Daleks]]
In [[2163]], Robomen of the [[Roboman Elite]] were able to break their conditioning and rebel against the Daleks, but they had their own plans for converting humanity into Robomen and conquering the galaxy. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] encountered them and defeated them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of Earth (audio story)|Masters of Earth]]'')
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Robomen also served in the [[2150 Dalek invasion of Earth]] of [[Dr. Who's reality (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|version of history "B"]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'') During the occupation, the [[Black Dalek (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.)|Black Dalek]], the [[Red Dalek (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.)|Red Dalek]] and two Robomen once patrolled a street of the ruined [[London]], narrowly missing the presence of an older [[Susan (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Susan]] in [[TARDIS (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|TARDIS]], which they mistook for a simple police box. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Untitled 1 (More than 30 Years in the TARDIS home video)|Untitled 1]]'')
 
According to the ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'', it was following the failure of the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth that the Daleks started using [[Ogron]]s as [[shock troops]]; the guide suggested that the Ogrons' natural [[stupidity]] made them easier to control than humans and so eliminated the need for the time-consuming robotisation process. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'')
 
When the Daleks invaded again in the late [[2190s]], they once more used Robomen to patrol [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'')
 
In [[2025]], Robomen were used by time travelling Daleks as security guards. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'')
 
The Daleks used Robomen during the [[Battle of Pejorica]] against the [[Jariden]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'')
 
Robotisation remained an object of fear as the [[Earth Protection Corps]] fought in the [[Dalek-Movellan War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Defence (audio story)|The Dalek Defence]]'')
 
[[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Abslom Daak]], [[Harma]], [[Salander (Star Tigers)|Salander]], [[Vol Mercurius]] were designated as "Robomen troops" and operatives by the [[Black Dalek Leader]] when they were placed under the mental control of [[Psyche Dalek Three]] to force the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s co-operation in the [[battle of Spiridon]]. They were freed when the Doctor destroyed the [[Psyche Dalek]]'s control. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'')
 
During the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in the  [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]], the [[Renegade Dalek]]s had a group of Robomen at their disposal, control now being reduced to but a small chip. These Robomen unwittingly stumbled into the [[Last Great Time War]] only to have their command signal overrode by the Daleks of the Time War when the [[Eighth Doctor]] bargained with them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]'')
 
Following the [[Dalek invasion of Vega VI]], the Daleks built a number of [[robotising plant]]s on its [[radiation|radioactive]] surface. Robomen were made to ensure that the human slaves continued mining [[veganite]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'')
 
The Daleks began using a more sophisticated implantation technique. Rather than fitting their subjects with grafted positronic discs and communication devices, the circuitry was placed inside the brain and the Robomen retained independent thought. These Robomen were much harder to detect and far more dangerous. Orders from their Dalek masters would be filtered through normal thought processes, the subject seemingly unaware of the disc implant. One such Roboman was [[Gordon Pellan]], who was gunned down by [[Earth Alliance]] forces. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Human Factor (audio story)|The Human Factor]]'')
 
[[Mirana]], another of these newer, more sophisticated Robomen, was linked directly to the [[Dalek Emperor]]'s mind. She was unaware of the linkage and when told of the implant, she was confused. The implant itself was deemed impossible to remove without killing the subject, but it could be disabled. Mirana's implant was disabled surgically, though she could still receive transmissions from the Dalek command net. The remnants of the Earth Alliance used her to track a small battalion of Daleks on [[Lopra Minor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]'')
 
During the [[Enemy-Alliance Dalek War]], [[Alliance Dalek|Daleks from a parallel universe]] created highly advanced Robomen known as [[Demon (Dalek War)|Demons]]. Only three were created before the N-Space Daleks attacked the facility. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demons (audio story)|The Demons]]'')
 
On the Dalek occupied planet [[Nixyce VII]], the Daleks used Robomen to patrol and regulate work in the mines. The Robomen on Nixyce VII were ordered to find [[Liv Chenka]] who was needed to assist with an emergency in the Dalek mines. [[The Doctor]] and the freedom fighters [[Kavel]] and [[Aldin]] all pretended to be fully converted Robomen to evade Dalek capture. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Traitor (audio story)|The Traitor]]'')
 
=== Time War ===
During the [[Last Great Time War]], [[Susan Foreman]] encountered "[[Robogron]]s", Robomen made out of Ogrons, on the planet [[Florana]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Uncertain Shore (audio story)}})
 
A number of [[Time Lords]] were robotised and later freed from Dalek control by the [[War Doctor]]. Choosing to retain their numerical designations as names, they formed the [[Third Power]]; a third faction in the Time War affiliated with neither side. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Morbius the Mighty (audio story)}})
 
=== Post-Time War ===
At its onset, the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] found a record in the [[pathweb]] of the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War]] having planned to use [[continuity bomb]]s to seed the galaxy with Robomen but the Paradigm had no way to verify this account. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'')
 
[[File:Robomen on Station 7.jpg|thumb|The Robomen run amok on Station 7. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'')]]
A number of Robomen, similar in appearance and sophistication to those used in the 22nd century, were captured by [[Space Security Service]] agents when they retook the planet [[Caridos]] from the Daleks in [[3994]] and brought to [[Station 7]] for study. The Robomen remained on the Station into the early stages of the [[41st century]] and were completely inert until a Dalek task force invaded, reactivating them to fight from within. They were all killed in the subsequent battle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'')
 
Via a [[Time-Space Visualiser]], the [[Strategist Dalek (Victory of the Daleks)|Strategist]] and [[Scientist Dalek (Victory of the Daleks)|Scientist Dalek]] were able to study the original conversion procedure of the Robomen, eventually supplanting them with the [[Dalek puppet]]s, who also fulfilled the infiltration capabilities of [[Dalek duplicate]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'')
 
== References ==
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] expected Robomen to be on the [[Sunlight Worlds]] founded by the [[Dalek Foundation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Dalek Invasion of Earth novel.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth''.]]
A Roboman featured on the cover of the ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' novelisation. This Roboman bore a resemblance to those seen in the film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', even though the book's content drew from the [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|television version]]. This Roboman was further distinguished in that he wore a [[gas mask|gas-mask]].
 
''[[The Dalek Handbook]]'' observes that [[Arthur Terrall]] was controlled by a more advanced version of the conditioning process used on the Robomen. It also makes note of similarities between the Robomen and the [[Movellan]]s, from their need for orders to the control helmets that they wore when in their spaceships, going on to suggest that the Movellans were originally a [[slave]] race created by the Daleks before going rogue.
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Robomen were humans converted by the Daleks into wholly obedient slaves during the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth.

The Daleks captured prisoners and operated on their brains in a surgical procedure called the "transfer" (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) or "robotization", (PROSE: What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You!) fitting them with large, helmet-like headsets. The Daleks' mind control technique was unstable, and would eventually wear off. However, instead of reverting, that is to say becoming human again, the Robomen would go insane and commit suicide. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Pre-Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

One of only a handful of surviving images of the Robomen during the occupation was a sketch by a prisoner before his own untimely conversion. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

During the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, the Daleks used Robomen. These surgically modified captives were armed with machine guns and used for patrols and overseeing other slaves. The Robomen were needed because there were few Daleks on Earth. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, AUDIO: Masters of Earth)

In 2158, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa encountered a Roboman in Kansas who had been a sheriff. He and a Dalek believed them to be escaped prisoners from a work camp and tried to capture them, but they escaped in the TARDIS. The Roboman and the Dalek returned to their commander to report their failure. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase)

In 2163, Robomen of the Roboman Elite were able to break their conditioning and rebel against the Daleks, but they had their own plans for converting humanity into Robomen and conquering the galaxy. The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown encountered them and defeated them. (AUDIO: Masters of Earth)

Robomen also served in the 2150 Dalek invasion of Earth of version of history "B". (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide, TV: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.) During the occupation, the Black Dalek, the Red Dalek and two Robomen once patrolled a street of the ruined London, narrowly missing the presence of an older Susan in TARDIS, which they mistook for a simple police box. (HOMEVID: Untitled 1)

According to the Dalek Survival Guide, it was following the failure of the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth that the Daleks started using Ogrons as shock troops; the guide suggested that the Ogrons' natural stupidity made them easier to control than humans and so eliminated the need for the time-consuming robotisation process. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide)

When the Daleks invaded again in the late 2190s, they once more used Robomen to patrol Earth. (AUDIO: Lucie Miller)

In 2025, Robomen were used by time travelling Daleks as security guards. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)

The Daleks used Robomen during the Battle of Pejorica against the Jariden. (AUDIO: The Four Doctors)

Robotisation remained an object of fear as the Earth Protection Corps fought in the Dalek-Movellan War. (AUDIO: The Dalek Defence)

Bernice Summerfield, Abslom Daak, Harma, Salander, Vol Mercurius were designated as "Robomen troops" and operatives by the Black Dalek Leader when they were placed under the mental control of Psyche Dalek Three to force the Seventh Doctor's co-operation in the battle of Spiridon. They were freed when the Doctor destroyed the Psyche Dalek's control. (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!)

During the Shoreditch Incident in the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War, the Renegade Daleks had a group of Robomen at their disposal, control now being reduced to but a small chip. These Robomen unwittingly stumbled into the Last Great Time War only to have their command signal overrode by the Daleks of the Time War when the Eighth Doctor bargained with them. (AUDIO: The Shoreditch Intervention)

Following the Dalek invasion of Vega VI, the Daleks built a number of robotising plants on its radioactive surface. Robomen were made to ensure that the human slaves continued mining veganite. (AUDIO: Invasion of the Daleks)

The Daleks began using a more sophisticated implantation technique. Rather than fitting their subjects with grafted positronic discs and communication devices, the circuitry was placed inside the brain and the Robomen retained independent thought. These Robomen were much harder to detect and far more dangerous. Orders from their Dalek masters would be filtered through normal thought processes, the subject seemingly unaware of the disc implant. One such Roboman was Gordon Pellan, who was gunned down by Earth Alliance forces. (AUDIO: The Human Factor)

Mirana, another of these newer, more sophisticated Robomen, was linked directly to the Dalek Emperor's mind. She was unaware of the linkage and when told of the implant, she was confused. The implant itself was deemed impossible to remove without killing the subject, but it could be disabled. Mirana's implant was disabled surgically, though she could still receive transmissions from the Dalek command net. The remnants of the Earth Alliance used her to track a small battalion of Daleks on Lopra Minor. (AUDIO: Project Infinity)

During the Enemy-Alliance Dalek War, Daleks from a parallel universe created highly advanced Robomen known as Demons. Only three were created before the N-Space Daleks attacked the facility. (AUDIO: The Demons)

On the Dalek occupied planet Nixyce VII, the Daleks used Robomen to patrol and regulate work in the mines. The Robomen on Nixyce VII were ordered to find Liv Chenka who was needed to assist with an emergency in the Dalek mines. The Doctor and the freedom fighters Kavel and Aldin all pretended to be fully converted Robomen to evade Dalek capture. (AUDIO: The Traitor)

Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

During the Last Great Time War, Susan Foreman encountered "Robogrons", Robomen made out of Ogrons, on the planet Florana. (AUDIO: The Uncertain Shore [+]Loading...["The Uncertain Shore (audio story)"])

A number of Time Lords were robotised and later freed from Dalek control by the War Doctor. Choosing to retain their numerical designations as names, they formed the Third Power; a third faction in the Time War affiliated with neither side. (AUDIO: Morbius the Mighty [+]Loading...["Morbius the Mighty (audio story)"])

Post-Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

At its onset, the New Dalek Paradigm found a record in the pathweb of the Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War having planned to use continuity bombs to seed the galaxy with Robomen but the Paradigm had no way to verify this account. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

The Robomen run amok on Station 7. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)

A number of Robomen, similar in appearance and sophistication to those used in the 22nd century, were captured by Space Security Service agents when they retook the planet Caridos from the Daleks in 3994 and brought to Station 7 for study. The Robomen remained on the Station into the early stages of the 41st century and were completely inert until a Dalek task force invaded, reactivating them to fight from within. They were all killed in the subsequent battle. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)

Via a Time-Space Visualiser, the Strategist and Scientist Dalek were able to study the original conversion procedure of the Robomen, eventually supplanting them with the Dalek puppets, who also fulfilled the infiltration capabilities of Dalek duplicates. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eleventh Doctor expected Robomen to be on the Sunlight Worlds founded by the Dalek Foundation. (PROSE: The Dalek Generation)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth.

A Roboman featured on the cover of the Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth novelisation. This Roboman bore a resemblance to those seen in the film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., even though the book's content drew from the television version. This Roboman was further distinguished in that he wore a gas-mask.

The Dalek Handbook observes that Arthur Terrall was controlled by a more advanced version of the conditioning process used on the Robomen. It also makes note of similarities between the Robomen and the Movellans, from their need for orders to the control helmets that they wore when in their spaceships, going on to suggest that the Movellans were originally a slave race created by the Daleks before going rogue.