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|image      = Happy Smiler.jpg
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|type        = [[Android]]
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|origin      = ''[[Starship UK]]''
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|first      = The Journey (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}
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The '''Smilers''' were a type of [[android]] used aboard ''[[Starship UK]]''.


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== History ==
|individual name = Smiler
The Smilers were mounted in booths around the ''Starship UK''. They served primarily as the [[security]] for the spacecraft, but also performed other services such as information consulting and automatic teachers who enforced strict grading systems for pupils. When adults broke the law or were deemed unnecessary, the Smilers would feed them to the [[Star whale (The Beast Below)|star whale]]; children were sentenced to work in the [[Tower of London]]. The Smilers rotated their heads to show three faces: happy, displeased (for warnings) and livid (when attacking).
|race = [[Android]]
|home planet = [[Starship UK]]
|home era = [[29th century]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]''
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==History==
The Smilers were mechanical androids that were used as "guards" on Starship UK. They were placed in booths and if at any time a citizen of Starship UK decide to press the protest button, they would switch to their demonic face and come out and attack the protesters. They had three faces that they would present to anyone that approached them and could change there face by turning around. They where capable of killing a human being by getting out there booths and walking. They where destroyed after the Doctor found out the truth about the Starship UK and what they were doing to people. ([[DW]]: [[The Beast Below]])


==External Links==
Smilers normally displayed a comforting happy face if citizens were obedient, though by their very nature as the tenacious watchdogs of the starship, their smiles were more often than not unsettling, because Smilers would switch to grimacing expressions if they witnessed anyone disrupting the order on ''Starship UK''. This was the one and only warning they gave for the offender to immediately desist from their actions. If this warning was ignored, Smilers would reveal enraged faces with menacing red eyes and administer a brutal punishment.
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''http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/characters/Smilers''
While Smilers appeared to be merely heads, in extreme circumstances their entire bodies would leave their booths and attack. The terrified population never dared approach the booths, which meant the area surrounding them was completely clean, as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] noticed. The Smilers quickly recovered from damage such as being shot through built-in repair capabilities.


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Humans hybridised with Smilers were known as [[Winder]]s. They formed a secret police force that maintained the clockwork machinery on ''Starship UK''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})
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=== Alternate timelines ===
In an [[parallel universe|alternate dimension]] in which [[the Doctor]]'s adventures existed as a fictional TV show called ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'', a fan dressed as a Smiler was present at a ''[[Doctor Who convention|Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who convention|convention]] which the [[Eleventh Doctor]] visited with [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] in [[2013]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
 
In another [[River Song's World|alternate timeline]], Amy drew a picture of a Smiler and other monsters she encountered during her time with the [[Eleventh Doctor]] so she could remember him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}})
== External links ==
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[[Category:Androids]]
[[Category:Starship UK]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 15 May 2024

The Smilers were a type of android used aboard Starship UK.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Smilers were mounted in booths around the Starship UK. They served primarily as the security for the spacecraft, but also performed other services such as information consulting and automatic teachers who enforced strict grading systems for pupils. When adults broke the law or were deemed unnecessary, the Smilers would feed them to the star whale; children were sentenced to work in the Tower of London. The Smilers rotated their heads to show three faces: happy, displeased (for warnings) and livid (when attacking).

Smilers normally displayed a comforting happy face if citizens were obedient, though by their very nature as the tenacious watchdogs of the starship, their smiles were more often than not unsettling, because Smilers would switch to grimacing expressions if they witnessed anyone disrupting the order on Starship UK. This was the one and only warning they gave for the offender to immediately desist from their actions. If this warning was ignored, Smilers would reveal enraged faces with menacing red eyes and administer a brutal punishment.

While Smilers appeared to be merely heads, in extreme circumstances their entire bodies would leave their booths and attack. The terrified population never dared approach the booths, which meant the area surrounding them was completely clean, as the Eleventh Doctor noticed. The Smilers quickly recovered from damage such as being shot through built-in repair capabilities.

Humans hybridised with Smilers were known as Winders. They formed a secret police force that maintained the clockwork machinery on Starship UK. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

Alternate timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternate dimension in which the Doctor's adventures existed as a fictional TV show called Doctor Who, a fan dressed as a Smiler was present at a Doctor Who convention which the Eleventh Doctor visited with Ally in 2013. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)

In another alternate timeline, Amy drew a picture of a Smiler and other monsters she encountered during her time with the Eleventh Doctor so she could remember him. (TV: The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"])

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]