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An '''android''' was a [[humanoid]] [[robot]]. Examples included [[Kamelion]] (in his natural form) ([[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'') and the [[K1]] robot ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''). By the [[51st century]] androids where indistinguishable from [[human]]s were common, and [[River Song]] claimed to have dated several. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')
An '''android''' was a [[humanoid]] [[robot]] — or, as the [[Tenth Doctor]] once explained to [[Martha Jones|Martha]] a "humanoid [[automaton]]". ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') Examples included [[Kamelion]] (in his natural form) ([[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'') and the [[K1]] robot ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''). By the [[51st century]] androids where indistinguishable from [[human]]s were common, and [[River Song]] claimed to have dated several. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')


Although the term "android" was often used for robots of both genders, a female android is technically called a '''gynoid''', and they have been referred to as such on occasion. ([[NA]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'')
Although the term "android" was often used for robots of both genders, a female android is technically called a '''gynoid''', and they have been referred to as such on occasion. ([[NA]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'')


==List of Androids==
==List of androids==
===Android types===
===Android types===
*[[Robot Santa]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride]], [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
*[[Robot Santa]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride]], [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
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*Android versions of [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
*Android versions of [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
*[[Dalek]]s' robot [[Robot Dr Who|Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
*[[Dalek]]s' robot [[Robot Dr Who|Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
*[[Eve]] ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'')
*[[Governor Lok]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'')
*[[Governor Lok]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'')
*[[K1]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
*[[K1]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')

Revision as of 02:15, 21 June 2011

An android was a humanoid robot — or, as the Tenth Doctor once explained to Martha a "humanoid automaton". (NSA: The Last Dodo) Examples included Kamelion (in his natural form) (DW: The King's Demons) and the K1 robot (DW: Robot). By the 51st century androids where indistinguishable from humans were common, and River Song claimed to have dated several. (DW: Silence in the Library)

Although the term "android" was often used for robots of both genders, a female android is technically called a gynoid, and they have been referred to as such on occasion. (NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet)

List of androids

Android types

Individual androids


Android