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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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 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
- Robot Santa (DW: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, The Pandorica Opens)
- Raston Warrior Robot (DW: The Five Doctors)
- Adherents of the Repeated Meme (DW: The End of the World)
- Clockwork Droids (DW: The Girl in the Fireplace)
- Cyberman android (DW: Earthshock)
- Hosts (DW: Voyage of the Damned)
- Kraal androids (DW: The Android Invasion)
- Monarch's androids (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Movellans (DW: Destiny of the Daleks)
- Android mummies (DW: Pyramids of Mars)
- Robot Clowns of the Psychic Circus (DW: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
- Sharaz Jek's androids (DW: The Caves of Androzani)
- Slabs (DW: Smith and Jones)
- Taran androids (DW: The Androids of Tara)
- Wardens (DW: The Infinite Quest)
- Smiler (DW: The Beast Below)
- Borad's blue-skinned androids (DW: Timelash)
Individual androids
- The Anne Droid (DW: Bad Wolf)
- Antimony (WC: Death Comes to Time)
- Android versions of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster (DW: The Chase)
- Daleks' robot Doctor (DW: The Chase)
- Eve (NSA: The Last Dodo)
- Governor Lok (DW: The Infinite Quest)
- K1 (DW: Robot)
- Kamelion (in his natural form) (DW: The King's Demons)
- The Master (Alternate timeline) (WC: Scream of the Shalka)
- Terileptil android (DW: The Visitation)
- Trine-E and Zu-Zana (DW: Bad Wolf)
- Quarsians' robot Destructor Unit J7 (DWBIT: Android of Death)
- Mister Dread (DW: Dreamland)
- Edwin Bracewell (DW: Victory of the Daleks)
- Melaina (K9TV: Sirens of Ceres)
- The Muse (DWM: Planet Bollywood)
- Bigon (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Enlightenment (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Kurkutji (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Lin Futu (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Persuasion (DW: Four to Doomsday)
- Villagra (DW: Four to Doomsday)
