Machine
In the common vernacular, a machine was a mechanical device that performed a function.
The First Doctor referred to his TARDIS as a machine. (TV: The Edge of Destruction [+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"]) Winston Churchill referred to it as a "remarkable machine". (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"])
When the First Doctor and his companions first met the Daleks, they initially thought them to be a machine race before Barbara Wright deduced that their hosts' emotion was evident of their organic roots. At this stage in their history, the Daleks referred to their casings as "protective machines", unaware that they had evolved to become dependent on Skaro's radiation. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])
After being informed by River Song that the Daleks seemed to be channelling a large amount of power to a particular building, Beckett Mariner remarked that she bet they weren't using it to power up a margarita machine, something which River agreed was "not likely". (GAME: A Trek to Skaro [+]Loading...["A Trek to Skaro (episode)"])
TV Century 21 once described Supercar as a "wonder machine". (PROSE: Marineville Blackout [+]Loading...["Marineville Blackout (short story)"])
