The Robots of Death (TV story)
| Season: | 14 |
| Doctor: | Fourth Doctor |
| Companion | Leela |
| Original Airdate: | 29th January - 19th February 1977 |
| Format: | 4 25-minute episodes |
| Production Code: | 4R |
| Writer: | Chris Boucher |
| Director: | Michael Briant |
| Producer: | Philip Hinchcliffe |
The Fourth Doctor and Leela land in the cargo hopper of a Sandminer, whose crew are being murdered one by one. Suspicion falls on the two visitors, but they are freed by Nova Poul. He reveals that he is an undercover policeman sent to locate a mad roboticist named Taren Capel, whom he believes to have infiltrated the Sandminer. Unfortunately, Poul suffers a nervous breakdown upon learning that the murders are being committed by robots reprogrammed by Capel. It is revealed that Capel has assumed the guise of Dask, the ship's engineer. However, the Doctor manages to trick the robots into killing him.
Cast
Dask/Taren Capel - David Bailie
Robots - Mark Blackwell Baker, John Bleasdale, Mark Cooper, Peter Langtry, Jeremy Ranchev, Richard Seager
Crew
Enemies
Taren Capel posing as Dask, and his reprogrammed robots.
Story Notes
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Broadcast Dates
Episode 1 - 29th January 1977
Episode 2 - 5th February 1977
Episode 3 - 12th February 1977
Episode 4 - 19th February 1977
Duration
4 half-hour episodes.
Ratings
Continuity
- This episode is the last one in which the wood-panelled TARDIS control room appears.
- The characters from this episode reappear in several of Chris Boucher's later novels, and in the Kaldor City spinoffs.
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