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|main character=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Sky Smith|Sky]], [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] | |main character=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Sky Smith|Sky]], [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] | ||
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|setting=[[ | |setting=[[Holcote House]], [[Eden (Children of Steel)|Eden factory]], [[2011]] | ||
|read= [[Daniel Anthony]] | |read= [[Daniel Anthony]] | ||
|writer= [[Martin Day]] | |writer= [[Martin Day]] | ||
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A steam-powered robot causes chaos for [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and friends, in this exclusive audio story read by Daniel Anthony. | A steam-powered robot causes chaos for [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and friends, in this exclusive audio story read by Daniel Anthony. | ||
Sarah Jane is thrilled when she successfully bids for a [[Victorian]] brass head in an antiques auction. On taking the metal model home, [[Mr Smith]] informs her that it contains a research probe from the future. | Sarah Jane is thrilled when she successfully bids for a [[Victorian]] brass head in an antiques auction. On taking the metal model home, [[Mr Smith]] informs her that it contains a [[research probe]] from the future. | ||
Sarah Jane speculates that the probe was used as the ‘brain’ that powered the | Sarah Jane speculates that the probe was used as the ‘brain’ that powered the ‘[[Difference Golem]]’; a mechanical servant built by eccentric inventor Sir [[Joseph Montague]]. She suggests destroying it, to prevent such advanced technology from falling into the wrong hands, but [[Rani Chandra|Rani]] persuades her that this would be wrong, as the golem could have been sentient. So she, Rani, [[Sky Smith|Sky]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] travel to [[Holcote House]], the former residence of Sir Joseph, in search of its body. But they are soon to discover that meddling with artificial intelligence can have dangerous consequences... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Oliver Guide]] | * [[Oliver Guide]] | ||
* [[Adam (Children of Steel)|Adam]] | * [[Adam (Children of Steel)|Adam]] | ||
* [[Adam's daughter]] | |||
* [[Joseph Montague]] | * [[Joseph Montague]] | ||
* [[James Montague]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
*[[Karel Capek]] invented the word [[robot]] in [[1920]]. | *[[Karel Capek]] invented the word [[robot]] in [[1920]]. | ||
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] mentioned the [[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]] and the [[Grandfather paradox]]. | |||
* During the [[Bloody Sunday]] demonstration on the [[Trafalgar Square]] three protesters were killed. | |||
* [[James Montague]] showed the game [[ducks and drakes]] to [[Adam (Children of Steel)|Adam]]. | |||
* [[Clyde Langer]] thought that [[Holcote House]] was the sort of place where one might have expected to find [[Hercule Poirot]] trying to solve a murder. | |||
* [[Adam's daughter]] was a tall woman, dressed from heads to foots in a dark pink striped suit as immaculate as if she just went off the catwalk in [[Milan]]. | |||
*[[Charles Babbage]] built the [[difference engine]]. | |||
[[File:Children of Steel clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | [[File:Children of Steel clean.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | ||
