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}}An '''orbitus''' was a multi-functional [[robot]] not usually seen on any world but [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, Captain [[Rod Marlow]] found one on a mission to a [[planet]] the [[Dalek]]s had deserted. He brought it back and gave to his son, [[Roger Marlow|Roger]], as a birthday present. The orbitus saved Roger's life when the boy was captured by the criminals [[Sheer]] and [[Karsoff]]. | }}An '''orbitus''' was a multi-functional [[robot]] not usually seen on any world but [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, Captain [[Rod Marlow]] found one on a mission to a [[planet]] the [[Dalek]]s had deserted. He brought it back and gave to his son, [[Roger Marlow|Roger]], as a birthday present. The orbitus saved Roger's life when the boy was captured by the criminals [[Sheer]] and [[Karsoff]]. | ||
It had the capacity to adapt extremely quickly to its master's wishes above and beyond the extraordinary ability to process [[human]] speech and make logical [[deduction]]s about what it heard. It also had a geomath calculator which helped it play [[draughts]] and other board games; a sensor receiver, which allowed it to "hijack" images shown at local cinemas and display them locally; sonic difuser beams, which allowed for simple cleaning tasks; photomatic memory cells, which gave it "all the knowledge in the world"; [[anti-gravity|anti-grav]] propulsors, which converted it into a high-speed vehicle; the ability to travel underwater and to provide air bubbles for organic passengers and metron disseminator beams that could burn through metal. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Orbitus (comic story)|The Orbitus]]'') | |||
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