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[[Grant Markham]] suffered from robophobia, which he initially attributed to hearing [[Agora]]n stories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'') However, this was later identified as the trauma of Grant's repressed memory of his mother being killed by a [[Cyberman]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]''). | [[Grant Markham]] suffered from robophobia, which he initially attributed to hearing [[Agora]]n stories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'') However, this was later identified as the trauma of Grant's repressed memory of his mother being killed by a [[Cyberman]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]''). | ||
[[ | [[Farel]] suffered from Grimwade's after hearing [[Elicien|his wife]] die in a sandstorm while surronded by [[Voc]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The name "Grimwade's Syndrome" was an in-joke reference to production assistant [[Peter Grimwade]] (later to become a director and writer on the series), who had bemoaned the fact that the stories on which he was assigned to work almost always involved robots. This was ad-libbed by Tom Baker during recording from the originally scripted "Gimwol's Syndrome". However, the description of robophobia given by the Doctor in fact coincides with a real-life phenomenon called the [[:Wikipedia:Uncanny valley|Uncanny Valley]]. | The name "Grimwade's Syndrome" was an in-joke reference to production assistant [[Peter Grimwade]] (later to become a director and writer on the series), who had bemoaned the fact that the stories on which he was assigned to work almost always involved robots. This was ad-libbed by Tom Baker during recording from the originally scripted "Gimwol's Syndrome". However, the description of robophobia given by the Doctor in fact coincides with a real-life phenomenon called the [[:Wikipedia:Uncanny valley|Uncanny Valley]]. | ||
[[Category:Psychiatric disorders]] | [[Category:Psychiatric disorders]] | ||
