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On [[12 November]] [[1969]], the "robot dog" appeared in a dream of the newborn [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], where he sniffed [[Tom Jones]]'s [[crotch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'')

In the [[21st century]], [[Omniverse]]-travelling [[actor]] [[Tom Baker (Bafflement and Devotion)|Tom Baker]] entrusted his "robot dog" to the housekeeper of [[Baker's End]], [[Fenella Frimbly]]. She was originally hesitant of the robot dog's arrival, and she was prepared to hit it with her [[cricket bat]] which she reserved for unwanted visitors, but she begrudgingly let the robot dog stay in Baker's End when it told her that it meant no harm. That night, the robot dog somehow made Fenella recall some painful memories before she met Baker, and she sent the dog out of the her bedroom, calling it a "[[hound]] from [[hell]]". The next morning, which was [[Christmas Day]], the robot dog made it up to her by telling Fenella stories of his and his Master's travels, some of which Fenella thought she might've been present for. Soon, the dog raced out of the home, exclaiming that his Master had returned, and Fenella ran with youthful vigour along side the dog. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]'')

Sometime in the mid [[1980s]], the robot dog ended up being broken down into scrap at a [[market]] stall. It had been [[16 (number)|sixteen]] years since the dog last spoke to anybody. [[Jack (Kept Safe and Sound)|Jack]], who went to the market regularly to collect volumes of the ''[[Books of Mayhem]]'', found the robot dog in a sorry state in the summertime, when he was [[13 (number)|thirteen]]. Over the next few weeks, Jack and the dog became friends, but every time Jack visited the dog, he was losing more and more parts, until one day, Jack was horrified to discover that the robot dog had been dismantled so much, only his [[brain]] remained. Jack [[theft|took]] the brain, and upon the dog's instruction, [[download]]ed the robot dog's memory onto [[CD]]s before the brain deteriorated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'')

In the dream of newborn [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], the robot dog was referred to as stern. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In the Sixties (short story)|In the Sixties]]'') During the robot dog's time in [[Baker's End]], the robot dog was expressive, being able to show characteristics such as helplessness and curiosity. He was polite as well. After Fenella sent the robot dog out of her room, she noted that the dog looked [[Sadness|sad]], although that later that morning, the dog spoke cheerfully. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]'')

Towards the end of his initial life, the robot dog became more pensive and philosophical, though he thought highly of himself, considering his mortality and questioned ideas such as [[fate]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]'')