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4A
75
28 Dec 74 - 18 Jan 75
4
4C
76
25 Jan 75 - 15 Feb 75
4
4B
77
22 Feb 75 - 01 Mar 75
2
4E
78
08 Mar 75 - 12 Apr 75
6
4D
79
19 Apr 75 - 10 May 75
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Episode 1.
28 December 1974
5:35 p.m.
24.11
10.8
25
Episode 2.
4 January 1975
5:33 p.m.
25.00
10.7
17
Episode 3.
11 January 1975
5:30 p.m.
24.29
10.1
22
Episode 4.
18 January 1975
5:32 p.m.
24.29
9.0
30
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The Doctor is recovering from the effects of his latest body change. Meanwhile, a robot breaks into a top secret government establishment and steals the plans of a new Disintegrator Gun. The Doctor investigates and traces the crime to a group of dissident scientists known as Think Tank who, led by the formidable Miss Winters, are planning to take over the world. To do this they are using a robot designed by Professor Kettlewell, who pretends to oppose them but is really on their side. The Think Tank steals a Destructor Code which will enable them to launch a nuclear missile attack and start the Third World War. UNIT attacks the bunker where they are fortified. In an attempt to protect its masters the robot kills Kettlewell and goes berserk. An infusion of energy provided by the Disintegrator Gun makes it grow to enormous size. The Doctor arrives in time with a metal virus which destroys the robot. Harry Sullivan joins the Doctor and Sarah as they leave in the TARDIS.
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The Doctor:  Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith:Elisabeth Sladen
Harry Sullivan: Ian Marter

Guest Appearances:
Professor Kettlewell: Edward Burnham
Jellicoe: Alec Linstead
Hilda Winters: Patricia Maynard
Robot: Michael Kilgarriff
Guard: John Scott Martin
Short: Timothy Craven
Chambers: Walter Goodman


Producer: Barry Letts
Script Editor: Robert Holmes
Writer: Terrance Dicks
Director: Christopher Barry
Designer: Ian Rawnsley
Costume: James Acheson
Make up: Judy Clay
Visual Effects: Clifford Cully
Music: Dudley Simpson

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1975 Target edition with cover art by Peter Brookes1984 Target Edition Book Cover with cover by Jeff Cummins1992 Target Edition Book Cover with cover by Alister Pearson

Novelized as "Doctor Who - Robot" by Terrance Dicks (0 426 11279 2) first published by Universal Tandem as "Doctor Who and the Giant Robot" in 1975 with cover by Peter Brookes. New edition by W H Allen (now Virgin Publishing Ltd) in 1978 with cover by Jeff Cummins. New edition in 1992 with cover by Alister Pearson. Target library number 28.

Image of UNIT soldiers attacking the Robot (Michael Kilgarriff)
Image of the New Doctor enetring the TARDISImage of Sara Jane and the Doctor exiting the TARDIS
Image of the Robot (Michael Kilgarriff)
Image of the Docotr and Harry Sullivan

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Image of Video CoverReleased as "Robot" (BBCV 4714) in 1992 with cover by Alister Pearson, in episodic format. UK release (BBC Video catalogue # 4714. Released in the US And Canada (Warner Home Video catalogue # E1260).

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Robot marked the first time a Doctor Who story was made entirely on videotape instead of a combination of videotape and film.

All four episodes exist in color on PAL 2" videotape.

Studio recording in studio TC3. (21 May; 2, 6-7 June 1974)
BBC Engineering Training Center, Wood Norton Hall, Wood Norton, Eversham, Worcestershire. (28-30 April - 1-2, 5-6 May 1974)

Episode 1-4 - Benton is a Warrant Officer in this story, but the end credits refer to him as "Sergeant Benton".
Episode ? - When the Doctor chops a brick in half, you can tell it's really made from balsa wood by listening to the sound it makes when it hits the ground.
Episode ? - At one point in the story, the Doctor hurriedly types out a letter to leave for the Brigadier and Sarah-Jane, and pins it to the TARDIS. Later when Sarah-Jane reads the note, you can clearly see it's been handwritten!

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