1977 • Television • Doctor Who (1963)
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Series: Doctor Who (1963)
Original release / air date: 5 February 1977
Runtime: 24 minutes
Season: 14
Episode: 18
Country / region: United Kingdom
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: BBC1
Production company / studio: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Artificial character(s): D.84
Performer(s): Gregory de Polnay
ASFR type: Built
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Overview
As murders continue aboard the sandminer, Leela discovers that D.84 is not the simple mute labour robot it appears to be.
ASFR Content
The episode establishes the robots' prime no-kill programming while the Doctor theorises that somebody has bypassed it. D.84 then privately speaks to Leela and demonstrates independent reasoning, revealing a concealed level of intelligence and purpose far beyond the normal D-class specification.
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Scene 1
Major
The Doctor identifies robot programming as the murder barrier
The Doctor explains that a no-kill directive is built into every robot brain and proposes that someone may have bypassed it.
Character(s): D.84
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Scene 2
Key ASFR scene
The supposedly mute D.84 speaks
Leela is confronted by the labour robot privately speaking and reasoning with her, revealing that it is not an ordinary D-class machine.
Character(s): D.84
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