1977 • Television • Doctor Who (1963)
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Series: Doctor Who (1963)
Original release / air date: 19 February 1977
Runtime: 24 minutes
Season: 14
Episode: 20
Country / region: United Kingdom
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: BBC1
Production company / studio: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Artificial character(s): D.84, Sandminer Robots
Performer(s): Gregory de Polnay
ASFR type: Built
Overview
Taren Capel openly takes control of the Sandminer robots and orders the modified machines to kill the surviving humans.
ASFR Content
Friendly robots are shut down and converted; damaged killer robots fall into repeated command loops before being deactivated or destroyed.
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ASFR Scenes
Scene 1
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Capel disables and converts the remaining robots
Friendly robots are switched off so Capel can modify their command circuits and reactivate them as killers.
Character(s): Sandminer Robots
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Scene 2
Key ASFR scene
V4 loops its kill command after head damage
A Laserson probe is driven into the robot's head, degrading its control behaviour into a repeated kill loop.
Character(s): Sandminer Robots
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Scene 3
Key ASFR scene
SV7 is deactivated
The Doctor drives a probe into the Super Voc's head until its speech breaks down and it shuts off.
Character(s): Sandminer Robots
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