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From: nlt@duke.UUCP (N. Tinkham)
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Subject: Re: Robots
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 16:08:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 16:08:28 1984
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Robots, you say? Well, I can remember

   1.  The IMC robot in "Colony in Space"
   2.  The Tereleptils' robot in "The Visitation"
   3.  Sutekh's robots in "Pyramids of Mars"
   4.  Assorted androids in "The Android Invasion"
   5.  A robot-like entity in "The King's Demons"
   6.  And, of course, K9 (I guess he qualifies).

The robot in "Robot", by the way, was called "K1" (not to be confused with...)

As for "hybrid" entities, those which are either partly organic and partly
mechanical (like Daleks) or else entirely mechanical in body but possessing
genuine consciousness (like, I presume, Cybermen), I can think of

   7.  Mr. Sin in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", and
   8.  The non-organic beings in "Four to Doomsday".

I'm almost sure there are others.  (E.g., I haven't yet seen "Androids of
Tara", but I'd be surprised if there weren't androids in that one.)


                                    "Have we been here before,
                                     or are we yet to come?"

                                     N. Tinkham
                                     duke!nlt