Stevens also produced a series of audio dramas called Kaldor City, created by Chris Boucher, which link the Blake's 7 universe into Boucher's Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death through the character Carnell ( Scott Fredericks ), whom Boucher created for the Blake's 7 episode Weapon.

The Doctor states that transdimensional engineering was a key Time Lord discovery in " The Robots of Death ".

Shows such as Doctor Who-most specifically in the episode " Robots of Death "-have also tackled the issue of technophobia, with a character in " Robots of Death " displaying a great fear of robots due to their lack of body language, described by the Fourth Doctor as giving them the appearance of " dead men walking ".

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* Death and the Powers: The Robots ' Opera

* In the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death ( 1977 ), a similar concept is referred to as " Grimwade's Syndrome " which is described as a psychological condition among people with frequent contact with robots, attributed to the robots moving like humans, but without any of the characteristic human body language.

* The Robots of Death ( 1979 )

In science fiction, he wrote three Doctor Who serials in the late 1970s: The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death and Image of the Fendahl.

More recent work has included several Doctor Who novels for BBC Books, all featuring the character of Leela, and a series of straight-to-CD full-cast audio dramas entitled Kaldor City, which combine elements from his Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death with his Blake's 7 work.

* 1977: Doctor Who: The Face of Evil, Doctor Who: The Robots of Death, Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl ( Each story released over twelve months ).

* After falling, as the Doctor lies sprawled on the ground, he sees visions of all the companions that previously accompanied his fourth incarnation: Sarah Jane Smith ( Terror of the Zygons ), Harry Sullivan ( The Sontaran Experiment ), Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart ( Invasion of the Dinosaurs, a Third Doctor story ), Leela ( The Robots of Death ), K-9 ( The Armageddon Factor ), Romana I ( The Stones of Blood ) and Romana II ( Full Circle ).

An oft-repeated story ( also stated in the DVD commentary to The Robots of Death ) is that Leela's skimpy leather outfits were very popular with the " Dads ", which kept them watching the programme.

Despite not being on the final shortlist, Pamela Salem won a small voice role in Leela's debut story, The Face of Evil, followed by a substantial part in the next story The Robots of Death.

* The Robots of Death

Kaldor City is a human city of the future on an unspecified alien world, created by Chris Boucher for the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death broadcast in 1977, and reused in his Past Doctor Adventure Corpse Marker in 1999.

The city was first mentioned in The Robots of Death as the home base of a " storm mine " touring the desert searching for and mining precious minerals from within the sands, with the crew working on commission for the Company.

The society shown in The Robots of Death is one where higher class " founding families " ( presumably a reference to the families that founded the colony planet ) have hit financial difficulties and are forced to work with ( and sometimes subordinate to ) citizens who have achieved their power, influence and wealth through their own hard work and scheming.

The Robots of Death also shows us that it is possible to reprogram robots so that they can break the restrictions on them harming humans, as robotics genius Taren Capel has discovered in his attempts to free his robot " brothers " from their slavery.

By the end of the novel, Topmaster Uvanov ( formerly commander of the storm mine in The Robots of Death, and not a member of a founding family ) has secured his succession to Chairholder of the Company Board.

From the early releases, it seemed that the series was telling a story of political intrigue and manipulation that was gearing towards the use of the robot workforce as a means of revolution, as shown previously in The Robots of Death and Corpse Marker.

It focuses on the arrival of a mysterious figure called Kaston Iago ( named for the manipulative character from Shakespeare's Othello and the noted Shakespeare editor David Kastan and played by Paul Darrow ) and his insinuation into the confidence of Chairholder Uvanov ( played by Russell Hunter, reprising his role from The Robots of Death ).

Marx Toys also released an updated version of Rock ' em Sock ' em Robots called Clash of the Cosmic Robots in 1977.

** " Robots " ( with Ron Turner, in 2000 AD # 9, 1977 )

* David Collings previously appeared as Vorus in Revenge of the Cybermen ( 1975 ), Poul in The Robots of Death ( 1977 ) and Mawdryn in Mawdryn Undead ( 1983 ).

This is the same costume as Zilda wore in the 1977 story, The Robots of Death.

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant returned as the Doctor and Peri, but as Michael Gough had retired, the part of the Toymaker was played by David Bailie, who had previously played Dask in the 1977 story The Robots of Death.

( Rossum's Universal Robots ), Karel Čapek's 1921 play which coined the term robot ; the play was written in Prague and while Capek denied that he modeled the robot after the Golem, there are many similarities in the plot.

Therefore, in a much later book, Robots and Empire ( 1985 ), Asimov provided a different origin for the future Earth's radioactivity-making it the result of a gradual process in the course of which human and other life could survive.

By the time the play is set ( in the 1950s or 1960s, presumably ), Robots are cheap and available all over the world.

* British — David Bowie dressed as Pierrot for the video of Ashes to Ashes ( 1980 ) and for the sleeve of his album Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ) ( 1980 ); Leo Sayer dressed as Pierrot on tour following the release of his first album, Silverbird ( 1973 ); Robots in Disguise: The Tears ( 2008 ), a video directed by Graeme Pearce, features black-suited Pierrots involved in love triangle.

The first four robot novels The Caves of Steel ( 1953 ), The Naked Sun ( 1956 ), The Robots of Dawn ( 1983 ), and Robots and Empire ( 1985 ) make up the Elijah Baley ( sometimes " Lije Baley ") series, and are mysteries starring the Terran Elijah Baley and his humaniform robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw.

" Mirror Image ", one of the short stories from The Complete Robot anthology, is also set in this time period ( between The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn ), and features both Baley and Olivaw.

There is also another set of novels by various authors ( Isaac Asimov's Robot City, Robots and Aliens and Robots in Time series ), loosely connected to the Robots Series, but containing many inconsistencies with Asimov's books, which are not generally considered canon.

The former appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1943 and 1948 and was collected in hardcover as Robots Have No Tails ( Gnome, 1952 ), and the latter appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories in the late 1940s.

* Ratchet ( Robots ), a character in the film Robots

Subsequent album releases from Better Than Ezra include Closer, ( Beyond Records, 2001 ), Before the Robots, ( Artemis Records, 2005 ) and Paper Empire.

Better Than Ezra's sixth studio album entitled Before the Robots ( Artemis Records ), was released on May 31, 2005.

Robots have been supporting characters, such as Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet, sidekicks ( e. g., C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars ), and extras, visible in the background to create a futuristic setting.

Richard was noted in game audio for bringing " real " voice actors into a game for the first time ( Mega Lo Mania ), the earliest use of interactive music ( Chaos Engine ), working with established recording artists ( Betty Boo on Magic Pockets, Captain Sensible on Sensible Soccer, Brian May on Rise of the Robots and John Foxx on Gods and Speedball 2 ), and featuring vocals in title tunes, which was revolutionary for the time.

In July 2012, stage play versions of " The Robots of Death ", adapted to include Kaston Iago and Elska Blayes in the place of the Doctor and Leela, and " Storm Mine ", were performed at Fab Cafe and The Lass O ' Gowrie by The Lass O ' Gowrie Theatre Company, as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival.

The Doctor prevails, releasing Jamie and Zoe who override the Master Brain, causing the White Robots to destroy each other.

Collings has played historical characters such as Percy Grainger in Ken Russell's Song of Summer ( 1968 ), John Ruskin in The Love School ( 1975 ), a BBC series about the Pre-Raphaelites, and Sir Anthony Babington in Elizabeth R. He is also known for his roles in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who including Vorus in Revenge of the Cybermen, Mawdryn in the serial Mawdryn Undead and Poul in The Robots of Death.

He has appeared in three science fiction programmes — as the second actor to portray Travis in Blake's 7 and also as Borg in the Doctor Who story The Robots of Death.

During his time on Doctor Who, he directed six serials, including three fondly-remembered adventures The Sea Devils, The Green Death and his personal favourite The Robots of Death, which was also his last involvement with the series.

The House Robots surrounded Spin Doctor and Mr. Psycho was finally able to place Spin Doctor onto the floor flipper and launch them through the air.