The Robots of Death
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The Robots of Death
The Robots of Death: Holy crap, those things look and sound almost EXACTLY like the Hosts from Voyage of the Damned.
I'm just waiting to hear a "Information: You are all going to die. Kill. Kill. Kill."
Hello, Leela! Wait a sec...when did the interior of the TARDIS go steampunk? Not that I'm complaining, but...
Huh. I seem to have a knack for getting Classic arcs that have a companion's first trip in the TARDIS but not their first actual appearance.
What is it with these Classic episodes and people being able to PICK UP THE TARDIS? Oh wait...that happens in the new series too...
WAIT WHY DOESN'T FOUR HAVE HIS SCARF ALL OF A SUDDEN
The sonic screwdriver make a different sound now? What?
And now his scarf is magically back!
HE'S BEING BURIED ALIVE! I honestly have no idea how he's going to get out of this one.
So Four survives by conveniently carrying a breathing pipe with him. That is quite impressive.
Ah, you must be D-84! I like you already.
That guy smacked Leela in the face, so she knees him in the groin. NICE.
"Would you like a jelly baby?"
"SHUT UP!!!" *smacks bag out of Four's hand*
Oh. you. dick. You DID NOT.
Those are pretty flimsy-looking restraints...
Woah. Who/what took a chunk out of that robot's head?
OH SNAP WHAT THAT ROBOT HAS BLOOD ON ITS HAND
Okay, I REALLY wish they'd stop using strobe-speed cutting to represent mind-to-mind transfers.
It was freaky in The Three Doctors and it's still freaky now.
The curtain draws back to reveal Four sitting cross-legged with a maniacal grin on his face for no reason. Tom Baker, why are you awesome.
Awww, good ol' Doctor. Making you feel good about yourself even when "you fail."
Ohhhh, so THAT'S what "I heard a cry." "That was me." "I heard a cry." "THAT WAS ME." came from!
Leela, I don't think throwing a dagger into a ROBOT'S CHEST is going to kill it.
Clever Leela hiding place is clever.
Cliffhanger Ending: "Kill...the Doctor. Kill...the Doctor." *begins to strangle*
Nice save, creepy-thought-you-were-evil-greedy-commander-guy!
Wait why is he carrying him that just looks kinda wrong...
What do you do to a robot to make a robot think it's Four? Put your hat and scarf on it. It works!
"Please do not throw hands at me!"
For some strange reason, I'm glad they finally used the term "mind broken" on this show.
If all the robots are de-activated, then how come some of them are still moving ever so slightly?
Besides, you know, the fact that they're being played by actors standing still.
Huh! So the creepy commander guy isn't so bad after all!
I really like the concept of robophobia they have here, quite inventive and makes perfect psychological sense.
"Today, the mine. Tomorrow, the world. He must be a happy little maniac."
NOOOO! D84!!!!!
Okay seriously, WHY do they have stained-glass doors on a mining vessel?
Somehow I had a feeling that Heroic Sacrifice was going to come into play here.
Killed by your own servant robots while screaming in a helium-voice. That's a pretty wonderfully crappy way to die.
SURPRISE BUTTSEX?!?!?!? NO, SERIOUSLY, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
"But Doctor, why didn't the helium make your voice go squeaky?"
"Because I'm a Time Lord. I've been around, you know."
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