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Doctor Who: Robot

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6.8/10 • 9

1975-01-181h 38m

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The newly-regenerated Doctor helps UNIT battle a sentient robot being manipulated by a corrupt scientific organization.

Directors
Christopher Barry
Writters
Terrance Dicks

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  1. Tom Baker

    Tom Baker

    The Doctor

  2. Elisabeth Sladen

    Elisabeth Sladen

    Sarah Jane Smith

  3. Ian Marter

    Ian Marter

    Harry Sullivan

  4. Nicholas Courtney

    Nicholas Courtney

    Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

  5. John Levene

    John Levene

    RSM Benton

  6. Patricia Maynard

    Patricia Maynard

    Miss Winters

  7. Michael Kilgarriff

    Michael Kilgarriff

    The Robot

  8. Edward Burnham

    Edward Burnham

    Professor Kettlewell

  9. Alec Linstead

    Alec Linstead

    Jellicoe

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CinemaSerf

Jun 24, 2024

7/10

This is Tom Baker's first outing as the Time Lord and after a bit of sartorial juggling, we are introduced to the staple long coat, longer scarf and floppy hat. Suffering from a bit of regenerative jet-lag, he has to get to grips with a series of robberies from the most secure of government facilities. The "Brigadier" (Nicholas Courtney) has put him under the medical care of "Harry" (Ian Marter) so hopefully he and "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) can discover the dastardly culprits before a very dangerous weapon is constructed and a nuclear disaster is orchestrated by a malevolent gang of folks bent on world domination. Pretty quickly, they all discover that their protagonist is a force to be reckoned with - but one that seems to have a soft spot for "Sarah Jane" - so maybe she can exert some influence and try to put the brakes on the scheming. It's good to have the whole "UNIT" team back on board for this quickly paced and frequently quite entertaining adventure tightly knitted over four parts - a format that I think worked better than the sometimes over-stretched six episode series. The ending even manages to squeeze a little bit of a moral dimension in and gives us a third member of the team for future (or past) escapades. A solid start for Baker and Marter with some fun technical effects and I enjoyed it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
giant robotscience run amok