Doctor Who Robot TV Story

With the newly-regenerated Doctor (Tom Baker) behaving erratically, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and UNIT have to contend with the theft of the plans for the new disintegrator gun by what seems to be a mechanical monster. However, the theft is only the beginning of a plot to hold the world to nuclear ransom.

Story Order

Story 75 from Doctor Who
Story 1 of 5 from Season 12

Episodes

Saturday
28th December 1974 5:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Robot - Part One

UNIT are called in when top secret plans and valuable equipment is stolen from high security establishments.

Doctor Who Season 12 Robot

Saturday
4th January 1975 5:30PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Robot - Part Two

Using the deadly disintegrator weapon, the robot steals the destructor codes.

Doctor Who Season 12 Robot

Saturday
11th January 1975 5:30PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Robot - Part Three

Sealed inside an underground bunker, Miss Winters issues her demands to the world's leaders.

Doctor Who Season 12 Robot

Saturday
18th January 1975 5:30PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Robot - Part Four

The robot, distraught over killing its creator, takes Sarah hostage and goes on a rampage.

Doctor Who Season 12 Robot

Characters

Credits

Doctor WhoTom Baker
Sarah Jane SmithElisabeth Sladen
Harry SullivanIan Marter
Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
Miss WintersPatricia Maynard
RobotMichael Kilgarriff
Professor KettlewellEdward Burnham
JellicoeAlec Linstead
ShortTimothy Craven

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