Robot (Doctor Who) - Definition and Overview

Robot is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly parts from 28 December, 1974 to 18 January, 1975. It opened Season 12 and was the first full serial to feature Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Synopsis

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Notes

1. The 1975 novelisation of the serial was titled Doctor Who and the Giant Robot, by Terrance Dicks. In 1992 it was reprinted as Doctor Who - Robot.
2. This was the first Doctor Who serial to have location as well as studio material shot on videotape, as opposed to the more usual BBC television drama practice of the time of shooting studio interiors on videotape and location exteriors on film. This was due to the large number of video effects involving the eponymous robot required in exterior scenes, which were easier and more convincing to marry to videotape than to film.

External links

• Cast and Crew list, on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/episodeguide/robot/castcrew.shtml)

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