(LEELA crosses the room to the DOCTOR, who rests with his head in his hands and does not look up.) But suppose. I'd call for a robot! Making doubly sure? UVANOV: That is a single function labour robot. Yes it is. ZILDA: The murderer. control deck
(TOOS and the ROBOTS lurch across the control deck.) corridor
(... and into the corridor.) crew room
(UVANOV toys with a pale marble chess piece as the rest of the human crew fidget impatiently.
Plan: A: the humans; Q: Who isn't sure who to blame for the strangulations? A: Leela; Q: Who meets up with an anomaly among the robot crew? A: independent reasoning; Q: What is the robot capable of? A: the Doctor; Q: Who starts looking into the possibility that the murderer is a robot? A: another crew member; Q: Who is targeted for death? Summary: As the strangulations continue and the humans aren't sure who to blame, Leela meets up with an anomaly among the robot crew - an inquisitive, supposedly mute single-function labor robot capable of independent reasoning. Meanwhile the Doctor starts looking into the possibility that the murderer is a robot, and another crew member is targeted for death.