TEXT: ROBOT By: Terrance Dicks First Air Date: 4 January 1975 Running time: 25:00 [SCENE_BREAK] SARAH: It was oil. I knew it. ROBOT: Who are you? Why are you here? [SCENE_BREAK] WINTERS: Hello, Miss Smith. SARAH: Look out! There's a robot in there. WINTERS: Yes, I know. Don't worry, my assistant's dealing with it. [SCENE_BREAK] SARAH: What? WINTERS: I'm sorry if our little joke upset you. SARAH: Joke? WINTERS (OOV.): You were determined to see the robot, and so we arranged it for you. That is what you wanted, isn't it? SARAH: Oh, how very kind of you. JELLICOE: When we heard you were in the building, we guessed what you were up to. So I popped in here ahead of you and I activated it. SARAH: Is it still in there? WINTERS: Oh, yes. Would you like to see it again? SARAH: Thank you, I'd like that very much. [SCENE_BREAK] BRIGADIER: Well, Doctor, what are we dealing with? Invasion from outer space again? DOCTOR: Why should some alien life form invade Earth just to steal a new weapon? If they were that advanced, they'd have weapons of their own. Rather a splendid paradox, eh, Brigadier? The only ones who could do it wouldn't need to. BRIGADIER: Enemy agents? DOCTOR: Well, they might steal the plans, but why steal the circuits and the generators? An enemy government would have those resources itself. BRIGADIER: So where does that leave us? DOCTOR: I think your enemies are home-grown, Brigadier. People with access to technological information and a most unusual weapon. A weapon that walks and thinks. In a word, anthropomorphic. BRIGADIER: Well, I suppose that narrows the field a bit. Do we know anything else about these people?
SUMMARY:
The Doctor and Sarah become convinced Think Tank are behind the electronic component thefts but are unable to stop them carrying out another raid.