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Robot: Part One
Broadcast: Saturday 24th July 1999
1:00pm-1:30pm AEST (03:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Tom Baker, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, Elisabeth Sladen, Patricia Maynard

UNIT are called in when top secret plans and valuable equipment is stolen from high security establishments. The newly regenerated Doctor suggests that the thief may not be human.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 23rd July 1999:
FOXTEL's UK-TV
http://www.foxtel.com.au/ and http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 8AM Robot all 4 eps
Mon-Wed 11:30PM Castrovalva eps 2 - 4 of 4
Thu+Fri 11:30PM The Twin Dilemma eps 1 and 2 of 4

The final weeks of The Who-Files (and this time they mean it, they claim) wind down as they play the first stories of each Doctor. Over the weekend, the 4th Doctor investigates a Think Tank who may have masterminded the robbery of many important military documents. In the first part of the weekdays, the 5th Doctor tries to recover from his troubled regeneration at Castrovalva, a famous planet of peace. Only problem - it doesn't really exist. Late in the week, the 6th Doctor suffers violent aftershocks when his regeneration goes awry. The Doctor fights a losing battle for his sanity, and no one may be safe from his manic mood swings. Meanwhile, twins are kidnaped.