Doctor Who and the Robot (comic story)

Doctor Who and the Robot was a TV Comic story featuring the Third Doctor.

Summary
An intelligent and emotional robot invented by Professor Carl Readon apparently goes berserk because of the banishment from the professor's laboratory of a dog belonging to Readon's assistant, Jane Francis. The Third Doctor has to find a way to stop the robot before the army decides to destroy it.

Plot
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Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Professor Carl Readon
 * Jane Francis
 * Scruff
 * Robbie
 * Fred
 * Bill
 * Sergeant
 * Jenkins
 * Superintendent
 * Major
 * Jim

Worldbuilding

 * Robbie gives the Doctor a bouquet of flowers when they first meet.
 * Readon used microwave cycles to give Robbie a personality.
 * When Robbie escapes and heads for Wrexford, he has an encounter with the police.
 * Jenkins is a marksman for the Metropolitan Police Service.
 * Robbie is equipped with a force field and a laser beam.

Original print details

 * (Publication with page count and closing captions)


 * 1) TVC 977 (2 pages) What is the mystery behind this Robot ? See next week
 * 2) TVC 978 (2 pages)
 * 3) TVC 979 (2 pages) Will the robot be destroyed ? See next week
 * 4) TVC 980 (2 pages) Has Dr. Who failed? See next week.
 * 5) TVC 981 (2 pages) Will this strange robot survive? Don't miss next week's exciting story.
 * 6) TVC 982 (2 pages)
 * 7) TVC 983 (2 pages) Can Dr. Who do any more now ? See next week.
 * 8) TVC 984 (2 pages) Super new Dr. Who story starts next week.

Continuity
to be added