The Terminator

The Terminator franchise were a series of movies and television shows released during the late 20th and early 21st century. The premise was that of a supercomputer, called Skynet, devastating Earth with nuclear weaponry in an attempt to wipe out humanity. Skynet then created armies of robots called Terminators to fight a war with the survivors. The plot of the first movie was Skynet sending one Terminator through time to kill the mother of the leader of humanity, John Connor, before he was born.

Behind the scenes

 * Skynet is very similar to WOTAN. Both are self-aware supercomputers that create robotic servants to take over the world. Also, WOTAN's War Machines are reminiscent of the T-1s from Terminator 3. Although the War Machine is simpler in design, the two have a similar shape: both have firearms mounted onto the top-left and right on their structures and numerical designations can be seen on the T-1.
 * The Cell 114 sleeper agents share similarities with the T-1000 in the Terminator movies: both are infiltrators who are able to turn their hands into stabbing weapons. The Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook (2008) says that James Moran was inspired by the Terminator movies in creating Cell 114.