Robot King (comic story)

Robot King was a Second Doctor comic story first published in Doctor Who Annual 1970.

Summary
The doctor, jamie and zoe end up in the ruins of hope city, where they meet the robot king, a robot with telepathic powers.

Plot
The second doctor who, Jamie and Zoe are implied to have recently landed, expecting to arrive in "hope city" Jamie, on his own, notices that no one is around and the city is in ruins before deciding to reunite with dr who and zoe. Noticing Jamie, a Robot emerges from the rubble, noting that Humans have been extinct for 1,000 years. Jamie returns to dr who and zoe, the latter of which asks him if he found anything interesting. Dr who is shocked that hope city is in ruins, jamie explains further that it seems like it had been desacrated in an atomic explosion. The time travellers go and explore the city, where they are noticed by the robot. Dr who decides to split up the group, leaving Jamie and Zoe alone. Zoe hears something, and Jamie goes to investigate. Zoe waits for a long time before noticing mechanical footprints, which belong to the robot, who is right in front of her! The robot lumbers closer and closer to Zoe, she cries for help. Jamie, meanwhile, is on his own, deciding that they must have been mistaken, and begins to go back to zoe. He later sees the robot, and cries for help. This cry is noticed by dr who, who belives that it comes from the back of a building. There he sees a robot in full working order! The robot says that he was expecting him, as it saw him in the minds of his companions, to which dr who asks where they are. The robot says they're safe right now, but it must destroy him. Dr who points out that machines were made to serve man, to which the robot says "I am the robot king, I command! Come!" The robot king shows dr who his missing companions, who feel like they've been brainwashed. The robot king says he knows there aren't more of them due to his telepathic powers. The robot king says it is the only survivor of a war that destroyed mankind, a war that has caused it to think that humans are not responsible enough to live. The robot king picks the doctor up, where dr who finds a switch, After its flicked the robot king colapses.

Characters

 * Second Doctor
 * Jamie McCrimmon
 * Zoe Heriot
 * Robot King