Name:
Raston Warrior Robot
Biological Type:
Warrior android
First Seen In:
Appearances:
The Eight Doctors
World Game
Destiny of the Doctors
Beyond the Ultimate Adventure
The Five Doctors
The Taking of Planet 5
Short Stories
Now We Are Six Hundred
Happy Deathday
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Raston Warrior Robots were, according to the
ABILITIES
The robots hunted by detecting movement and could move at fast speeds. They would move by jumping in the air and disappearing, then reappearing at their destination — the a href=”http://doctorwhoworlduk.com/3rddoctorpage” title=”Third Doctor”>Third Doctor remarked they “moved like lightning”, which might mean the robots did not actually teleport, but rather moved too fast to be seen. They had built-in weapons and could fire disks and arrows from their hands. They enjoyed toying with their prey. The robots were incredibly powerful and could kill a squad of Cybermen in less than a minute. Cyber-guns had little to no effect on them. (The Five Doctors)
they were capable of feeding on atomic radiation in the atmosphere. This meant their power never ran down. The loss of their heads did not diminish their efficiency, as they could just simply reattach them. They were also programmed to consider anyone except their makers as their enemy. If blown up, they could simply reform. (World Game)
they attacked by locking onto the electrical activity of the target’s brain (with two people possessing the same pattern causing the robot to jam, though it was only temporary, and if nudged physically from a dormant state, the robot would stand and be ready to kill again). The javelins they extruded were generated by the Raston warrior robot, whose entire weapon system was inbuilt. They could repair themselves from severe damage such as decapitation. Vrag, a Sontaran commander, already badly injured when he and the rest of his squad were brought by time scoop to the Eye of Orion by Ryoth in an attempt to kill The Doctor, managed to rip its head off.
The robot was able to repair itself and assumed guard of the Eye of Orion. (The Eight Doctors)
HISTORY
A legend stated that the Raston Warrior Robots were the product of a race who were old when the Time Lords were young. This race was devoted to the creation of super weapons. It vanished without a trace. (The Eight Doctors) However, one account states that this legend was actually a marketing ploy on the part of the Raston Hardware Company, who produced the warrior robots (along with cybernetic lap-dancers) in a warehouse on Tersurus Luna. The dancers were considerably less indestructible, particularly by the Krotons. (Alien Bodies)
A renegade Time Lord attempted to kill the Second Doctor and
When the Death Zone was reactivated and fourof the Doctor’s
DESTINY OF THE RASTON WARRIOR ROBOT
Ryoth used the
The Raston Warrior Robot was confronted by
The Masteronce used a Raston Warrior Robot to attack the Graak inside the Fourth Doctor’s mind. (Destiny of the Doctors)
UNIT once had to deal with a Raston Warrior Robot as part of a crisis known as “the Death of Yesterday”. (
During the War in Heaven, Raston Warrior Robots in the Death Zone were used for combat training. (
Sebastiene once defeated a Raston Warrior Robot and added it to his collection of trophies. (
BEHIND THE SCENES