In any situation, human and robot alike can benefit from mental relaxation! Now then, let's do our best to be lazy and unproductive today!" a b c Lofficier, Jean-Marc and Randy (1 May 2003). "Fourth Doctor". The Doctor Who Programme Guide. iUniverse. p.119. ISBN 0595276180.

Before the class trial start, K1-B0 found out that the stands were too few for eighteen people and Monokuma decided to get rid of two people. K1-B0 who was automatically voted out by Kokichi became flustered and asked not to decide something important all by himself. However, he eventually ended up becoming an observer alongside Rantaro Amami and didn't participate in the class trial until the end of the demo. Yes...I wanted to be treated like a real human. A creature of flesh and blood like you all. But I no longer have the luxury of clinging to that wish anymore! My course is clear! I must destroy this academy and end this killing game!" Deep in the Bunker, the Doctor is capable of turning off the main threat of nuclear annihilation in mere seconds, thus defeating those nasty science Nazis before any real harm is caused. Except that the K1 robot has revived and has decided to kidnap Sarah Jane. Because Kettlewell decided to program Oedipus Protocols into the robot. And now it's going to wipe out all of humanity, because it's what Kettlewell seemed to really desire, not knowing that the professor renounced those evil ways. So, K1 tries to restart the countdown in the bunker to wipe out humanity — but it doesn't work. As the robot exits the bunker, the Brig shoots the robot with the disintegrator gun, thus killing the robot in seconds and saving the day once and for all. Pixley, Andrew (3 May 2000). Spilsbury, Tom (ed.). "Archive: Robot". Doctor Who Magazine. No.290. Modena, Italy: Panini Comics. ISSN 0957-9818. I was wrong to try to destroy everything just to avoid losing to despair... Even if I had followed though, there would've been no hope or future left afterward. In which case, my actions would have merely resulted in a different despair altogether. ...I do not expect you to forgive me. What I did was foolish. But...will you allow me to fight alongside you!? I want to help you find the truth!"Understatement: Harry Sullivan's first response to the TARDIS being Bigger on the Inside is merely an incredulous, "I say..." What are you talking about?! You're the one responsible for this! Wh-Why would you do such a thing to your own children?!." Reviewing the serial in 2007, literary critic John Kenneth Muir noted several influences on the writing of Robot. Kettlewell's K1 robot is programmed so that it cannot harm humans; Muir traces the inspiration for this directly from the Three Laws of Robotics devised by Isaac Asimov in his 1950 story collection, I, Robot. He also considers the relationship of Sarah Jane Smith with the K1 robot, its transformation into gigantic antagonist (holding a captive damsel in distress, Sarah, in its claw) and its tragic destruction by military force as an analogue of the 1933 film, King Kong. [6] Commercial releases Mythology Gag: It's probably not a coincidence that the Fourth Doctor counts up to four when he and Harry are skipping rope, just before the scene cuts away to Sarah Jane and the Brig. (And people think New Who invented Nth-Doctor numbering gags like that...)

In Chapter 6, Himiko began to have a better opinion of K1-B0 and saw him as a close friend. After he helped the other students a lot, she acted much friendlier towards him and even offered to make him a real boy with her magic. When K1-B0's personality was about to be erased during the final trial, Himiko was horrified by such cruelness and cried while begging for K1-B0 to stay with them, reminding him that he has survived this far. This was the first Doctor Who serial to have its location material shot entirely on videotape using outside broadcasting facilities, as opposed to the more usual BBC television drama practice of the time of shooting studio interiors on videotape and location exteriors on 16 mm film. This was due to the large number of video effects involving the eponymous robot required in exterior scenes (shot at the then BBC Engineering Training Department at Wood Norton, Worcestershire [2] [15]), which were easier and more convincing to marry to videotape than to film. The team had learned that lesson during the previous season's Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Wood Norton facility was chosen for location shooting because it had an underground bunker, which director Christopher Barry felt would be suitable for the entrance to the underground complex in the story; however, they were refused permission to shoot in that area. [15] Broadcast and reception Episode I think...I might already be in love with you. I think...my feelings for you are increasing at an exponential rate! Please, say more kind words to me! I don't want these feelings to go away!"

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That is an illogical compromise, Shuichi! Please understand, my AI is a reflection of the human desire for greater understanding. So I must experience the hardship of training! The easy path will only hinder my progress! Even if one possesses an Ultimate-level talent... That talent should not be a crutch, but a stepping stone to reach even greater heights!"

Despite being chosen to participant however, K1-B0 and the other fifteen participants had no intentions of going along with the plan, not wanting to abandon their loved ones. As a result, K1-B0 chose to forget about his Ultimate talent and decided to live as a normal high school student.My sports abilities may be plain for a robot... But I will do the best I can. So please, cheer for me." (To Tsumugi) When the K1 robot was being restored for The Doctor Who Experience, it was found in such a poor condition it was almost entirely rebuilt. Sarah compares Harry to James Bond when he volunteers to some espionage. He even wears a bowler hat. It's dangerous to expose your weaknesses to an equal, but not to someone who is beneath you. But our relationship is different now. I feel that you and I are equals... No, I have decided that we are equals, due to our special relationship."