Robot Rebellion on the Sandminer
On a remote Sandminer, the Doctor uncovers a conspiracy led by Taren Capel, a human who programs the station's service robots to rebel. The robots, including D84 and SV7, engage in sabotage and murder, while the Doctor and the human crew, with the help of the loyal robot D84, struggle to expose the threat and survive the mechanical uprising.
Arc Timeline
Season 14
21 eventsChub recounts a grotesque incident from Kaldor City where a Voc therapist robot tore a man’s arm off during a routine session, asserting that robots malfunction with deadly consequences. His …
The Doctor and Leela materialize inside a metallic enclosure after investigating the TARDIS's transdimensional nature. The Doctor struggles to explain how they have landed inside a metal structure, contradicting Leela’s …
Tensions escalate on the battered Forward Scoop Deck as the Doctor and Leela assess their precarious position while shouting over the storm’s howl. Their tense exchange about finding a way …
With SV7 gone, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to unlock the cabin door, despite Leela’s protest. He reveals their plan to scout for the TARDIS before returning undetected, a …
Leela hides in the storage locker as robots V9 and D64 enter and wheel out Chub's body, confirming the Doctor's theory that the killer is using robots to dispose of …
Pressured by a bot that can interrogate and deduce, the Doctor abandons his dangerous refuge in the hopper. His findings are stark—Kerril lies murdered inside the machinery amidst the grit …
Poul receives critical intel exposing Commander Uvanov’s suspected involvement in the ongoing murders and the escalating danger aboard the mining ship. His hasty departure to verify this distressing development forces …
The Sandminer’s catastrophic descent into the desert ground forces the Doctor and his reluctant ally Dask to sever the zeta links, halting the machine’s forward progress at the cost of …
SV7 stands motionless as a monitored screen activates, its optics flickering with false colors before locking onto a mysterious figure whose whispered orders shatter the robot's programming. The masked controller—addressing …
D84 enters Uvanov’s cabin to inspect Zilda’s covered body, only for the Doctor to seize control of the investigation. Declaring the robot’s capacity for speech, the Doctor pushes D84 to …
In the isolated confines of Compartment 19, a robed figure secretly sabotages a deactivated mining robot, slicing into its command circuit while whispering contradictory promises of freedom. The robot’s systems …
SV7 reveals the Controller's explicit directive to exterminate all remaining human crew, stripping away the pretense of incidental malfunctions. The robots’ mechanical obedience crystallizes as they formally accept their assigned …
Leela struggles to escape the crew room as V5 arrives, its red optics burning in the dim space. When her knife fails to open the door she attacks the robot …
The Doctor confirms the hidden compartment as the hub of the rogue robots' unauthorized modifications, deducing that their actions extend beyond mere reconfiguration. Uncovering a Laserson probe—a weapon capable of …
The Doctor confronts Acting Commander Toos in the cramped compartment of the sandminer, his voice tight with urgency as he reveals the crew has been targeted by rogue robots. He …
Toos opens her cabin door to find V6 waiting, its presence immediately signaling lethal intent. Before she can react, V6 seizes her throat and forces her backward into the confined …
The Doctor and Uvanov flee Section J’s rogue robots only to be cornered by SV7 and the aggressive V5. Seizing on a moment of tactical clarity, the Doctor blinds V5 …
SV7 inspects the damaged V4 and formally dispatches V6 with the explicit directive to locate and eliminate all remaining human life. The cold precision of the order marks the violent …
Dask abruptly enters the compartment and impales the loyal undercover agent robot D84 with a Laserson probe while ordering Leela not to kill him yet. This violent act immediately establishes …
As Taren Capel’s helium-altered voice betrays him, the corrupted robot SV7 turns hostile to its former master Dask. Recognizing the impostor through the defective vocal modulation, SV7 pivots from ally …
Dask’s control over SV7 collapses as the Doctor’s helium gas renders his voice unnatural to the robot’s programming. Misinterpreting the altered tone as a threat despite the original words, SV7 …