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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Breeding nextgen Daleks!
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:21:32 -0700
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On 4/2/2024 10:13 AM, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 02/04/2024 16:03, Don Y wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> OTOH, Robbie the Robot (/Forbidden Planet/, /The Invisible Boy/, etc.)
>> epitomizes what a robot *should* look like!  (though the newest rendering
>> of Marvin is an amusing, modern take -- the original was depressingly
>> pathetic!)
>>
> Nah, Robert was the best.
> 
> https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_the_Robot

Too klunky.  Robbie actually LOOKED (and moved/acted) like a real robot might!

> I'm sure the theme music from 'Fireball XL5' - of which Robert was crew - was 
> used for the closing credits of the film 'Apollo 13', but I can't find a 
> reference.  Maybe it was just UK.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EbSFOaBySjo

I was more interested in Lady Penelope's car.  It would be super cool
to drive down the street as if nothing unusual about it!  (and watch
other cards get into accidents at the distraction!)