Murderous Roomba
Danger, Will Robinson! It’s time to think outside the bots. We follow up our computer draft with a draft of favorite robots, androids, and other artificial intelligences. Also, we debate a whole lot about what makes a robot different from a computer. Kill all humans!
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 18 minutes)
Show Notes
Mild “Battlestar Galactica” spoilers when Monty asks Jason the true nature of “Head Six.”
- Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet (David)
- Crow T. Robot, MST3K (Monty)
- K-9, Doctor Who (Erika) - K-9 and Company, Opening Titles - YouTube
- Marvin the Paranoid Android, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Steve)
- Mr. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Jason)
- Twiki, Buck Rogers (David)
- Robot Monster (Monty)
- Kryten, Red Dwarf (Erika)
- SHODAN, System Shock (Steve)
- Number Six, Battlestar Galactica (Jason)
- Bigfoot, The Six Million Dollar Man (David)
- The Iron Giant (Monty)
- R. Daneel Olivaw, Isaac Asimov’s “Robots” books (Erika)
- The Robot - the dance move (Steve)
- The Terminator (Jason)
- Bubo, Clash of the Titans (David)
- Bishop, Aliens (Monty)
- Pintsize, Questionable Content (Erika)
- HK-47, Knights of the Old Republic (Steve)
- Gort, Day The Earth Stood Still (Jason)
- Peepo, Space Academy (David)
- Maria, Metropolis (Monty)
- V.I.N.cent, The Black Hole (Erika)
- Silver Sphere, Phantasm (Steve)
- Roy Batty, Blade Runner (Jason)
- Rick Deckard, Blade Runner (David)
- GIR, Invader Zim (Monty)
- Kamelion, Doctor Who (Erika)
- ROB, the Robotic Operating Buddy, NES (Steve)
- Machine Man, Marvel Comics (Jason)
