Thirteen Cool Science Fiction Robots
(#19)
1. Cylons from Battlestar Galactica
2. Terminators from The Terminator franchise
3. Data from Star Trek
4. Nexus-7 Replicant Rachel Tyrell from Blade Runner
5. Asimov’s robots from I, Robot
6. C3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars
7. “Gynoid” (as opposed to “android”) Maria from Metropolis
8. Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still
9. Farscape’s Diagnostic Repair Drones (DRDs), specifically DRD 1812. See left. (Get your very own DRD.)
10. Model B-9 Environmental Control Robot from Lost in Space
11. K-9 from Doctor Who
12. Twiki from B-B-Buck Rogers
13. RS-4 from Catherine Asaro’s The Phoenix Code
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Leslie said this on March 6th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Ooooh, Data!! Now there’s a sexy robot if I ever saw one!! Great list!! (You really ARE a nerd, aren’t you?? LOL!)
Lisa said this on March 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Nerdy and proud of it!
Spice said this on March 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I love R2-D2!!!! Happy TT!
Malcolm said this on March 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Although I wasn’t a big fan of Buck Rogers, I did like Twiki… esp. that sound he used to make.
Robyn said this on March 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Great list….sounds like I gotta start to watch some of these again….(at the resistance of one teen daughter…and another who is complaining because now she LIKES Star Trek…and dreamed her pillow was becoming the borg and taking her over….LOL!
SciFiChick said this on March 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I love the replicators (as bad guys) from Stargate.
And my favorite robot movie from childhood… “Not Quite Human”! I have all of those movies on VHS somewhere.
Lisa said this on March 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Oh geez! I completely forgot about the Replicators. Good one!
WendyWings said this on March 6th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I can’t believe you left off Robbie from Lost in Space.
Danger Will Robinson warning warning.
lol
Lisa said this on March 6th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Actually, Robbie is #10
WendyWings said this on March 6th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
oops I should learn to read more carefully huh
The Vintage Reader said this on March 6th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Lisa, you would love the place I used to work. One of my coworkers nicknamed a student employee “Twiki”… and about four of us understood the reference without having to consult Google.
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Nicholas said this on March 7th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
My fave is Marvin The Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.