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DW is one to tackle the AI issue.

WOTAN from the War Machines in the 1st Docgtor Era
still remains a somewaht scary reality on AI.

BOSS in the Green Death yet another machine
that was suppose to be benevolent
that left a malevolent mark.

Xoana in Face of Evil - The Doctor not
realising what he cause nearly goign up a cul-de-sac.

K-9 ! Depsite Jon Pertwee's protest,
Tom Baker did give us the idea of very helpful AI.

Kamelion. Very underused.

Seen twice in King's Demons and Planet of Fire,
This one did have a potential but was wasted.
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The Doctor wrote in article <11a5h55$186s$11@gallifrey.nk.ca>:

Kamelion. Very underused.

Seen twice in King's Demons and Planet of Fire,
This one did have a potential but was wasted.

I've never seen Kamelion. Is it worth it?
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In article <MPG.45301606b090811098a5af@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:

The Doctor wrote in article <11a5h55$186s$11@gallifrey.nk.ca>:

Kamelion. Very underused.

Seen twice in King's Demons and Planet of Fire,
This one did have a potential but was wasted.

I've never seen Kamelion. Is it worth it?

Do you have access to King's Demons

and

Planet of Fire
?

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The True Melissa wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Kamelion. Very underused.

Seen twice in King's Demons and Planet of Fire,
This one did have a potential but was wasted.

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

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The Doctor wrote:

Do you have access to King's Demons

I thought you liked Melissa?

Why would you want her to watch THAT?!

and Planet of Fire

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things I
really liked about that story.
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Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqmvr3a0hp5002@post.eweka.nl>:

The True Melissa wrote:

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

Wow. :-)
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The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqmvr3a0hp5002@post.eweka.nl>:

The True Melissa wrote:

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

Wow. :-)

And, guess what? I was actually being serious.

I could, if I looked hard enough, find some redeeming features
about Adric. (Not many, but some!)

Kamelion? I haven't a fucking clue what he was about... a poor
man's K9. (Hello JNT!) A complete waste of time.

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android prop kept
malfunctioning. (He had a scene in The Awakening but they
edited it out!) So in-universe, Kamelion stayed in his room in
the TARDIS. (Why an android actually needed a room was never
really explained.)
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Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqoxc3cttdj002@post.eweka.nl>:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android prop kept malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played by a
person? That's how literally every other SF show does it, as far
as I know.

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but K-9
could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working (which I
gather was usually).
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The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android
prop kept malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played
by a person? That's how literally every other SF show does
it, as far as I know.

JNT knew best it seems! :-)

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but
K-9 could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working
(which I gather was usually).

Yes. K9 malfunctioned too, and didn't work well on uneven
ground. But with a small tin dog they could get around that
if required.
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On 07/10/2026 15:13, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Do you have access to King's Demons

I thought you liked Melissa?

Why would you want her to watch THAT?!

and Planet of Fire

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things I
really liked about that story.

And both of them belonged to Peri.
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On 07/10/2026 20:24, Blueshirt wrote:

The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android
prop kept malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played
by a person? That's how literally every other SF show does
it, as far as I know.

JNT knew best it seems! :-)

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but
K-9 could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working
(which I gather was usually).

Yes. K9 malfunctioned too, and didn't work well on uneven
ground. But with a small tin dog they could get around that
if required.

He said he wasn't made of tin.
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In article <xn0pvqmvr3a0hp5002@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The True Melissa wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Kamelion. Very underused.

Seen twice in King's Demons and Planet of Fire,
This one did have a potential but was wasted.

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

Ouch!
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In article <MPG.4530228a4f950fda98a5b0@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:

Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqmvr3a0hp5002@post.eweka.nl>:

The True Melissa wrote:

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

Wow. :-)

Yeah.

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In article <xn0pvqoxc3cttdj002@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqmvr3a0hp5002@post.eweka.nl>:

The True Melissa wrote:

I've never seen Kamelion.

You didn't miss much.

Is it worth it?

Adric was better.

Wow. :-)

And, guess what? I was actually being serious.

I could, if I looked hard enough, find some redeeming features
about Adric. (Not many, but some!)

Kamelion? I haven't a fucking clue what he was about... a poor
man's K9. (Hello JNT!) A complete waste of time.

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android prop kept >malfunctioning. (He had a scene in The Awakening but they
edited it out!) So in-universe, Kamelion stayed in his room in
the TARDIS. (Why an android actually needed a room was never
really explained.)

If only they kow how to use it correctly.
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In article <MPG.45304463e040a75f98a5b1@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:

Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvqoxc3cttdj002@post.eweka.nl>:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android prop kept
malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played by a
person? That's how literally every other SF show does it, as far
as I know.

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but K-9
could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working (which I
gather was usually).

Imagine waht Kamelion would do if it was functioning correctly.

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In article <xn0pvqtz73jpggo000@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android
prop kept malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played
by a person? That's how literally every other SF show does
it, as far as I know.

JNT knew best it seems! :-)

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but
K-9 could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working
(which I gather was usually).

Yes. K9 malfunctioned too, and didn't work well on uneven
ground. But with a small tin dog they could get around that
if required.

And Kamelion.
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In article <11a6jo3$3arjn$2@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

On 07/10/2026 20:24, Blueshirt wrote:

The True Melissa wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Kamelion only appeared in two stories as the android
prop kept malfunctioning.

Why in the world isn't an android character being played
by a person? That's how literally every other SF show does
it, as far as I know.

JNT knew best it seems! :-)

Maybe they were hoping to repeat the popularity of K-9, but
K-9 could be pulled on a string when the prop wasn't working
(which I gather was usually).

Yes. K9 malfunctioned too, and didn't work well on uneven
ground. But with a small tin dog they could get around that
if required.

He said he wasn't made of tin.

Aluminum.

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In article <xn0pvqmyd3a4a5w003@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Do you have access to King's Demons

I thought you liked Melissa?

Why would you want her to watch THAT?!

and Planet of Fire

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things I
really liked about that story.

She wants to verify what I say.
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In article <11a6jk3$3arjn$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

On 07/10/2026 15:13, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Do you have access to King's Demons

I thought you liked Melissa?

Why would you want her to watch THAT?!

and Planet of Fire

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things I
really liked about that story.

And both of them belonged to Peri.

Planet of Fire introduced PEri.

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The Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Adric was better.

Ouch!

That one gets put in the... 'things you never thought
Blueshirt would say' section!
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In article <xn0pvrya04l5e6w002@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Adric was better.

Ouch!

That one gets put in the... 'things you never thought
Blueshirt would say' section!

Yeah.
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The Doctor wrote:

The True Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things
I really liked about that story.

And both of them belonged to Peri.

Planet of Fire introduced PEri.

I love it when you do the 'Breaking News' thing Dave... where
would we be without you?

Yes Dave, it did... and I thought it was a good introduction
for the character. Very entertaining.



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In article <xn0pvrz314mbgcv006@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

The True Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Planet of Fire was good... there's a couple of things
I really liked about that story.

And both of them belonged to Peri.

Planet of Fire introduced PEri.

I love it when you do the 'Breaking News' thing Dave... where
would we be without you?

Yes Dave, it did... and I thought it was a good introduction
for the character. Very entertaining.

Love kneebiters?
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On 8/10/2026 11:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Adric was better.

Ouch!

That one gets put in the... 'things you never thought
Blueshirt would say' section!

Well, I've NEVER heard Blueshirt say it anyway! ;-P
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In article <11aa6f8$j175$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 8/10/2026 11:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

Adric was better.

Ouch!

That one gets put in the... 'things you never thought
Blueshirt would say' section!

Well, I've NEVER heard Blueshirt say it anyway! ;-P

Har! Har!!

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