Robots Revenge (partially found Discovery robot combat documentary series; 2001)
Robots Revenge was a robot combat documentary series broadcast on Discovery Home and Leisure in 2001. The documentary series followed several teams who in the process of constructing robots before they would compete in a battle at the end of each episode.
Background[edit | edit source]
The show is relatively obscure even among robot combat fans, with little being known about the show. Based on the available video and screenshot, the premise involved documenting a team constructing their machine within an ambitious deadline. One episode featured Team Lightning as they worked to compete against Killer Carrot 2,[1] eventually facing its opponent at the end of the episode in a losing effort.
Aside from Team Lightning, a few teams from the robot combat show Robot Wars stated they appeared on the show, including Team Big Brother and Team Panda.[2] In an interview with roboteer Simon Rafferty, his team worked on both Barber-Ous, a heavyweight drum spinner who would eventually become a heat-finalist in Series 6 of Robot Wars, and The Office Party, a flipper. The documentary showed both in construction, and though Barber-Ous would be banned from competing as it was considered too dangerous, the team won a competition with The Office Party.[3]
Availability[edit | edit source]
Likely due to its relative obscurity, no full episodes have resurfaced. The only available media consists of two screenshots from Team Lightning's website, and a five-and-a-half-minute video, showcasing Lightning during the construction phase and its battle against Killer Carrot.
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See also[edit | edit source]
- 1995 Robot Wars UK Open (partially found rejected robot combat TV show pilot; 1995)
- American Robot Wars 2000 (lost MTV pilot of British robot combat game show; 2000)
- BattleBots (found Comedy Central robot combat game show; 2000-2002)
- BattleBots (partially lost build of unreleased GameCube/PlayStation 2 game based on robot combat TV series; 2003)
- BattleBots Collegiate Championship (partially lost unaired spinoff of robot combat TV show; 2009)
- Mechanoids (partially found BBC robot combat game show; 2003)
- Plunderbirds: Talk Robots (partially found unfinished robot combat mockumentary film; 2019)
- Robot Wars (found cameos of robot combat-themed BBC 2 ident; 1999-2000)
- Robot Wars (lost footage and HSE documentation of behind-the-scenes accidents of BBC robot combat game show; 1998-1999)
- Robot Wars (lost near-death footage of Jeremy Clarkson from robot combat game show; 1998)
- Robot Wars (lost work on unfinished cartoon series based on robot combat game show; existence unconfirmed; 2002-2004)
- Robot Wars (partially found footage of robot combat show qualifying auditions and battles; 1998-2003)
- Robot Wars (partially found unaired or partially aired battles of BBC robot combat game show; 1998-2017)
- Robot Wars (partially found uncut battles from BBC robot combat game show; 1998-2017)
- Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1 (lost original BBC Choice version of robot combat battle; 2001)
- Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors: Season 1 (found TNN robot combat game show; 2001)
- Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors: Season 2 (partially found behind-the-scenes footage of TNN robot combat game show; 2002)
- Robot Wars Revealed (partially found BBC Choice spin-off of robot combat game show; 1998-2000)
- Robot Wars: Series 8 (lost unaired pilot of BBC robot combat game show; 2016)
- Robot Wars: Series 8 (partially found Science Channel reruns of robot combat game show; 2018)
- Robot Wars: The Kick-Off (lost BNN robot combat special; 2001)
- Robotica (found TLC robot combat game show; 2001-2003)
- Why Hypno-Disc can't work in an office (found testing video of Robot Wars competitor; 2000, 2007)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Archived Team Lightning website providing screenshots of Robots Revenge. Retrieved 9 Jul '17
- ↑ Team Big Brother website confirming they appeared on the show. Retrieved 9 Jul '17
- ↑ Robot Wars Wiki's correspondence with Simon Rafferty, discussing his team's appearance on Robots Revenge. Retrieved 9 Jul '17