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'''''Mechanoids''''' was a robot combat gameshow created and released between series 6 and 7 of the popular ''Robot Wars'' TV series. Described by some as "''Robot Wars'' with blood and swearing", it was a robot combat show, focused on more remote control anthropomorphic robots, standing upright on wheeled bases, with mechanical arms. It was set in a post-apocalyptic future, with the robots destroying alien targets.
'''''Mechanoids''''' was a robot combat gameshow created and released between series 6 and 7 of the popular ''Robot Wars'' TV series. Described by some as "''[[Robot Wars (partially found unaired or partially aired battles of BBC gameshow; 1998-2017)|Robot Wars]]'' with blood and swearing", it was a robot combat show, focused on more remote control anthropomorphic robots, standing upright on wheeled bases, with mechanical arms. It was set in a post-apocalyptic future, with the robots destroying alien targets.


The show had 6 episodes, and aired on BBC Three, late at night, and past 11pm. It was hosted by Nigel Buckland and Glenn Hugill, with Tuyet Li co-hosting. It was filmed in Glasgow. Each episode featured 2 robots completing a number of challenges.
The show had 6 episodes, and aired on BBC Three, late at night, and past 11pm. It was hosted by Nigel Buckland and Glenn Hugill, with Tuyet Li co-hosting. It was filmed in Glasgow. Each episode featured 2 robots completing a number of challenges.
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* '''Kyodai''' (Made by Team Big Brother, who entered Big Brother and Bigger Brother into Robot Wars)
* '''Kyodai''' (Made by Team Big Brother, who entered Big Brother and Bigger Brother into Robot Wars)
* '''Buzzcut'''
* '''Buzzcut'''
* '''Mantis'''
* '''Mantis''' (Made by Martin Gutkowski, of Team Anarchic Engineering, who entered Draven into Robot Wars: Extreme, and the rebooted Robot Wars)
* '''Mechatron''' (Made by Team Centurion, who entered Centurion into Robot Wars Season 3 and 4, and created Skeletron for Techno Games)
* '''Mechatron''' (Made by Team Centurion, who entered Centurion into Robot Wars Season 3 and 4, and created Skeletron for Techno Games)
* '''Gomez''' (Made by Team Pendragon, who created Pendragon for Robot Wars Season 5, but did not qualify.)
* '''Gomez''' (Made by Team Pendragon, who created Pendragon for Robot Wars Season 5, but did not qualify.)
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| Episode 3 || June 25th, 2003 23:10 || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
| Episode 3 || June 25th, 2003 23:10 || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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| Episode 4<br>(First Semi-Final)<br>Featuring: Sidewinder and Marauder. Winner: Marauder || July 2nd, 2003 23:10 ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4mzqvNtiY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
| Episode 4<br>(First Semi-Final)<br>Featuring: Sidewinder and Marauder. Winner: Marauder || July 2nd, 2003 23:10 ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx-Qn2mBboU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']</span>
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| Episode 5<br>(Second Semi-Final)<br>Featuring: Brian Damage and Megabyte. Winner: Megabyte || July 9th, 2003 23:15 ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nchiuhBdi-8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
| Episode 5<br>(Second Semi-Final)<br>Featuring: Brian Damage and Megabyte. Winner: Megabyte || July 9th, 2003 23:15 ||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nchiuhBdi-8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[BattleBots (found game show; 2000-2002)]]
*[[1995 Robot Wars UK Open (partially found rejected robot combat TV show pilot; 1995)]]
*[[Robotica (partially lost game show; 2001-2003)]]
*[[American Robot Wars 2000 (lost MTV pilot of British robot combat game show; 2000)]]
*[[Robot Wars (lost MTV pilot of British robot combat gameshow; 2000)]]
*[[BattleBots (found Comedy Central robot combat game show; 2000-2002)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors: Season 1 (found TNN robot combat gameshow; 2001)]]
*[[BattleBots (partially lost build of unreleased GameCube/PlayStation 2 game based on robot combat TV series; 2003)]]
*[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1 (unaired battle of BBC gameshow; 2001)]]
*[[BattleBots Collegiate Championship (partially lost unaired spinoff of robot combat TV show; 2009)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Series 8 (lost unaired pilot of BBC gameshow; 2016)]]
*[[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)]]
*[[Robot Wars: The Kick-Off (lost BNN robot combat special; 2001)]]
*[[Robot Wars Revealed (partially found BBC Choice spin-off of robot combat gameshow; 1998)]]
*[[Robotica (found TLC robot combat game show; 2001-2003)]]
*[[Robots Revenge (lost Discovery robot combat documentary series; 2001)]]
*[[Robots Revenge (partially found Discovery robot combat documentary series; 2001)]]
*[[Why Hypno-Disc can't work in an office (found testing video of Robot Wars competitor; 2000, 2007)]]


==External Links==
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 21:10, 25 July 2022

Mechanoids.JPG

Logo for the show.

Status: Partially Found

Mechanoids was a robot combat gameshow created and released between series 6 and 7 of the popular Robot Wars TV series. Described by some as "Robot Wars with blood and swearing", it was a robot combat show, focused on more remote control anthropomorphic robots, standing upright on wheeled bases, with mechanical arms. It was set in a post-apocalyptic future, with the robots destroying alien targets.

The show had 6 episodes, and aired on BBC Three, late at night, and past 11pm. It was hosted by Nigel Buckland and Glenn Hugill, with Tuyet Li co-hosting. It was filmed in Glasgow. Each episode featured 2 robots completing a number of challenges.

Challenges

The robots completed challenges, such as:

  • The Furnace (Robots must drive up a ramp, pick up rods, drive down, and dump them into an incinerator)
  • Alien Hunt (Robots must enter an arena with hanging alien bodies, and "carnoids" racing around the ground, and get points for how many they destroy)
  • The Nest
  • Death Race (No episodes found containing this challenge)

Robots

The robots involved were:

  • Estron (Made by Team Panic Attack, the creators of Panic Attack, the winner of the second season of Robot Wars)
  • Megabyte (Made by Team Make Robotics, the creators of Behemoth, a very successful, but never season winning, entrant into Robot Wars)
  • Sidewinder (Made by Team B, the creators of King Buxton, of Robot Wars. Sidewinder was built using King Buxton as a base.)
  • Marauder (Made at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton. Biggest and heaviest of the robots entered, at 200kg)
  • Brian Damage (Made by Frog Twizzle, from Derbyshire)
  • Ms Calvin Can (Made by Team EyeEye, who created the first walking robot in Robot Wars, "Jim Struts". And "Arnold, Arnold Terminegger")
  • Kyodai (Made by Team Big Brother, who entered Big Brother and Bigger Brother into Robot Wars)
  • Buzzcut
  • Mantis (Made by Martin Gutkowski, of Team Anarchic Engineering, who entered Draven into Robot Wars: Extreme, and the rebooted Robot Wars)
  • Mechatron (Made by Team Centurion, who entered Centurion into Robot Wars Season 3 and 4, and created Skeletron for Techno Games)
  • Gomez (Made by Team Pendragon, who created Pendragon for Robot Wars Season 5, but did not qualify.)

Either Buzzcut or Mantis was made by Team Technobots, who entered M2 into Robot Wars Season 7

The show, like Robot Wars, also featured some house robots, owned and controlled by the show. These were:

  • Assassinoid (Huge robot equipped with a saw and faux minigun)
  • Scorch (Equipped with a flame thrower)

Episodes

Episode Title Air Date Status
Episode 1 June 11th, 2003 23:25 Lost
Episode 2 June 18th, 2003 23:30 Lost
Episode 3 June 25th, 2003 23:10 Lost
Episode 4
(First Semi-Final)
Featuring: Sidewinder and Marauder. Winner: Marauder
July 2nd, 2003 23:10 Found
Episode 5
(Second Semi-Final)
Featuring: Brian Damage and Megabyte. Winner: Megabyte
July 9th, 2003 23:15 Found
Episode 6 (The Final) July 16th, 2003 23:25 Lost

We know of these fights, but lack the full episodes: Mechatron vs Gomez: 100 vs 40 in The Furnace. This might be Episode 1. Dark Knight vs Ms Calvin Can (Episode 6?)

See Also

External Links