Hard to believe, but it took Doctor Who more than 50 years to get around to doing a TV adventure centered on Robin Hood. And like a speeding arrow splitting the shaft of another, Robot of Sherwood cracks your usual story assumptions: Instead of presenting an alien explanation for a mythical historical figure, the myth is offered up as historical fact. That raises a couple of notable eyebrows, leading the Doctor to take on a persona that's more cantankerous antihero than otherworldly savior, and his bickering with Robin creates some of the biggest laughs of the series. It's all fun and games, of course, until a robot reveals its cross-shaped eye.
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Story Essentials
Series 8, Episode 3
Story number: 247, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Production Code 1DW 8.03
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Showrunner: Moffat
Aired 6 September 2014
Pull To Open: Robot of Sherwood
Season 3
Episode 9
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
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