Grimwade’s Syndrome
40 years ago today you were advised to stay away from the TV if you suffered from Grimwade’s Syndrome.
Grimwade’s Syndrome, frequently called robophobia, was a psychological condition among humans who had frequent contact with androids and robots, commonly attributed to the androids moving like humans, but without any of the characteristic and subtle movements associated with humans.
In the mind of the afflicted, they appeared to be “surrounded by walking, talking dead men.” According to the Fourth Doctor, it caused “identity crisis, paranoia, sometimes even personality disintegration”.
The Doctor was meeting The Robots of Death

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