There’s been a storm of protest at the news the show has been axed – but in an era of real-life killer robots, it looked impossibly weedy. Bring on the knife-covered robot dogsRobot Wars is dead again. After three series, the BBC has announced that the revival is over and the show will not be returning. Fans are outraged – there are petitions and tweets and howls of anguish, all railing against the decision – but in all honesty, you can see why it happened.When Robot Wars first aired in 1998, it felt like a blast from the future. You wouldn’t know that to look at it today – the first series, presented by a still-posh Jeremy Clarkson wearing the world’s most dismal leather jacket, has aged roughly as well as an egg sandwich in an airing cupboard – but back then the term “robot” still had a slightly abstract edge to it. In 1998, robots were the things from films that travelled back in time to kill everyone. Continue reading…
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