History Literature / MarchOfTheRobots

Back at Long Meadow, Kildaire is lucid enough to explain he doesn't remember committing the murders, and in fact remembers ''nothing'' after witnessing a spaceship land in the woods one night. An examination of the scar on Kildaire's reveals the presence of some kind of implant in his head. A quick call to [=MI5=] brings Colonel Henry Rothman running. Rothman, along with his aide Major Richard Bruce, decide to go visit the Establishment. They're particularly interested in the woods around the area where Kildaire claims he saw the ship land.

* GenreShift: It starts out as a CourtroomDrama with Kildaire's trial, then switches to a MedicalDrama with him at LongMeadow and Williamson and Coe's discovery of the weird implant in his head, and ''then'' suddenly it shifts into ScienceFiction with the arrival of KillerRobots in a FlyingSaucer.

* DrJerk: Dr. Watson Smith, the physician who tended to Rawlinson. He is extremely arrogant and considers even testifying for the prosecution at Kildaire's trial to be a waste of his precious time.

'''Rothman:''' DeadpanSnarker Spectacularly ''[[DeadpanSnarker ineffective]]'', I would say.

-->'''Bruce:''' [[SarcasmMode Spectacularly effective, sir.]]\\
'''Rothman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Spectacularly ''ineffective'', I would say.]]

-->'''Bruce:''' Spectacular effect, sir.\\
'''Rothman:''' Spectacularly ''ineffective'', I would say.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Generally averted, due to the fast pace of the story necessitating that the characters not be idiots. The landlord of the Blue Dragon believes George's story because he doesn't think "Ticky" George would come up with something so fantastical. Meanwhile, after being told by Freddy the drunk about Constable Dalrow's death, Sergeant Richardson immediately goes to where Freddy said it happened and finds what's left of his subordinate, rushing immediately back to the station to phone for help.

''March of the Robots'' is a ScienceFiction novel written by acclaimed schlockmeister and all-around nice guy Creator/LionelFanthorpe. It was written in 1961 and published by Badger Books under one of his many pseudonyms, Leo Brett.

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[[caption-width-right:282:"All your babes are belong to us!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:282:"All your babes are belong to us!"]]

[[caption-width-right:282:"Attention, Earthlings! All your babes are belong to us!"]]

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[[caption-width-right:282:"Attention, Earthlings! We shall now commence the universal greeting: swiggity-swooty, we're comin' for dat booty!"]]

[[caption-width-right:282:"Attention, Earthlings! We shall no commence the universal greeting: swiggity-swooty, we're comin' for dat booty!"]]

* NoNameGiven: The police superintendent, despite playing a pretty big role in the latter half of the novel.
* SomeKindOfForceField: What the robots surround their ship with.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: Anyone hit with the robots' ray guns.

--->'''Bruce:''' Spectacular effect, sir.\\

'''Rothman:''' Spectacularly ''ineffective'', I would say.\\

* KillerRobots: The robots of the title are pretty bog standard killer alien robots.

Back at Long Meadow, Kildaire is lucid enough to explain he doesn't remember committing the murders, and in fact remembers ''nothing'' after witnessing a spaceship land in the woods one night. An examination of the scar on Kildaire's reveals the presence of some kind of implant in his head. A quick call to MI5 brings Colonel Henry Rothman running. Rothman, along with his aide Major Richard Bruce, decide to go visit the Establishment. They're particularly interested in the woods around the area where Kildaire claims he saw the ship land.

* KillerRobots: The robots of the title are pretty bog standard killer alien robots.