Panic Attack

"Panic Attack, that's what I'd be having, if I were in the pits!"

- Craig Charles in Series 7, referring to Panic Attack's opponents

Panic Attack was a competitor in the British television show Robot Wars. It fought from Series 2 through to Series 7, and appeared in both series of Robot Wars Extreme. The UK Champion of Series 2 and a four-time semi-finalist, Panic Attack was one of the longest appearing and most consistently successful competitors in the show. Although the only grand champion never to reach another Grand Final, Panic Attack reached the most Semi-Finals of all Grand Champions at four.

Panic Attack was created by Welshman Kim Davies, and was the most successful Welsh robot to appear on the show. In addition to its domestic championship, it also won the Sumo Basho competition in Series 4.

Panic Attack debuted in Series 2, which it won, defeating seeded robots Mortis, Killertron and Cassius. It returned in Series 3 and reached the second round of the semi-finals, but had its crown taken away by Fire Storm.

Panic Attack continued to reach the semi-finals in the Fourth and Fifth Wars, but began to decline in Series 6 and after the departure of Kim Davis, reaching the Heat Final of Series 6 and the second round of Series 7, losing to Terrorhurtz and Tough as Nails respectively. Its final televised appearance was during the Series 7 All-Stars, where it achieved some degree of vengeance over Firestorm 5 but was flipped out of the arena by Dantomkia.

Panic Attack's signature move was to use its low ground clearance to get underneath an opponent, using its forks to hook onto and get a grip inside the opponent's armour, wheel shafts or any other exposed gaps, before lifting them off the ground, driving into the pit release and lowering them down the pit. It achieved this many times, against robots including Axe-Awe, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Manta and Kat 3.

Design
"The 12 inch long hardened steel spikes can ram and lift a tonne in weight. The four-wheel drive gives it a zero-degrees turning circle, the shell's aluminium, the spiders were designed by a Year 7 pupil."

- Jonathan Pearce sums up Panic Attack

In Series 2, it was just a four-wheel driven 20 cm high box, with a set of electrically powered 12' long lifting spikes. These spikes were powered by a home made system and capable of lifting a ton and ramming opponents as well to great effect. In Series 2 only, the forks were powered by a home-made system. It had a zero turning circle as well as an aluminium shell. It was emblazoned with the image of a spider. This spider motif was the result of a competition at Kevin Pritchard's school to come up with a design of "something that made you panic". A 12 year old girl designed the spider and, as a result, Panic Attack became the only sponsored robot in the field.

With his prize money from Series 2, Kim built a newer machine, the one seen on TV being the fifth as it had been rebuilt four times. This version had a srimech in the form of a pair of electrically-powered top-mounted bars which could raise up to push the robot off its back should it be flipped. It also had a new slightly angled body shape (still with battle scars from the last wars) and larger, more effective forks, custom-made and imported from Sweden, which were capable of completely overturning opposing machines and lifting and pushing 81.6 kg. It also had an alloy frame and 3mm thick bodyshell. The self-righting mechanism proved to be unreliable and was eventually replaced by a newer version after the Fourth Wars.

"Don't Panic! This is a sturdy machine, protected by bulletproof fibreglass, and at 80.6 kilos, the heaviest in the heat. No blades or knives but forks, electrically powered, can raise hopes!"

- Jonathan Pearce introduces Panic Attack in Series 4

In Series 4, a set of side "skirts" were added to prevent all but the lowest of robots getting underneath it, as well as sloping sides and bulletproof fibreglass armour. A gyro was also added to the robot to improve control, which was an issue the team had with the previous version. In this series and the two previous series, Panic Attack weighed more than the Heavyweight limit allowed at the time. The Series 5 model had improved skirts, lorry windscreen wiper motor power at up to 8 mph and the srimech was updated into a moveable flipper-like panel that could not only self-right the robot, but also either lift up opponents from underneath or clamp them between it and the chassis for additional control. This model was the favourite of the driver Kim Davies, who stated that it was, in his opinion, the best version. It also had a zero ground clearance and turning circle with durable polycarbonate added to the bulletproof fibreglass shell, making it virtually impenetrable, and pneumatic power to the electric lifting forks to enable it to lift twice its own weight. The weaponry, however was not always reliable and the self-righting was very slow. The name of Panic Attack 3 was not used in Extreme 2.

The Series 6 version was a completely new design, with silver forks and painted gold as opposed to yellow, as the team had run out of yellow paint when the time came to paint it. As a result, this model was unofficially, but universally nicknamed Panic Attack Gold. Although it had good pushing power, it did not have a srimech, was not as easy to control as the previous version, was slower and lighter, and generally less powerful overall. Kim Davies stated his dissatisfaction with this untested Panic Attack after its loss.

In Series 7, after Kim Davies joined the technical team of Robot Wars, Panic Attack was entered by Kevin Pritchard, Series 2 team member and builder of Evil Weevil. This version of Panic Attack, largely the same robot as seen in Extreme 2, was altered to have six wheels and alloy and polycarbonate construction, and a rear skirt was added, seemingly with the ability to flip itself up and down. The top srimech was replaced by an anti-hammer cushioned top, in response to its brutal loss at the hands of Terrorhurtz in Series 6.

Team Members
The captain of Team Panic Attack (formerly Team Panic) was Kim Davies, who was originally joined by Kevin Pritchard and Lee Wicombe. In Series 3, Wicombe and Pritchard left the team, the latter creating a similar robot named Evil Weevil, and Davies was joined by his son Michael and Simon Rosen (though strangely, he was never seen on TV and presumably left after this series). "Michael was the creator of the idea of Panic Attack"

- Jonathan Pearce in Series 3

Christian Bridge won a competition in Robot Wars Magazine to join the team for Series 4 (he was still listed as a team member for Series 5, but was not seen on TV during this series).

In Series 7, Davies got a job as a technical assistant on the show and left, so the team was entirely changed. Pritchard had returned to the team in Extreme 2 and took over the controls in Series 7 with team-mates Paul Wier and then-webmaster of the official Panic Attack website, Jamie McGarry.

Shunt
Panic Attack had a long-standing rivalry with the House Robot Shunt that spawned from their very first encounter, during Panic Attack's Gauntlet run in Heat F of the Second Wars. After Panic Attack leaped off the see-saw, it became stranded on the top of Dead Metal, allowing Shunt to come in and cause severe damage to the top of Panic Attack's armour, which was subsequently referred to as 'machine gun holes'. Panic Attack did not have to wait long to achieve vengeance however, defeating Shunt in the Sumo trial after the two dodged each other and the House Robot spun off the platform.

After a somewhat quieter Series 3 between the two machines, the grudge was rekindled in The Fourth Wars. During Panic Attack's heat semi-final against Saw Point, Shunt was pressurised repeatedly by Panic Attack, who shoved him around the arena. During the Semi-Finals, Shunt once again came under attack from Panic Attack, who hoisted Shunt off his wheels, but failed to topple him over. Perhaps the most famous encounter between the two occurred in the Sumo Basho side competition. After evading each other on the plinth, Shunt mistimed his charge, and Panic Attack was able to push Shunt off the platform, but not without going off itself. Video replays showed that Shunt had hit the tyres just before Panic Attack had, and so Panic Attack was victorious.

During Extreme 1 and Series 5, the grudge once again surfaced, with Panic Attack ignoring the call of 'cease' in its Mayhem battle to lift Shunt, not freeing it and receiving a yellow card for its efforts, as cease was called for a second time. In Panic Attack's Heat Semi-Final against Tiberius 2, Panic Attack took on Shunt again. As before, Panic Attack failed to topple Shunt over on either occasion. The grudge remained quiet during Series 6, where Panic Attack Gold failed to attack Shunt at all, although the House Robot paraded Panic Attack around the arena and onto the Floor Flipper and Drop Zone following their Heat Final defeat against Terrorhurtz. During Extreme 2, in the Commonwealth Carnage, Panic Attack came up against Shunt during its first round battle. After leaving Terror Turtle to Sir Killalot, Panic Attack turned on Shunt, lifting the House Robot again, but yet again failing to tip him over onto his side.

The two robots would meet one last time in the first round of the Series 7 All-Stars tournament. Here, Shunt was immediately ganged up upon by the four competing robots, with Panic Attack assisting the others in overturning the House Robot. This was effectively Panic Attack's last act of vengeance against its arch-enemy.

Firestorm
Perhaps Panic Attack's most famous grudge was with Firestorm. This grudge began with the two machines' first conflict, during the first semi-final of Series 3, at which point Panic Attack was the reigning champion. During this battle, Fire Storm dominated large portions of the battle, at one point pinning Panic Attack against the arena side-wall; however, the match was eventually settled by the judges, who ruled in favour of Fire Storm.

The two fought each other again during the All-Stars tournament of Extreme 1. After mistiming a move, Panic Attack left its sides exposed to Firestorm 3, who then lifted Panic Attack onto the side wall, as it had during their first encounter. This time however, Panic Attack's srimech was facing away from the wall, so it couldn't work its way free. Despite the best efforts of the House Robots, Panic Attack remained stuck on the wall, and was counted out.

The grudge was rekindled in Series 5, when Panic Attack encountered Firestorm 3 and Wheely Big Cheese in the loser's melee of the second Semi-Final. Despite Panic Attack breaking down, and then coming back to life again, they and Firestorm 3 only managed one flip apiece throughout the melee, far quieter than in previous battles.

During the Extreme 2 Commonwealth Carnage, Firestorm 4 and Panic Attack met each other once more in the second round. In a battle dominated by Firestorm 4, the robot from Durham flipped Panic Attack onto its side once more after shoving them around the arena. From there, Panic Attack's srimech proved ineffective, then broke after Refbot tried to free it, allowing Firestorm 4 to emerge victorious for the fourth time.

The two robots met each other for the last time during the Series 7 All-Stars tournament, which coincidentally was also the last time Panic Attack attacked Shunt. Neither robot attacked each other, choosing instead to attack the House Robots with assistance from Bigger Brother and Kat 3. Firestorm 5 eventually drove into the pit after deflecting off of Refbot, with Panic Attack going on to qualify alongside Kat 3, the only time it would defeat Firestorm on five occasions.

Series 2
Panic Attack first appeared in Series 2. The team were raising money for St. David's Foundation. The further they went in the competition, the more money they would raise. ""Come into my parlour!" says the spider to the flying machines all around it!"

- Jonathan Pearce introduces Panic Attack

Panic Attack was the first robot to compete in Heat F. In the Gauntlet, it took the centre route and, after a nervy start, made it onto the ramp. However, as it got halfway up, Sir Killalot followed and held the ramp down. Unable to turn back, Panic Attack made a flying leap off the ramp, right onto Dead Metal. After several attacks by Shunt, Panic Attack had achieved 10.8 metres, which was enough to put it in third place and into the next round, though the subsequent disqualification of The Parthian Shot would have put it through anyway. "It's all very well to be called Panic Attack, but you shouldn't panic when you're halfway across the see-saw..."

- Philippa Forrester

In the Sumo Trial, it gained revenge on Shunt after he fell off the platform after 13 seconds, putting it through to the Arena stage. Panic Attack spun round the ring before Shunt got its scoop underneath it and almost pushed it out the ring. Panic Attack turned away from Shunt, and managed to trick it with skillful driving, causing Shunt to reverse straight off the ring. "He gave us one in the eye last round, this time he took it, big time!"

- Kevin Pritchard on getting revenge on Shunt

In the Arena Semi-Final, Panic Attack fought Whirling Dervish. The fight started and Whirling Dervish tried to hit Panic Attack with its weapon, but minimal effect was made on Panic Attack. Panic Attack then managed to get underneath its opponent, eventually flipping it over, and Whirling Dervish was placed over the flames by Dead Metal, before the other house robots attacked it. Panic Attack attacked Sergeant Bash, managing to break off the House Robot's saw. "Well, we were after Shunt because we owed him, but he seemed to keep away from us."

- Kim Davies to Craig Charles after the battle

In the Arena Final, Panic Attack fought fellow Welsh competitor Disruptor. Panic Attack started this fight by getting its spikes underneath Disruptor, and Disruptor's saw was too high to hit Panic Attack. "The saw against the lifting spikes. Panic Attack lower, lower centre of gravity, getting in underneath that saw though, how low can the saw go? Seemed to me it couldn't get down to create damage there to Panic Attack, and I think the lifting spikes, made of hardened steel, 12 inches long, could cause problems here."

- Jonathan Pearce Disruptor wedged underneath Panic Attack. Despite this, Panic Attack was still able to push Disruptor around using the 4-wheel drive to push Disruptor into the pit. This saw it through to the Semi-Finals.

In the Gauntlet stage of the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack went for the ramrig, unlike the other robots. It started a good charge, only to get snagged on one of the spikes, where it got stuck. In the dying seconds, Matilda nudged it free, allowing it to gain vital distance, before it got stuck again. Panic Attack finished in joint-last place in the Gauntlet with Mace, getting stuck after just 6.9 metres.

Both robots then contested the Gauntlet again at the same time in the first (and only) 'Race-Off'. Each robot ran down the middle route, with Panic Attack using the moving ramp and Mace using the static ramp. Panic Attack had the faster start, but both robots made their respective ramps together. Panic Attack went over easily, and managed to push back against the House Robots as they came in to block. Mace, however, was bullied constantly by The Sentinel and, after nearly being overturned, was pushed into the pit.

Panic Attack then finished first in the Pinball Trial with an impressive score of 320 points. It managed to knock down almost all four sets of barrels and bricks, getting a barrel caught on its lifting forks and shattering a brick in the process, and were also able to score 15 points by going over the ramp. The House Robots were only just able to prevent it from scoring from the targets. This left Panic Attack top of the leaderboard. "What power! What a good run!"

- Jonathan Pearce at the end of Panic Attack's run

In the Arena stage, Panic Attack fought 2nd seeds Mortis, one of the favourites to win the series. Panic Attack avoided the axe of Mortis, which seemed to have a problem with bringing the axe the whole way down. "Great speed by Panic Attack, good steering by Kim Davies to get it away"

- Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack dodges Mortis

Panic Attack got to one side of Mortis and pushed it into Matilda who lifted it up with her tusks. With Mortis's tracks off the ground, Panic Attack and Matilda pushed it straight into the pit. "Almost flipped- oh goodness me, what a surprise! Mortis have gone out!"

- Jonathan Pearce makes no secret of Mortis' favourite status.

Panic Attack was then through to the Grand Final.

"From Wales, the unseeded outsiders Panic Attack, surprised us all by defeating mighty Mortis, the Robot Wars favourites, in the Semi-Final, and the further they go, they more money they raise for charity. I wonder if the Mortis boys gave them a few bob."

- Jonathan Pearce introduces Panic Attack in the Grand Final

In the first round of the Grand Final, Panic Attack fought 4th seeds Killertron. Panic Attack charged into Killertron, knocking it back several paces and immobilising it straight away – the impact had torn free a tiny pin inside Killertron, which immobilised the robot. "Panic Attack immediately on the attack...and I think that’s caused problems to Killertron immediately! Well I was wondering about its durability under pressure, and I don't think Killertron can move!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack pushed Killertron into the PPZ, where it was flipped over by the lance of Sir Killalot. With its opponent at the mercy of Sir Killalot, Panic Attack spent the rest of the battle attacking the house robots and managed to push Sergeant Bash into the pit, going in itself in the process. "Look at the strength of this little Welsh bot, so underrated, and it wants to push Bash into the pit - goes in itself!"

- Jonathan Pearce However, Killertron had long since been immobilised and Panic Attack went through.

The final battle was against 5th seeds Cassius.

It was Rex Garrod's machine that started the stronger, driving underneath Panic Attack, sending it into the air and back onto its wheels. Cassius then attempted to attack Panic Attack before reversing and turning around, which allowed Panic Attack a run at the back of its opponent and it took this opportunity by pushing Cassius into the Pit of Oblivion. "The more powerful of the two, but Panic Attack underrated. Look at that! Oh, what an upset! Panic Attack the winners! That is a huge upset!"

- Jonathan Pearce Panic Attack was consequently crowned Grand Champion of the Second Wars, despite having been the underdog for the entire series. "We've honestly thought we've been going out since every round we came in, and it's just been a dream!"

- Kim Davies on winning the title

Series 3
Panic Attack returned for Series 3, completely rebuilt since Series 2 with a stronger forklift and new self-righting mechanism. In the first round, it was drawn against Axios. "Tough task for Axios, then."

- Jonathan Pearce before the battle

Both robots shot out towards the centre of the arena as activate was called, slamming head on into each other. Panic Attack span on the spot with Axios lifting its lance upwards. Axios backed away onto the arena wall twice, and Panic Attacked forced them into Dead Metal. Axios got away from the grip of the House Robot quickly, but got stuck on the flame pit, which allowed Panic Attack to attack again. Panic Attack sneaked in behind Axios, but got itself too close to Dead Metal. Axios brought down its lance down on top of Panic Attack and continued to hold it there as Panic Attack backed away from the CPZ. Panic Attacked charged, and clipped a wheel of Axios, who retreated away and lined up an attack on Panic Attack itself, but nearly got caught by its lifting forks. The pair clashed side on before both robots danced around each other. Panic Attacked attempted to slide underneath Axios but crashed into the arena wall, but kept up its pursuit, finally getting sufficient purchase on the side of Axios, which allowed it to topple its opponent over. "Panic Attack, doing most of the work now... and flipping Axios up and over! I don't know if Axios suddenly lacked control there, or something went wrong, but it stood stock still there and paid the penalty!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Dead Metal came in and attacked Axios. Panic Attack then attacked Matilda, pulling the shell off the back then turning her over.

Panic Attack then fought Toe Cutter in Round 2. "Toe Cutter could cut a melon in half, as they told everyone. It looked good, but unfortunately for them, PA was much tougher than a melon."

- Panic Attack website

Panic Attack got underneath Toe Cutter quickly, dragging it along the arena floor, but couldn't turn it over. Panic Attack then reversed towards Toe Cutter, before both robots manoeuvered around each other. The two clashed rear to rear and then head on, before Panic Attack slid under the front of Toe Cutter and slipped it into Dead Metal, with Panic Attack losing its front light in the process. "Tremendous heat semi-final, this. The reigning champions; difficult work against Toe Cutter, but I think the more aggressive of the two robots so far."

- Jonathan Pearce

Toe Cutter wriggled away from trouble, with the following action heavily involving Panic Attack's attempts to get underneath Toe Cutter again. Panic Attack finally got some purchase at the side of Toe Cutter and toppled it over after a short drive. "...for me, Panic Attack is the more mobile bot here, and again on the attack, pushing Toe Cutter up on its side... and up and over!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Dead Metal sliced into the bottom of Toe Cutter, while Panic Attack attacked Sergeant Bash. "Panic Attack is leaving a legacy here, with the House Robots, they will not forget!"

- Jonathan Pearce

With this victory, Panic Attack was through to the Heat Final.

In the Heat Final, Panic Attack fought X-Terminator. X-Terminator started quickly, zipping across the arena floor and into the arena wall once more. The two met side on with X-Terminator missing with its spike. X-Terminator then came onto the attack again, sliding under the side of Panic Attack and pricking it with the spike. X-Terminator continued to attack Panic Attack, axing the front of its opponent. Panic Attack attempted to weather the attacks, reversing into X-Terminator, but X-Terminator came onto the attack once more, catching the side of Panic Attack. Panic Attack spun on the spot and X-Terminator attempted to spike the back of Panic Attack, but missed. X-Terminator continued to attack, though, and once again got under the side of Panic Attack, axing the top of it. X-Terminator then drove Panic Attack around the arena, but struggled to angle it into a hazard, so slammed it into the arena wall twice. Panic Attack got free from X-Terminator's grip, but struggled to put X-Terminator under any pressure itself, as X-Terminator once more brought the spike down. Panic Attack backed away, but X-Terminator caught it side on again and brought the spike down, forcing it into Sergeant Bash. "And the champions are in trouble here, now!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is forced into Bash's CPZ

Panic Attack span away the CPZ and then finally forced X-Terminator back, into the arena wall next to Shunt's CPZ. Shunt axed into the top of Panic Attack, before attempting to axe X-Terminator, but missed, as the latter darted away. Panic Attack continued its comeback though, and got underneath X-Terminator's front scoop, toppling it onto its side and bundling it over. "Now can they turn X-Terminator up and over?! This could be crucial! A crucial moment! X-Terminator rolling, goodness me, very, very lucky. Went piggy back, up and over, and came down, right side up."

- Jonathan Pearce

It landed right side up, but its axe was now drooping down. Panic Attack attacked once more and slammed X-Terminator into the arena wall next to Sir Killalot's CPZ. Killalot came in on Panic Attack, but X-Terminator's self-righter failed due to a burst gas canister, and it couldn't self-right, allowing Shunt to come in and axe one of its tracks off. The House Robots attacked X-Terminator until 'Cease' was finally called.

In Round 1 of the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack fought Thing 2.

Neither robot was able to get beneath the other's ground clearance, and the opening clashes only resulted in one of Thing 2's bauble detaching. Panic Attack drove into Matilda's CPZ, but quickly escaped, leading Thing 2 around the arena. Thing 2 slammed Panic Attack into Dead Metal, but Panic Attack's low body meant it evaded Dead Metal's pincers. Panic Attack heaved itself free of the House Robot and led Thing 2 around the arena. Thing 2 caught and pushed Panic Attack, slamming it into a side wall near Matilda's CPZ. Panic Attack reversed away and pushed Thing 2, getting a corner beneath its clearance. However, before Thing 2 could act, the floor spikes bounced Panic Attack, therefore knocking Thing 2 onto its wedged front, where it could not move. The House Robots closed in on Thing 2, and Dead Metal sliced through the tires and lifting spike. Cease was called.

Panic Attack then had to fight Fire Storm for a place in the Grand Final "I think we're going to be testing our self-righter."

- Kim Davis

Fire Storm pushed Panic Attack into Sergeant Bash's CPZ at the start, and Panic Attack was seized by the House Robot's pincers. Fire Storm lifted Panic Attack, causing Bash to release it, but Panic Attack was not flipped and managed to escape the CPZ. Panic Attack reversed over Fire Storm's wedge, dodging the flipper, but scraping the armour plate on the lifting arm, bending it out of place. Panic Attack mistakenly drove into Bash, but a distraction from Fire Storm managed to allow Panic Attack to escape. Fire Storm then wedged beneath Panic Attack, but failed to flip it, driving out instead. Panic Attack drove into Shunt's CPZ, but managed to dodge behind the House Robot and get out again. However, as Panic Attack drove out, an arena spike bounced it up onto one side. Fire Storm immediately rushed around and caught enough of Panic Attack on its wedge to push it against the side wall and flip it against it. However, Panic Attack used its srimech to land back on its wheels. Panic Attack then drove into Sir Killalot's CPZ, harassed by Fire Storm.

"Kim Davis is doing everything he possibly can to drive Panic Attack into the troubled zones here!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack was pushed out by Killalot, and after manoeuvring, reversed Fire Storm into the CPZ. However, it turned side on in the process, and exposed itself to Killalot's attack. After dodging out of Killalot's way, the two briefly ran into Bash. Finally, Panic Attack got beneath Fire Storm, but the wedge shape of Fire Storm meant that there was nowhere for Panic Attack's claws to negotiate, and Fire Storm merely slid of the reigning champion's forks. As the timer starting counting down, both robots drove around clumsily, crashing into walls and House Robots. The judges were called on to make a decision, and the reigning champions fell, with Fire Storm taking victory.

After the main competition was over, Panic Attack represented Wales in The First World Championship. In its first round match against 101, both robots drove towards each other, with Panic Attack clipping the side of 101. 101 then drove up the front of Panic Attack and drove into the arena wall whilst on top of Panic Attack's lifting forks. Panic Attack began to lift 101 up, with the flashing light on Panic Attack falling off in the process. 101 was able to balance on Panic Attack's forks initially, but eventually over-balanced and landed upside-down. Panic Attack moved away from the arena wall, as 101 sat motionless. "And, to me, 101's already out - immobilised."

- Jonathan Pearce

As Panic Attack picked up 101 again, 101's tracks started to move, and, whilst Kim Davies attempted finish off 101, Panic Attack accidentally reversed into the pit of oblivion itself. "Mike (Franklin) at the controls; he's built a model jet engine in the past. He need something to fly now, for 101, oh! Panic Attack's driven itself into the pit, and 101 survives!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Series 4
Despite not reaching the Grand Final in Series 3, Panic Attack returned for Series 4 as the fourth seed, in recognition for winning Series 2. In the first round, it fought S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Overkill GTI, both Round 1 drop outs from the last series. "We've done it before, and we're going to do it again!"

- Kim Davies announces his aim before the Round 1 battle

From the off, both Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. moved towards Overkill GTI. S.M.I.D.S.Y. got underneath Overkill GTI's high ground clearance and pushed it over the flame pit, with Overkill GTI tearing up the arena floor in the process with its wedge digging into the floor while being pushed. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then charged at the seeded Panic Attack, before it ran up the front of Overkill GTI and was flipped over. Panic Attack got underneath the front of Overkill GTI, and pushed it into an arena wall, before lifting it up and placing it on a wall spike. "That's a good attack by Panic Attack. As I said before, Kim Davies is one of the most respected drivers in the wars"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack then took Overkill GTI off the spike and lifted it up by one of Overkill GTI's tyres. Panic Attack continued to carry it until a ram from S.M.I.D.S.Y. caused Panic Attack to drop Overkill GTI. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then drove over the front of Overkill GTI, and it was flipped over again. S.M.I.D.S.Y. pushed Overkill GTI towards the arena side wall, where Panic Attack came in to lift Overkill GTI again - this time balancing it upright against the arena wall. One of Overkill GTI's flipping arms collapsed against the arena side wall, before firing the other arm in an unsuccessful attempt to self-right. Panic Attack lifted the troubled Overkill GTI and it crashed back down onto the arena floor, only for S.M.I.D.S.Y. to reverse into it and push it into Dead Metal's CPZ. Dead Metal grasped Overkill GTI and brought its circular saw onto Overkill GTI's armour, while Panic Attack overturned S.M.I.D.S.Y. next to the arena wall, before it retreated towards the centre of the arena. "If you had to pick the most troubled robot of these three, I'd go for Overkill."

- Jonathan Pearce

At this point, Overkill GTI looked to have a flat tyre, and was driving at a much lower speed. Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. then worked in conjunction, with Panic Attack reversing and S.M.I.D.S.Y. driving forwards, pushing Overkill GTI onto the edge of Sir Killalot's CPZ. While trying to attack Overkill GTI, S.M.I.D.S.Y. strayed into Sir Killalot's CPZ, but it was able to escape, only for Panic Attack to ram it into an arena spike. Panic Attack reversed into Overkill GTI once again, pushing it into an arena wall, before a pushing match between Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. occurred. "Panic Attack - little bit of a tug of war with S.M.I.D.S.Y."

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack then pushed S.M.I.D.S.Y. all the way across the arena, near to Sergeant Bash's CPZ. In the closing seconds of the battle, both S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Panic Attack took turns at raising Overkill GTI. The battle ended with S.M.I.D.S.Y. holding Overkill GTI up. The Judges put Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. through to the next round.

In Round 2, it fought newcomers Saw Point.

At the start of the match, both robots slowly drove towards each other, making contact, allowing Panic Attack to get its lifting forks underneath Saw Point. In the first attack, Panic Attack's rear end started to lift off the ground as it raised Saw Point. Saw Point backed away once it was released. Panic Attack caught up to Saw Point again, and this time managed to lift Saw Point onto its side, where Saw Point was unable to right itself. Panic Attack rushed at Saw Point, getting its lifting forks hooked around Saw Point's protruding spike on the side of its wheel. Holding Saw Point aloft, Panic Attack brought Saw Point to the arena wall, where it then tried to force Saw Point out of the arena. "Sawpoint - up, up, heave-ho, here we go, weep and woe, for Saw Point, surely."

- Jonathan Pearce

Unable to fully force Saw Point out of bounds, Kim Davies was eventually forced to make Panic Attack retreat. Panic Attack paraded Saw Point around the arena, even colliding with Sergeant Bash, which was mysteriously out of its CPZ. After rotating itself, Saw Point was able to land on the arena floor, but only for Panic Attack to lift it again. "Panic Attack, very much under control here. They've glued themselves onto Saw Point; they will not let go now."

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack slammed Saw Point into the arena wall, before leaving it on a gas-exerting grid in front of Shunt's CPZ, after which Shunt axed Saw Point's wheels. Panic Attack swept underneath Saw Point again, but Shunt brought it away by dragging Saw Point's scoop with its axe. The spike on Saw Point's wheel had slipped through the gas grid, causing it to become stuck there. Panic Attack was able to lift it out, while Shunt removed the grid itself from the floor. Panic Attack, after a long while, eventually knocked Saw Point back onto its wheels, but Saw Point was immobile. Panic Attack lifted Saw Point and pushed it into the centre of the arena, where Sir Killalot could hold Saw Point in place for Dead Metal to use its circular saw to attack Saw Point's wheel, with Sir Killalot raising Saw Point from the ground in the process. While Sir Killalot held Saw Point aloft, Panic Attack snuck around the back of Sir Killalot and put its lifting prongs underneath Sir Killalot. Sir Killalot was able to drive towards the pit, holding Saw Point above it, but Panic Attack caught up again, and this time attempted to lift Sir Killalot. Panic Atack raised Sir Killalot slightly, before merely lifting itself off the ground. "Panic Attack on the attack on Killalot! And Killalot will remember that, Kim Davies, you can be sure!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack actually raised itself very high, pressing itself against the back of Sir Killalot, but it backed away, allowing Sir Killalot to place Saw Point into the pit. After Saw Point was pitted, Panic Attack got underneath Shunt, and pushed it around the arena, with cease being called while Panic Attack was still holding Shunt aloft. As the winner of the battle, Panic Attack progressed to the Heat Final.

Panic Attack met up with S.M.I.D.S.Y. again in the Heat Final.

The battle opened with the two robots colliding with each other, after which S.M.I.D.S.Y. pushed Panic Attack over a flame jet and around the arena. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then drove onto the top of Panic Attack, but was able to drive away before Panic Attack could launch a significant attack. S.M.I.D.S.Y. pushed Panic Attack backwards again, but retreated so it could launch a faster ram at the front of Panic Attack. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove straight up Panic Attack's forks by doing this, falling off the side of the machine, and then attacking again. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove onto Panic Attack, but Panic Attack could not capitalise, allowing S.M.I.D.S.Y. to push Panic Attack again. "At the moment, Panic Attack just holding the arena centre. I think they're trying to draw S.M.I.D.S.Y. in here."

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack made its first retaliation by pushing S.M.I.D.S.Y. towards Shunt, but Shunt did not attack. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove over Panic Attack's forks once more, before attempting a different method of offense, by reversing into Panic Attack. "Quite even at the moment; S.M.I.D.S.Y. the more aggressive. Perhaps, Panic Attack the more controlled."

- Jonathan Pearce

This moved Panic Attack, and after the two robots made more minor attacks, Panic Attack drove into the claws of Dead Metal. Dead Metal clutched Panic Attack, but did not use its circular saw. When Panic Attack drove away, S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove into the claws of Dead Metal, though Dead Metal could only grab a corner of S.M.I.D.S.Y., which promptly escaped and rammed the rear of Panic Attack. With S.M.I.D.S.Y. in this position, Panic Attack was able to reverse, and push S.M.I.D.S.Y. across the arena. Once S.M.I.D.S.Y. had driven away, Panic Attack pursued, getting underneath S.M.I.D.S.Y. with its lifting forks, and raising S.M.I.D.S.Y. from the arena floor. Panic Attack's forks fit into S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s wheel arch, so Panic Attack could push and pull S.M.I.D.S.Y. around the arena, holding the leather-coated robot over a flame jet. "The wheels, from go-karts - little bit of a gap around them, and Panic Attack and Kim Davies have found that gap, and now, that could be the single most decisive moment of this entire heat."

- Jonathan Pearce

S.M.I.D.S.Y. did not catch fire, but was subject to being pressed against an arena spike, and held over the closed pit. S.M.I.D.S.Y. opened its jaws to try and escape, which eventually succeeded, with the Pit descending shortly afterwards. Panic Attack then lifted S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto its top, carried it towards the open pit, and then dropping S.M.I.D.S.Y. into it.

In the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack was drawn up against 10th seeds Spawn of Scutter.

The two robots rammed each other, with Panic Attack's forks slipping beneath Spawn of Scutter both times. The second time, it raised Spawn of Scutter off the ground, but didn't have sufficient purchase, so it fell back down. The former champion raised Spawn of Scutter up again and fed it to Shunt, who axed it whilst it was still raised up. Spawn of Scutter came back down and tried to escape, but Panic Attack forced it back in towards Shunt, with the House Robot missing with another axe blow. Spawn of Scutter escaped as Panic Attack retreated, before both robots met head on. Panic Attack tried to lift Spawn of Scutter, but this time the forks were not underneath the 10th seed, which meant it temporarily rode up the front of Spawn of Scutter. Spawn of Scutter fired its spike, but Panic Attack managed to move away from danger in time. Panic Attack raised Spawn of Scutter up once more, and positioned itself to ram Spawn of Scutter against the side wall, stranding it on its wedged end. Panic Attack attempted to lift Spawn of Scutter again, but once it was clear that it couldn't, it backed away for the House Robots to come in. Dead Metal was the first to attack, knocking Spawn of Scutter from the wall and slicing in. It was quickly joined by Shunt and Sergeant Bash, the latter of whom dragged the beaten Spawn of Scutter to the pit. Meanwhile, Panic Attack raised Shunt from the ground, catching its forks in the frame, but was unsuccessful in toppling the House Robot. Sir Killalot had also broken one of his hydraulic pipes, causing him to spill fluid on the arena floor just as cease was called.

This led to a battle against 30th seeds Stinger. "They'd got to the point where they got knocked out in Series 3, this time against a strange robot named 'Stinger'. I was worried about Stinger, I think PA would have fared better against Hyno-Disc than them, as Stinger is a very strange robot, part of a type called "Axle-bots." I groaned loudly when I heard who they were against!"

- Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website

Panic Attack made the first move towards Stinger, with Stinger fending off Panic Attack with multiple slams of the mace. Panic Attack then slid under the axle of Stinger, but Stinger brought its mace down once more and moved away. Panic Attack then rammed Stinger against the arena wall, before Stinger started spinning on the spot, dealing two powerful hits to Panic Attack and knocking it aside. Panic Attack came in on another drive and forced Stinger back, but suffered from more heavy blows from Stinger. "Stinger proving the more wild pattern than Panic Attack - steadier progress by Kim Davies."

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack then pushed Stinger into the side wall and pressurised it there. Stinger spun and slid off Panic Attack, but Panic Attack continued to attack and shoved Stinger into Matilda's CPZ, although it drifted in itself. Both machines escaped, with Panic Attack scooping Stinger and torching it with one of the external flame jets, holding it in the flames. "Panic Attack doing more of the work now."

- Jonathan Pearce

Stinger escaped, but Panic Attack slipped beneath and pushed it around, with Stinger pulling away and running to safety just as cease was called. The judges went for Stinger on aggression. "It's a shame, as I think Stinger was the only robot that Panic Attack couldn't have beaten outright!"

- Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website

This proved to be an unpopular decision with the audience. "Listen to that crowd, they don't agree! You've got them split down the middle; you've got people shouting 'Stinger', and you've got people booing the decision from the Panic Attack side!"

- Craig Charles to the Panic Attack team

Panic Attack also competed in the Sumo Basho side-competition. "Panic Attack, low centre of gravity, 80'6 kilos, good weight to take on Shunt, good driver as well, Kim Davies."

- Jonathan Pearce fancies Panic Attack's chances before the run

Panic Attack charged straight at Shunt, who easily pushed it back, Panic Attack just managing to stay in the ring. Panic Attack then pushed the House Robot a few more times, but was deflected each time. During the second attack, Panic Attack reversed and got itself stranded on the edge of the ring. Shunt rushed over to push it off, but mistimed his charge and both machines fell off the ring. The replay, however, showed Shunt had just hit the tyres first, giving Panic Attack the victory. "They drew Shunt on, more by luck than judgement I would suggest, but there you have it, Shunt hit the ground first, so Panic Attack will be the new leaders, even though they're a little bit flukey!"

- Jonathan Pearce

It was the only robot that successfully managed to push Shunt off the platform, with both robots falling off after 21.15 seconds. Shunt hit the ground first, so Panic Attack was ruled the winner. As the only robot to actually defeat Shunt, Panic Attack won the tournament.

Panic Attack later competed in the War Of Independence special. In the first round match, it fought against US representative Rammstein. "Panic Attack, worthy opponents, whether it be domestically or on the international stage."

- Jonathan Pearce with high-hopes for Panic Attack

Both robots began fairly quickly, but after an initial dodge it was Rammstein that landed the first attack, using its spike to snag Panic Attack's armour. It reversed to come in on another charge, narrowly avoiding Panic Attack's lifting forks. It took several more charges and managed to push the former champion around the arena, but eventually, Panic Attack managed to get around the side of its opponent and lifted it up. After spinning it around, it pushed under Rammstein's side and pushed it over. This did not hinder the invertable Rammstein, but it appeared to be a lot more sluggish than it had in the opening stages of the battle. Panic Attack took advantage and lifted up Rammstein again. "What Rammstein may find, if they go up on their side, they will not be able to right at all and they will be out...and I think that is what Kim Davis is trying to do with Panic Attack now - try to lever it up on its side"

- Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack takes control Despite its best efforts, Panic Attack could not lift Rammstein high enough for a side-stranding and eventually had to settle for overturning it again. The American attempted another attack, driving straight up Panic Attack's lifting forks, and this time, the Welsh robot effortlessly picked it up. "Go on. Lead him to our own, our very own Grand Canyon on our arena floor!"

- Jonathan Pearce, realizing Panic Attack has won

The pit descended moments later, and Panic Attack swiftly carried the far-heavier Rammstein towards it before quickly dropping it down. After the battle, it was revealed that Rammstein's batteries had run out of power, as they had not been adapted for the length of the battles held in the UK.

This led to Panic Attack facing Mortis in the second round, in a rematch from Series 2.

As the battle began, neither robot made a real attempt to attack each other, with Mortis only ramming against Panic Attack from behind at best, its axe chopping at thin air. After a little bit of dodging, the two robots met head-on. Mortis fired its axe a few more times, but Panic Attack's lifting forks won out and lifted Mortis onto its side, before driving it into the arena wall. Mortis was able to right itself off of the wall and came back on the attack, hitting Panic Attack with its axe, although it missed several other blows. The axe appeared to be caught in the "down" position after this, so Mortis was forced to ram Panic Attack instead. In doing so, the tanto blade tip managed to get snagged within Panic Attack's forklift mechanism. Mortis took advantage and forced Panic Attack into Dead Metal's CPZ, but the former champion escaped with no damage. Eventually, Panic Attack broke away from Mortis, whose axe finally reset, and forced underneath its opponent, catching it on one of the spikes of its self-righting mechanism. In a skillful driving move, Panic Attack slammed Mortis against the arena wall until it was right on top of it before reversing it into Sir Killalot's CPZ. The house robot picked Mortis up and carried it around for a bit before dropping it heavily. "Don't panic! Don't panic, Mr Mortis! Panic Attack's on the attack!"

- Jonathan Pearce references Dad's Army

Mortis tried to escape, but its lifting arm now appeared to be stuck and Panic Attack rammed into it. Mortis managed to reset its arm eventually and then, as the two met front-on, used its axe to chop at Panic Attack, at one point knocking off its light. Panic Attack tried to overturn Mortis, but only managed to lift itself off the ground, before instead ramming its opponent into the arena wall. Getting underneath, it was unable to overturn Mortis and eventually reversed away. In the last few seconds, Mortis was able to get its lifting arm underneath Panic Attack's rear, but could not flip it. The judges were called to make a decision, and gave Mortis a very close victory by only one point. "Well, maybe we drove better and pushed them about, but their axe did more damage."

- Kim Davies, gracious in defeat

Extreme 1
Panic Attack competed several times in Extreme 1 with an improved self-righting mechanism that could also be used like a secondary weapon, for lifting and clamping purposes. Because of its status as former champion and consistent semi-finalist, it featured in the All-Stars competition, where its first fight was against Firestorm 3, the robot that ended its reign in Series 3. "Well, the robot last time wasn't 100%, so I think they had it easy last time. Not this time! ... You know what's left at the end of a firestorm's ashes? Well we're gonna put their flames out."

- Kim Davies prior to the fight

As soon as Activate was called, Panic Attack charged right at Firestorm 3, but at just the last moment tried to veer to the side. This allowed Firestorm to get right underneath the side of the skirts, and it flipped Panic Attack over. "It was almost like a suicidal lunge at Firestorm 3, flicking Panic Attack up and over."

- Jonathan Pearce

Firestorm then pushed Panic Attack against the arena wall to prevent it from self-righting, and managed to get the Welsh machine stuck on the wall. Sir Killalot, Dead Metal and Firestorm then each took turns trying to get Panic Attack off the wall, but it kept getting stuck, and was eventually counted out. "Well, that is a major surprise. Panic Attack rated as one of the top 6 robots anywhere, but out to Firestorm 3"

- Jonathan Pearce after the battle

Panic Attack also competed in a Vengeance battle against X-Terminator. "Well, I just can't work out what they've got against us, the first year they took us out in the Heat Final, the second year then they managed to pull out their way through Sumo and beat us, and then they burst a pipe on Killalot's hydraulics just before we went in, so we were sliding everywhere so that's it, we're after them, it's payback time!"

- Marlon Pritchard in Extreme 1

X-Terminator entered the arena with a large fixed spike at the front, but this proved to be its undoing, as Panic Attack flipped it over straight away. The spike prevented X-Terminator from righting itself. Panic Attack opened the pit, then attempted to push X-Terminator towards it, but in doing so actually helped to right it. The two robots then chased each other around the arena, with Panic Attack pushing underneath X-Terminator a few times, its foe missing an axe blow. Eventually, Panic Attack drove near the pit, luring X-Terminator towards it, before lifting it up and carefully dropping it in the pit. The X-Terminator team later described this battle as their worst ever. "That driving was just immense! I mean, you activated the pit button. I mean, the skill you used to drop them in the pit was awesome!"

- Praise from Craig Charles after the battle

The Welsh Panic Attack also had the chance to represent the whole of the UK in the International Inferno against Manta (USA), Maximill (Holland) and Flensburger Power (Germany). The four robots moved off their starting positions - both MaxiMill and Flensburger Power were slow, but Manta sped around and rammed into MaxiMill. MaxiMill's weapon had charged, but Manta's was not spinning at all. Manta was not hindered by this and quickly reversed MaxiMill onto the flame pit. MaxiMill was spinning on the flames until Manta rammed it into the side wall. Meanwhile, Panic Attack had been pushing Flensburger Power around, and the now unoccupied Manta rammed it onto the flames as well. Flensburger Power appeared to have broken down, but MaxiMill came back to life and re-entered the battle. Manta pushed into it again, ramming it into an unoccupied CPZ. MaxiMill moved out to escape, but was immediately boxed in by Shunt and Matilda, the latter of who pushed it into the CPZ and struck with its heavy flywheel. Manta and Panic Attack turned to each other, but Panic Attack was the successful attacker, lifting Manta up with its forks and slipping into a position beneath Manta's disc. "A Manta a ray of hope for the USA - I think not! You are now impaled on those forks and there is no way out for Manta!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack dragged Manta around and into the pit release as Refbot counted out Flensburger Power. Panic Attack almost lost its grip on Manta when it drove over the closed pit, then eventually lowered Manta back down. Manta charged into Panic Attack, slamming it aside, but with its disc still not working, it was unable to do any damage. Meanwhile, Refbot moved over and counted out MaxiMill, who had broken down after being attacked by Shunt and Matilda. Shunt placed MaxiMill on the floor flipper, and it was hurled through the air, its disc breaking off on impact with the floor. Panic Attack then got beneath Manta again, lifting it completely up. Matilda then pressed the pit release, and Manta, who was resting on the pit, began to descend with it. Panic Attack briefly got stuck with Manta on top, but used its srimech panel to shrug Manta off and into the pit properly. "Manta is right on the lip of defeat here! On the very edge - how on earth are they holding on? They're not holding on any longer, they're in the pit. And Panic Attack, and Kim Davis, have triumphed in the International Inferno!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Flensburger Power was hurled by the floor flipper, and Shunt and Matilda pushed it into MaxiMill. Cease was called, with Panic Attack the winners.

Panic Attack also fought in a Wild Card Warriors match, against Axe-Awe. "You've got one shot and make it a good one, because it's the only one you're gonna have"

- Kim Davis' message to Axe-Awe

Despite both robots low speed of 8 mph, the battle started quickly. Axe-Awe spun around, revealing its rear to Panic Attack, but the former champion did not capitalize. The two eventually charged at each other front on, but clashed slightly to the side, resulting in Axe-Awe missing an attack with the axe. Axe-Awe then tried to use its flipper, but missed and Panic Attack reversed away. Axe-Awe tried another attack with its flipper, and managed to lift up one of Panic Attack's skirts. Panic Attack came back strongly by lifting up Axe-Awe from the side, meaning it was unable to use its axe properly. Panic Attack then rolled Axe-Awe over, but the Wild Card quickly righted itself using its axe. It spun again, exposing its back to Panic Attack, and this time the veteran took advantage, ramming it into the side wall and lifting it up onto its top, keeping Axe-Awe's wheels off its body using its lifting forks. "This is all rather inevitable, isn't it?"

- Jonathan Pearce, realising what Panic Attack has in mind

Axe-Awe was powerless to do anything as Panic Attack pulled off its signature move, carrying its opponent towards the pit release, then dropping it into the pit. After the battle had finished, it was briefly shown that Panic Attack had tried to attack Shunt again. "Axe-Awe in awe of an ex-UK champion!"

- Craig Charles after the battle

Panic Attack fought Shear Khan and Diotoir in a Mayhem qualifier. "We've fought a weapon like this before and it's really destructive and this one sounds worse."

- Kim Davis, expressing his fears over Shear Khan's weapon

Diotoir entered the arena with a poster of Panic Attack taped to its scoop. It was Panic Attack who had the fastest start, charging straight at Shear Khan, who caused minor damage with its rock chisel. Diotoir, meanwhile, deliberately drove onto the flame pit in an attempt to burn the poster. The three robots pushed against each other, before Shear Khan reversed onto Panic Attack to use its drum. Panic Attack, however, was able to lift it up and push it onto its back. Panic Attack then turned its attention to Diotoir, whose poster had fallen off completely. It was unable to get underneath on the first attempt and Diotoir was able to push back, but the Welsh robot came in for another attempt and overturned its Irish foe on top of its own scoop just as Shear Khan was counted out. Just like Mousetrap in the previous Mayhem, Diotoir's weapon had malfunctioned before the battle begun, leaving it stranded as Panic Attack activated the pit. As Refbot began counting out Diotoir, Panic Attack managed to lift it onto its own back, leaving it in the perfect position to utilise its classic carry-and-pit technique. Shear Khan was then thrown by the floor flipper moments after Diotoir's pitting, landing right near Panic Attack as Cease was called. Despite the call, Shunt proceeded to push Shear Khan towards the pit. However, Panic Attack then got underneath Shunt and got its lifting forks hooked in his wheel guards. Matilda and Refbot attempted to separate them as Cease was called again, Refbot ended the battle by issuing Panic Attack a yellow card, but it had no effect on the outcome. "Cease called again. That means Cease, Panic Attack. I.E. - Stop, desist, finish, end! Yellow card. You're lucky to survive with just that!"

- Jonathan Pearce

In the Annihilator, Panic Attack fought Disc-O-Inferno, Fighting Torque, Napalm, Spirit of Knightmare and The Steel Avenger. s the battle began, Spirit of Knightmare charged straight at the limping Napalm, whilst Panic Attack tried to lift up Disc-O-Inferno. The Steel Avenger rammed Panic Attack, whilst Fighting Torque used its weapon on the former champion. Steel Avenger changed targets and rammed Fighting Torque. Steel Avenger changed targets once more, turning on Napalm, who was wedged on top of Panic Attack. To make matters worse for the Dartford Girls Grammar machine, Disc-O-Inferno tore part of its side off. Panic Attack dropped Napalm, but with no forward mobility, it was squeezed between Steel Avenger and Spirit of Knightmare, the latter of whom pushed it on a jet of flame. Fighting Torque joined the action, and the three edged Napalm towards Sir Killalot's CPZ. Panic Attack attempted to separate Steel Avenger and Spirit of Knightmare. Disc-O-Inferno then rammed Spirit of Knightmare, but its disc did not appear to be spinning. Panic Attack, meanwhile, had gotten underneath Steel Avenger, and was using its lifting forks to raise it up, whilst Fighting Torque was also ramming the Essex machine. Panic Attack then turned its attention to Fighting Torque, lifting it up, when Disc-O-Inferno cut into the Scottish machine's side. Steel Avenger, Spirit of Knightmare and Fighting Torque rammed each other for a short time whilst Panic Attack locked with Disc-O-Inferno, only to get a small piece of its armour torn off. Disc-O-Inferno retreated, hitting Spirit of Knightmare's side "blender" before ramming Fighting Torque again. The pit was then activated as Panic Attack, Steel Avenger and Fighting Torque came together. Just after the pit went down, Steel Avenger pushed Fighting Torque towards the flame pit. Steel Avenger, Panic Attack and Spirit of Knightmare converged towards the other end of the arena, whilst Disc-O-Inferno turned on Fighting Torque. Two successive slams tore its entire front off and immobilised it. The four mobile robots turned on each other, with Panic Attack lifting up Disc-O-Inferno. Spirit of Knightmare took over and rammed Disc-O-Inferno into Matilda's flywheel, which sent it flying. The impact seemed to completely immobilise Disc-O-Inferno. As the other three attacked Disc-O-Inferno's corpse, Refbot counted out what was left of Fighting Torque, eliminating it - despite Napalm having been immobilised for the whole bout.

After the first round battle, all five robots had taken damage. Panic Attack's rear had been badly damaged by Matilda. Of the other four, Napalm had suffered the worst, with a damaged drive and an entire side chunk missing, having been ripped off by Matilda. As the damage was irreparable in the time the team had, Napalm withdrew from the annihilator.

The remaining four robots fought on. As the battle began, Spirit of Knightmare rammed underneath Steel Avenger and flipped it onto its side. Panic Attack quickly came in and rammed into the stranded Steel Avenger, pushing it towards the arena wall. After nudging Steel Avenger further, it eventually backed away, allowing Steel Avenger to right itself. It quickly darted away from its much slower opponents, before charging at Panic Attack again, dodging its lifting forks. Disc-O-Inferno now joined the fray, hitting Spirit of Knightmare side on. Steel Avenger had been flipped over by Panic Attack again, but it righted itself once more. Panic Attack tried to lift up Disc-O-Inferno again, but Spirit of Knightmare wedge itself underneath the former champion, before it too was rammed by Steel Avenger. The four robots broke away and Steel Avenger launched an attack on Disc-O-Inferno, but missed an axe blow. It then turned on Panic Attack, and its axe blow landed, but it was sandwiched between Disc-O-Inferno and Spirit of Knightmare. The latter pushed Steel Avenger away, before all four robots drove around the arena for a while, not landing any meaningful attacks, Steel Avenger missing a few axe blows. After a little while, Panic Attack activated the pit release. Steel Avenger hit it with its axe, before driving away. After a small delay, the pit opened, and Panic Attack tried to reverse Spirit of Knightmare in, but the "refined-wedge" shaped robot dodged to one side and both nearly fell in. "This is very even so far. This is a good annihilator battle."

- Jonathan Pearce as the battle continues

Steel Avenger launched another attack on Disc-O-Inferno, before Spirit of Knightmare was pushed into the arena wall by Panic Attack, who's forklift seemed to be slightly dislodged. Steel Avenger pushed the sluggish Disc-O-Inferno, but missed, whilst Panic Attack pushed Spirit of Knightmare back. Steel Avenger then used its axe and cut deep into Panic Attack's skirt, before Spirit of Knightmare got underneath and flipped Steel Avenger onto its side. Disc-O-Inferno, in attacking Spirit of Knightmare, bounced off and got stuck on top of Steel Avenger, but broke free. Steel Avenger was left alone, but it had used up too much gas and was unable to right itself. Refbot counted it out, eliminating Steel Avenger. Only after it was counted out and cease was called did its side arms finally activate, but not enough to right it. "We thought you and Panic Attack would be the last two men standing."

- Craig Charles, seeing The Steel Avenger as one of the favourites

Panic Attack had taken a lot of damage in the previous round. Aside from making a hole in its skirt, Steel Avenger had caused damage to its forklift mechanism, whilst Disc-O-Inferno had caused severe damage to its rear, wrecking a motor by dislodging some vital magnets. A Vengeance battle between Comengetorix and Bigger Brother was staged and fought to give Panic Attack time to repair, but the damage was irreparable, and Panic Attack withdrew. "It's so severely damaged, I don't think we're going back in again."

- Technical supervisor Derek Foxwell on Panic Attack's condition

Series 5
"...but for me, the one to watch tonight is the Series 2 champion, Panic Attack. Kim Davies is one of the best drivers on Robot Wars, and that, coupled with an ingenious design with lifting forks and a self-righting mechanism makes them the sure favourites."

- Phillipa Forester at the start of the Heat

In Series 5, Panic Attack ran into problems with its first opponent, the fairly destructive newcomers Barber-Ous. Panic Attack got underneath Barber-Ous and caught hold of one of its yellow axles, raising the robot slightly, but the shape of Barber-Ous made it hard to get a grip with the lifting forks. Barber-Ous came on the attack, causing damage to the top armour of the Welsh robot and rendering the forks useless. Barber-Ous landed further attacks, recoiling away, but tears started to show in the drum, and the weapon stopped moving. Barber-Ous resorted to pressing the pit release, but could not move away from that position. This allowed Panic Attack, with srimech raised, to push Barber-Ous into Sergeant Bash, and the House Robot crumpled the axle of Barber-Ous. Finally, Panic Attack pushed its beaten opponent into the pit.

Panic Attack progressed to the Heat Semi-Finals, where they faced the crusher of Tiberius 2. "It's a good robot, but we should be able to get underneath it and maybe turn it over, but if they grab us we've had it!"

- Kim Davies before the battle Panic Attack was on the early attack on Tiberius 2, however Tiberius almost got its claw to crush the weapon operating system of Panic Attack. Panic Attack worked free and the pushing match continued. The front end of Tiberius up again by Panic Attack and the sixth seed pinned it to the wall. Both machines pushed each other until Panic Attack broke free. "Panic Attack just brushes off that attack, though. Tiberius trying to get the scoop to work, but that's where the benefit of the side skirts come in, nothing can get underneath Panic Attack from the sides"

- Jonathan Pearce

After spending a while dodging Tiberius 2's attacks, the Welsh machine lifted Tiberius up again over the flame pit and pinned it against the wall. "This is a very good fight! Some superb driving out there, wily tactical heads as well."

- Jonathan Pearce

The House Robots came in to attack Tiberius 2, which allowed Panic Attack to try and flip Shunt over. "Tiberius 2 is now fighting for survival, after starting this battle so well!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack then lifted Tiberius 2 once again and did its normal trick, carrying them to and dropping them into the pit, almost falling in itself in the process.

In the Heat Final, Panic Attack faced Kat 3. "Well, I don't think the axe will go through, but again it's going to be driving and get under them and tip them over, then go for Shunt!"

- Kim Davies' plan for the battl

After a tentative start, the Welsh machine lifted Kat 3 up with the forks, which got stuck underneath Kat 3's front wedge and prevented Panic Attack from breaking free. "And for Kat 3 here now, great danger, because I don't think they can get off those prongs. Kim Davies knows exactly what he's doing."

- Jonathan Pearce

Kat 3's front panel was bent out of shape as Panic Attack raised their forks several times, but despite ramming it into the wall, Panic Attack still couldn't free themselves. "This is all Panic Attack control, here."

- Jonathan Pearce

So, Panic Attack opened the pit, and after much hesitation, finally managed to push Kat 3 over the pit and drop them in, separating from Kat 3 in doing so. "Well, are you a one-tactic team or what Kim? You did it to Tiberius in the last round, and now you just did it again - pick 'em up, release the pit, throw 'em down!"

- Craig Charles after the battle

Panic Attack was then through to the Semi-Finals again. "It was the awesome driving skills of Kim Davies impressing us all. First knocking out Barber-Ous, and then instigating the fall of Tiberius the emperor, before making sure Kat 3 had used up all of its nine lives."

- Jonathan Pearce on Panic Attack's run to the finals, in the Grand Final recap

In the first Semi-Final round against the 2nd seeds Pussycat. Pussycat drove straight into the fray. Panic Attack's lifting forks were raised, and it prodded Pussycat, overturning it, as Pussycat then fled. Facing the wrong direction, Pussycat turned 180°, damaging Panic Attack's lifting forks as the two weapons clashed. Panic Attack rammed Pussycat and overturned it again, and pushed it over the flame pit. Pussycat escaped, and damaged the front of Panic Attack with the spinning disc. Panic Attack pushed Pussycat into an empty CPZ. Pussycat escaped the CPZ, but Panic Attack did not move away, and Sergeant Bash came in, pushing Panic Attack into a corner, and firing its flamethrower. "Well that is very surprising that Kim Davies left himself open for a Sergeant Bash attack!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack only turned slowly, as Sergeant Bash came behind Panic Attack and pressured it. Panic Attack managed to escape Sergeant Bash, but drove straight into Shunt, which struck Panic Attack with its axe. Panic Attack slowly moved into the centre of the arena, where Pussycat could inflict minor damage again. Both robots skirted around each other, before Pussycat drove at Panic Attack, inflicting damage and overturning itself. Panic Attack was only turning in circles, not escaping Pussycat's attacks. Panic Attack backed away, and then drove towards Pussycat, which merely drove away again. As Panic Attack remained idle near Pussycat, Pussycat could turn into Panic Attack, tearing Panic Attack's side skirts and lifting forks. Both robots backed away from each other, Pussycat kicked up onto its four wheels, and landed on Panic Attack, inflicting more damage. Panic Attack tried to slot under Pussycat. Pussycat was too slippery, however, and could get yet another damaging hit on Panic Attack's side skirts. Pussycat got around the back of Panic Attack, and sliced into the rear plating of Panic Attack. Panic Attack's lifting forks were now angled and dislodged. Panic Attack slammed into Pussycat, causing it to spin on the spot, and upend itself onto its four wheels. "This is Pussycat's fight so far, and Panic Attack has a lot to do."

- Jonathan Pearce

Both robots collided once more, and Pussycat's blade ripped Panic Attack's skirt straight upwards, before missing on another very fast charge. Yet another fast attack on Panic Attack caused Pussycat to flip itself onto its side, where it tipped back down again. "And its claws look more sharper and venomous than Panic Attack's weaponry."

- Jonathan Pearce on Pussycat

Pussycat made another attack before keeping its distance as the timer ran down. In the last few seconds, Pussycat made two more attacks on the side of Panic Attack, giving it a clear Judges' Decision. "No idea. It just wasn't going at all, it wouldn't go. It would start and stop and start and stop, we had no control. ... Normally we got full control, but I don't know, maybe the first hit did something"

- Kim Davies after the battle

This put Panic Attack into the loser's melee alongside long-term rivals Firestorm 3 and the colossal flipper of Wheely Big Cheese. "Two big flippers, we're going to end up upside-down!"

- Kim Davies lack of confidence before the battle

Firestorm 3 charged at Wheely Big Cheese. While they were connected, Panic Attack got under one of Wheely Big Cheese's wheels, and lifted it. Wheely Big Cheese slipped off, causing Firestorm 3 to land on Panic Attack's lifting prongs, before both backed away. "The three yellow machines, a banana skin battle developing."

- Jonathan Pearce

Wheely Big Cheese drove into Panic Attack's front, not getting underneath, before Firestorm 3 was able to get underneath the rear of Wheely Big Cheese, driving it into the arena side wall, seemingly unable to fire its flipper. Firestorm 3 charged at Wheely Big Cheese's side. Panic Attack was pushing against Wheely Big Cheese before Firestorm interrupted, slotting under Wheely Big Cheese, and then getting wedged on Panic Attack's side. Panic Attack lingered around the pit release, where Wheely Big Cheese got under the front, overturning it and throwing it into the arena side wall. Wheely Big Cheese's flipper remained open, Firestorm 3 drove under Wheely Big Cheese, buffeting it, before ramming Panic Attack, then Wheely Big Cheese again. Panic Attack was making little movement, still remaining by the pit release, as Wheely Big Cheese fired its flipper with nothing on it, allowing Firestorm to push it into the CPZ. While Wheely Big Cheese was in the CPZ, Firestorm 3's flipper activated, pushing Wheely Big Cheese slightly. Sergeant Bash came in, and Firestorm 3 flipped Wheely Big Cheese against the arena side wall twice, as Sergeant Bash fired its flamethrower. Once Wheely Big Cheese was able to escape Firestorm 3, it drove straight under an angle grinder, where it became stuck. Firestorm 3 slotted underneath Wheely Big Cheese, firing its flipper, before backing away. Sergeant Bash used its flamethrower again, while it became evident that Wheely Big Cheese was stuck. Refbot freed Wheely Big Cheese from the angle grinder, but Wheely Big Cheese only drove straight back into the arena side wall and Sergeant Bash again. Panic Attack was still merely twitching beside the pit release, making minimal movement. Sergeant Bash tried to close its jaws on Wheely Big Cheese, but Wheely Big Cheese escaped. Firestorm 3 nudged Panic Attack, which was eventually able to reverse away, and was then able to trap Firestorm 3 in an empty CPZ, raising its lifting prongs to no avail. "Firestorm has done all the work, for me, thus far."

- Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack reversed into the centre, but Firestorm 3 charged towards Panic Attack, buckling a side skirt by driving at the front of it. Panic Attack then reversed into an angle grinder beside the flame pit, allowing Firestorm 3 to get completely underneath Panic Attack. Firestorm 3 did not flip Panic Attack, however, instead just remaining idle over the flame pit itself. Wheely Big Cheese was immobile against an arena side wall, as Refbot counted it out. Firestorm 3 pushed Panic Attack into Dead Metal's CPZ, bending one of its side skirts upwards. Firestorm 3 got underneath Panic Attack again, raising it with its flipper, with Panic Attack driving into another angle grinder. Panic Attack aligned itself with Firestorm 3, getting underneath using its own lifting prongs, and lifting it against the arena side wall, before Dead Metal pushed both away. Despite Panic Attack finishing the stronger, the Judges awarded the victory to Firestorm 3 on the basis of a stronger performance throughout. "We got stuck over there and could only go around in circles, until somebody hit us, then for some reason it freed itself, then we were back out, then we lost the forks. ... We found the problem in the last fight was that a screw had ground on the arial, it was grounding on the body, so intermittent faults with it. ... As long as we're entertaining."

- Kim Davies

Series 6
Panic Attack came to Series 6 as the 8th seed. In its first battle against three veterans R.O.C.S., Corkscrew and Kronic 2, it initially teamed up with R.O.C.S. to lift Kronic 2. However, this left Panic Attack exposed to Corkscrew's spinning body, putting it in immediate danger when its side skirt was ripped away. However, the Scottish robot drove itself into the pit, and Kronic 2 flipped R.O.C.S. over, allowing Panic Attack to qualify. Regardless, Panic Attack was flipped over by Kronic 2, and was left for dead. In the second round, Panic Attack fought A-Kill. Panic Attack could easily expose the ground clearance of A-Kill, and hooked through the exposed bars of its opponent using the lifting forks. Panic Attack carried A-Kill into Shunt's CPZ, and eventually to the pit, where it won the battle in a relatively slow-paced fashion. Kim Davies remarked after the fight that he was unhappy with his robot's performance, although Panic Attack was through to the Heat Final. "It hasn't been tested, it's slow, it doesn't turn, we're not happy with it....No! Not a chance. The way it's going now, I very much doubt it."

- Kim Davies and his response to Craig Charles' question about winning another title

This lead to a match-up with Terrorhurtz. There, the former champion received numerous blows from the double-headed axe of Terrorhurtz, which damaged the top armour and began to pry it loose. When it was pushed into the CPZ, Matilda tore the panel clean off with her flywheel. Rendered immobile, Panic Attack was counted out of the Sixth Wars, before being flipped by the floor flipper and pushed onto the Drop Zone, where a washing machine was dropped on it much to the delight of the audience. Surprisingly, it managed to begin running again just as it was pushed onto the drop zone, but was unable to avoid the falling appliance. Panic Attack survived the blow. "Maybe it's time now to completely rebuild Panic Attack."

- Jonathan Pearce

The damage that the Series 6 version of Panic Attack took from Terrorhurtz, Matilda, Shunt and the Drop Zone was also one of the reasons for why the team reused their original Series 5 version for the second series of Robot Wars Extreme.

Extreme 2
Panic Attack briefly appeared in the second series of Extreme, reverting to their Series 5 version and representing Wales in the Commonwealth Carnage. In Round 1, Panic Attack were drawn against Cerberus (Cyprus), Crushtacean (South Africa) and Terror Turtle (Canada). Panic Attack spent the majority of the battle attacking Terror Turtle, pushing and dragging the Canadian representatives around by its spinning weapon as Crushtacean pitted Cerberus. However, neither Panic Attack nor Crushtacean were able to finish Terror Turtle off, despite the latter being overturned by Sir Killalot, and the Welsh machine turned to attack Shunt once again as 'cease' was called. The judges unanimously put Panic Attack and Crushtacean through. The second round was another rematch against Firestorm 4 and was fairly even with neither robot getting the upper hand until Firestorm 4 flipped Panic Attack onto its side against the arena wall. Panic Attack tried to self-right but Refbot broke its lid when he came in to see if Panic Attack was still moving. Mr. Psycho then lifted Panic Attack up and pitted it after grilling the former champion over the flames, before the House Robot was tipped on his side by Firestorm 4.

Series 7
"The seventh...it's going to be a biggie"

- Kevin Pritchard

Panic Attack returned for the Seventh Wars, once again seeded 8th for the competition. The Series 5 and Extreme 2 version was used, albeit without the srimech, instead replacing it with an anti-hammer cushioned top plate. In its first battle, Panic Attack was up against New Blood heat finalists Edge Hog, previous Round 1 drop-outs Spin Doctor and fellow Welsh robot Mega Morg. Prior to the battle, Panic Attack was suffering badly from technical issues, where the robot kept intermittently cutting out and then starting up again, but since the battle was about to start, there was no time to try and fix it.

In the battle, despite the transmission issues, Panic Attack managed to quickly overturn Spin Doctor just by slamming into it and then it picked it up with its forks and threw Spin Doctor into the pit release. This was the end for Spin Doctor as it was then counted out. Panic Attack then teamed up with the fellow Welsh yellow robot Mega Morg to pick up and push Edge Hog into the pit. There was a great deal of cheers coming from the Panic Attack/Mega Morg control booth. "Celebration in the welsh camps!"

- Jonathan Pearce, as both Welsh teams celebrate, following Edge Hog's demise

This put both Welsh robots through to the next round of the Heat. In the pits, after a lot of time for repairs, the technical problems during the battle were found to be caused by a loose wire in the receiver.

In the Heat Semi-Final, Panic Attack was drawn up against Dutch entrant Tough as Nails. However, Panic Attack was yet again suffering from technical problems, as the forks wouldn't go down to the floor, which put it at a disadvantage straight away. In the actual battle, unable to lower the forks, Panic Attack was only able to ram Tough as Nails rather than get underneath it, and since the forks were at an awkward angle, Tough as Nails was able to take advantage and break the forks off mid-way through the match, leaving the Series 2 champions without weaponry at all. This meant that Tough as Nails was able to dominate the pushing battle that then ensued. On several occasions, Tough as Nails was nearly able to put Panic Attack down the pit, but Panic Attack's six-wheel drive managed to halt each attack. Despite a few dodges from the CPZs by Panic Attack and also a few retaliating pushes towards the end of the battle, the battle went to a judges' decision, with the decision going in favour of Tough as Nails, eliminating Panic Attack from the competition. "Well, a lesser robot would've fallen by now."

- Jonathan Pearce, towards the end of the battle

Towards the end of filming for the Seventh Wars, the Panic Attack team were asked to take part in the upcoming Annihilator, but by the time the team were able to confirm that they could take part, the slots were already filled. "It eventually turned out that this show was full...so we packed to go home again. But no! We were asked to take part in an "All-stars" show with lots of famous and successful robots from the past (and Kat 3.)"

- Panic Attack Website

However, Panic Attack did later make a comeback in the All-Stars tournament at the end of the series. Its first round battle saw it go up against Kat 3, Firestorm 5 and Bigger Brother. However, in the battle, all four machines ignored each other and proceeded to attack the House Robots instead. All four immediately went straight for Shunt, leaving him overturned and immobile. The four then turned on Cassius Chrome, but as Panic Attack went in to attack him, Firestorm 5 came in from the other side, and as Firestorm tried to shove Cassius Chrome, it also scooped up Panic Attack and shoved it across the arena as well. After a while, Cassius Chrome was immobilised, but the competitors were unable to overturn him. However, Panic Attack qualified for the next round alongside Kat 3, after Firestorm 5 drove into the pit whilst attacking the Refbot and Bigger Brother following it after pursuing Kat 3.

However, Panic Attack was quickly defeated in the Semi-Final stage against Dantomkia. In the battle, after a short ducking and dodging session, Dantomkia carefully lined up an attack, getting in underneath the side skirts of Panic Attack and throwing the latter over, and following that up by throwing it out of the arena. Dantomkia then went on to attack the House Robots before cease was called. This was Panic Attack's last appearance in Robot Wars.

Results

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Wins/Losses
Panic Attack's successful Gauntlet and Trial runs, and the second round of the Annihilator where Napalm withdrew, are omitted from the wins tally.
 * Wins: 29
 * Losses: 12

Outside Robot Wars
The team, calling themselves The Welsh Wizards, also entered Panic Attack (billed as Panic Attack 3) in Season 2.0 of BattleBots, beating Gammatron by knock-out, before losing to frenZy after being battered into submission by their opponent's axe. They returned for Season 3.0 with a new robot called Scallywag, a wedge-shaped lifter with a colour scheme similar to Panic Attack but lost its only battle to Omega-13 on a close 23-22 judges decision.

Panic Attack alongside Suicidal Tendencies, Dundee, Miss Struts and Eye of Newt fought in a car park rumble in November 1999 in Plymouth in aid for Children in Need. In one fight it fought against Suicidal Tendencies and lost, and later fought in a rumble against Eye of Newt, Suicidal Tendencies and Miss Struts.

The Series 5/Extreme version of Panic Attack was recently taken out of retirement and overhauled back to running condition in mid-2012, with the intention of entering live events again. Its first fight was an exhibition match hosted by Robots Live! against Behemoth - during the battle, Panic Attack's srimech failed to work correctly and had to depend on Behemoth to right it. As a result, Behemoth ultimately won the fight via judges' decision, with both robots still mobile at the end.

Kim Davies confirmed that Panic Attack would not appear in Series 8 due to him being busy.

Appearances in Merchandise

 * Panic Attack/Pullback
 * Panic Attack/Pitstop
 * Panic Attack/Minibot
 * Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem
 * Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox)
 * Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction
 * Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction

Trivia

 * Panic Attack is one of eight robots to win more than twenty battles on UK Robot Wars. The others to achieve this feat are Razer, Firestorm, Tornado, Pussycat, Chaos 2, Behemoth and Hypno-Disc.
 * Somewhat strangely, although most of the others have fought most of the others, Panic Attack has only fought Pussycat and Firestorm, despite entering a majority of the tournaments alongside the others.
 * Panic Attack is one of five competitors to have been seeded on four occasions, having been seeded in every series except for Series 2, its début series. It is also the only Grand Champion (with the obvious exception of Typhoon 2) never to have been the number one seed, due to Series 3 omitting the seeding process.
 * The spider on top of Panic Attack was known as "Webster" by the team.
 * The grey design of the Spider seen only in Series 7 was the result of an online competition.
 * Panic Attack is one of only seven robots to break 200 points in a Pinball tournament. Others to have achieved this are Gemini, Spawn of Scutter, Roadblock, Killerhurtz, King B3 and Razer.
 * Panic Attack, as a former Grand Champion, featured heavily in Robot Wars video games, and was in every single one except for the Game Boy Advance version of Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction. Had it appeared there, it would have been one of three robots, alongside Chaos 2 and Pussycat, to have appeared in all of the tie-in video games.
 * Panic Attack was one of three UK champions to win its title by knockout, the others being Chaos 2 and Carbide.
 * Panic Attack is also one of two UK champions to win all of its fights in its grand champion series by knockout, alongside Carbide.
 * For Series 4, the team had a smaller version of Panic Attack called Panic, which was a modified RC Car and used as a mascot, driven by team member Michael Davies at school fêtes.
 * Panic Attack was profiled in Robot Wars: The Ultimate Guide.
 * Panic Attack was the only one of the UK Grand Champions to not make a subsequent appearance in a Grand Final (this is excluding Typhoon 2, who didn't return to defend its title).
 * In Series 3 and 4, the robot who beat Panic Attack lost its Grand Final Eliminator to Chaos 2, then was given the default third place because the loser of the other eliminator was forced to withdraw due to irreparable damage.
 * Panic Attack was the sixtieth robot to be thrown out of the arena, and the last in the original run of the show.
 * Out of 28 Robots to have represented the United Kingdom, Panic Attack is the only one to have originated from Wales.
 * Panic Attack was one of nine robots to have flipped Matilda. Others to have done so were Chaos 2, Cassius, Facet, Inquisitor Mk 2, Recyclopse, Steg 2, Apollo and Tricerabot.
 * Panic Attack is one of nine UK Series Competitors to have fought in BattleBots.
 * Panic Attack is one of only five robots to have fought in 6 wars, having fought in every wars from the Second Wars to the Seventh Wars. It shares this pattern with Behemoth and Team Firestorm (Groundhog and Firestorm).
 * Panic Attack was one of only three Semi-Finalists from Series 2 to get to the Semi-Finals of Series 3, along with Mace 2 and Beast of Bodmin.
 * Panic Attack was the only Grand Champion to have been hit by an object from the Drop Zone.
 * Throughout the series' original run, Panic Attack was the only Grand Champion to lose before the Heat Final in a series after it won the championship, losing in Round 2 of Series 7. However, it now shares this dubious honour with Razer, who was eliminated in the first round of the 2016 series.
 * Panic Attack has lost more battles than any other Grand Champion at 12.
 * Panic Attack is the only robot to have lost to a single opponent on four occasions.
 * Panic Attack was one of six robots to be a figurine for the Robot Wars Board Game.
 * Panic Attack is one of four robots to be the same seed in consecutive series (8th in Series 6 and 7). The others are Tornado, Chaos 2 and Wild Thing.
 * Panic Attack's Series 3 Heat Final battle with X-Terminator was nominated for the Battle of the Series, however it lost out to The Big Cheese vs Chaos 2.
 * If there had been an eighth series filmed the year after Series 7, Panic Attack would likely have been invertible.
 * Panic Attack was the only robot to both benefit from another robot's forfeiture and forfeit a place in the same competition.
 * In Extreme Series 2, Panic Attack had a Firestorm logo sticker on the front of the srimech and base. These Logos are visible in Panic Attack's Semi-final in the Commonwealth Carnage.
 * Panic Attack was the last robot to be flipped out of the arena in the original series.
 * Team member Michael Davies joined Marlon Pritchard from X-Terminator in two battles due to his other two team members Simon Baldwin and Paul Lewis not being able to there.
 * Every single battle Panic Attack lost (excluding its forfeit in the Extreme 1 Annihilator) was to a robot that made at least the semi-finals of the main UK Championship at some point.
 * The only times Panic Attack won on judges' decisions were in battles that featured more than two robots.
 * Team Panic Attack was one of only three semi-finalist teams from Series 2 (along with Mace and Bodmin Community College) to also make the semi-finals of Series 3. All three fell in the second round of the semi-finals.
 * In 2003, Panic Attack was inducted into The Combat Robot Hall of Fame as an inaugural member, in recognition of its durability and lifting weapon. The founder of the Hall of Fame noted his surprise at Panic Attack's strong showing during the voting process.