Doomsday was a heavyweight robot which was built to enter Robot Wars: The Third Wars, but was not selected to compete. Doomsday was the predecessor to Robochicken, which the team entered into Series 4-7. Many components of the machine transferred over to the Series 4 version of Robochicken.
Design[]
Internals of Doomsday, seen in a photograph from from Jason Snow
Doomsday was a box-shaped robot armed with front forks, very similar to Vlad the Impaler and the Series 2 version of Panic Attack - although it is unknown if these forks were intended to have any lifting capability, or if they were simply static blades. The robot ran on a four-wheel drive, though it had a high ground clearance and no way to self-right.
It is unknown if the robot was decorated any further than its photographed appearance, but Doomsday's rejection from Series 3 on account of lacking visual appeal suggests this may have been the robot's final look.
Qualification[]
Doomsday attempted to enter Series 3, running the obstacle course at the auditions. Although the details of its performance remain unknown, Doomsday was not selected to compete in the Third Wars, with the robot's team noting that Doomsday's design did not 'catch the imagination'. Doomsday was then directly converted into Robochicken, which qualified for Series 4 through 7.
- "After a lot of thought we decided to try and build a robot for series 4, after having no luck with our entrant in series 3, a new robot had to be designed. One that would catch the imagination. After a lot of "effort" and "beer" we came up with a plan for the new robot, view the other pages in this site for more details. Robochicken was born out of the remnants of doomsday and a great idea."
- — Jason Snow on converting Doomsday to Robochicken[1]
Series Record[]
| Main Series | Doomsday Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Not selected |
| The Fourth Wars | Entered with Robochicken |
| The Fifth Wars | Entered with Robochicken-Evo |
| The Sixth Wars | Entered with Robochicken |
| The Seventh Wars | Entered with Robochicken |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
| Robot Wars Extreme | Appearances |
| Series 1 | Did not enter |
| Series 2 | Entered with Robochicken |