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|robot_name=Panic Attack
 
|robot_name=Panic Attack
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|image=<gallery>
|image=[[Image:Panic attacks.jpg|200px]]
 
|caption=Panic Attack Official Artwork
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Panic Attack 7.jpg|Series 7
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Panic Attack EX2.jpg|Extreme 2
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Panic Attack Gold.png|S6
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PanicAttack.jpg|S5
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PanicAttack Extreme 1.jpg|Extreme 1
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Panic Attack S4.png|S4
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Panic Attack S3.png|S3
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Panic Attack S2.png|S2
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|series=2-7, Extreme 1-2
 
|series=2-7, Extreme 1-2
|team=Team Panic
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|team=Team Panic Attack
 
|team_members=Kim Davies<br/><small>(Series 2-6, Extreme 1-2)</small><br/>Kevin Pritchard<br/><small>(Series 2, 7, Extreme 2)</small><br/>Lee Wicombe<br/><small>(Series 2)</small><br/>Michael Davies<br/><small>(Series 3-6, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Simon Rosen<br/><small>(Series 3)</small><br/>Christian Bridge<br/><small>(Series 4-5, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Jamie McGarry<br/><small>(Series 7)</small><br/>Paul Wier<br/><small>(Series 7)</small>
 
|team_members=Kim Davies<br/><small>(Series 2-6, Extreme 1-2)</small><br/>Kevin Pritchard<br/><small>(Series 2, 7, Extreme 2)</small><br/>Lee Wicombe<br/><small>(Series 2)</small><br/>Michael Davies<br/><small>(Series 3-6, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Simon Rosen<br/><small>(Series 3)</small><br/>Christian Bridge<br/><small>(Series 4-5, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Jamie McGarry<br/><small>(Series 7)</small><br/>Paul Wier<br/><small>(Series 7)</small>
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|from=Roath, Cardiff
|other_entries=
 
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|associated=[[Evil Weevil]]<br/><small>(Kevin Pritchard)</small><br/>[[X-Terminator]]<br/><small>(Michael Davies)</small><br/>
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|stats=<gallery>
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Panic attack s7 stats.png|S7
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Panic attack s6 stats.png|S6
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Panic attack ext1 stats.png|S5
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Panic attack s4 stats.png|S4
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Panic attack wc stats.png|S3
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Panic attack s2 stats.png|S2
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</gallery>
 
|weight=99kg
 
|weight=99kg
 
|dimensions=0.33m x 1.36m x 0.93m
 
|dimensions=0.33m x 1.36m x 0.93m
 
|clearance=
 
|clearance=
 
|speed=8mph
 
|speed=8mph
|power=750W electric motor
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|drive=750W electric motor
 
|weapons=Lifting forks
 
|weapons=Lifting forks
 
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{{Quote|Panic Attack, that's what I'd be having, if I were in the pits!|[[Craig Charles]]}}
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{{Quote|Now this team are one of the best, if not the best, drivers in the country, having pulled off some of the most incredible manoeuvres ever seen in the warzone! Panic Attack, that's what I'd be having, if I were in the pits!|[[Craig Charles]] in Series 7}}
'''Panic Attack''' was a robot that competed in the British television show ''[[Robot Wars]]''. In [[Series 2]], it was just a four-wheel driven 20cm high box, with a set of electrically powered 12' long [[Lifting weapons|lifting spikes]] powered by a home made system and capable of lifting a ton and ramming opponents as well to great effect. It had a zero turning circle as well as an aluminium shell. It was emblazoned with the image of a spider.
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'''Panic Attack''' was a Welsh competitor robot in the British TV game show ''[[Robot Wars]]''. Panic Attack was the [[List of robots by series entered|third-longest appearing competitor]] in the show's history, as it fought from Series 2 through to Series 7, and appeared in both series of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]].'' It was one of the most consistently successful competitors in the show; with twenty-eight [[List of robots by combat victories|combat victories]], it is the sixth most successful robot in the show's history by number of wins. It is also most successful Welsh robot to appear on the show.
   
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Panic Attack won its debut series, [[The Second Wars]], by defeating three of the series' six [[Seeding|seeded robots]], including a surprise victory over [[Cassius]] in the Grand Final. It would go on to reach the Semi-Finals of Series 3, 4 and 5, giving it more semi-finals appearances than any other champion despite never again reaching a Grand Final. Series 6 and 7 marked a decline for Panic Attack, as it was unable to escape the heats but remained a staple of each episode in which it featured.
This spider motif was the result of a school competition 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 one had a [[Self-righting mechanism|srimech]], a new slightly angled body shape (still with battle scars from the last wars) and larger, more effective forks imported from Sweden, which were capable of completely overturning opposing machines and lifting and pushing 81.6kg. It also had an alloy frame and 3mm thick bodyshell. The top-mounted self-righting mechanism proved to be unreliable and was eventually removed after the Fourth Wars.
 
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{{quote|Our success is based on a reliable robot and our driving ability, it keeps us out of trouble most of the time|Kim Davies in Robot Wars Extreme}}
   
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Panic Attack was created by Welshman Kim Davies, whose driving skills are frequently cited as some of the best in the show's history. Panic Attack's signature tactic was to breach an opponent's ground clearance, use its lifting forks to snare an exposed gap and then lift the opponent 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]]. Panic Attack is also well known for its rivalries with [[Firestorm]] and House Robot [[Shunt]].
Added in [[Series 4]] were a set of side "skirts" to prevent all but the lowest of robots from getting underneath it, as well as sloping sides and bulletproof fibreglass armour. The [[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars|Series 5]] model had improved skirts, lorry windscreen wiper motor power at up to 8mph and the srimech was updated to a top flipper to lift or trap others, which was the favourite with the driver Kim Davies, who stated that it was, in his opinion, the best version. This 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 lift twice its own weight. The weaponry, however was not always reliable and the self-righting was very slow.
 
   
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==Design==
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 nick-named '''Panic Attack Gold'''. However, it didn't have a srimech, was not as easy to control as the previous version, wasn't as fast, wasn't as powerful and lighter but had good pushing power. For [[Extreme 2]], the [[Series 5]] version was brought out of retirement and it was altered to have six wheels and alloy and polycarbonate construction and, for [[Series 7]], with the addition of a rear skirt and with the srimech being replaced by an anti-hammer cushioned top. Ironically though, its final match saw it getting flipped onto its back.
 
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panic Attack Original.gif|thumb|left|The original Panic Attack, Series 2 champion]]
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[[File:Panic Attack s2 official image.jpg|thumb|Official photo of Panic Attack in Series 2]]
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In [[Series 2]], it was just a four-wheel driven 20&nbsp;cm high box, with a set of electrically powered 12' long [[Lifters|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.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20031202145040/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com/pa.html Panic Attack Website (archived)]</ref> 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.
   
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[[File:Panic_Attack_FWC.jpg|thumb|right|Panic Attack in Series 3]]
The robot competed in Series 2-7 of Robot Wars, winning the second series and making the semi-finals in three other wars. It also won the "Sumo Basho" competition in Series 4, meaning that it was the only machine to defeat [[Shunt]] in this event twice. Panic Attack was one of the longest appearing robots, appearing in six wars and two Extremes. Although the only grand champion never to reach another Grand Final, Panic Attack reached the most Semi-Finals of all Grand Champions at four.
 
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With his prize money from Series 2, Kim Davies built a newer machine, the one seen on TV being the fifth as it had been rebuilt four times. This version had a [[Self-righting mechanism|self-righting mechanism]] 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&nbsp;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.
   
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{{quote|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}}
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 pushing it down the pit. It achieved this many times, against robots like [[Axe Awe]], [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]], [[Manta]] and [[Kat 3]].
 
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[[File:Panicattack s4 mag.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack in Series 4, with "Panic Attack II" on the side armour]]
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[[File:Panic attack 4 arena.png|thumb|Panic Attack in the arena during Series 4]]
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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.
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{{quote|The skirts have springs pulling them down to the floor so there is always a downward pressure on them, They are also chamfered on the edge so there is a sharp edge to get under. It is possible to get under them by driving at the front or rear edge as Firestorm has shown in the past|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030815161043/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/askteam.html</ref>}}
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The robot now had bulletproof fibreglass armour and the top-mounted self-righting arms retained from the Third Wars were now attached together with a polycarbonate panel. 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.
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[[File:Panic_attack_s5_arena.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack in the arena during Series 5]]
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[[File:Panic Attack.png|thumb|Official photo of Panic Attack in Series 5]]
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The [[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars|Series 5]] model had improved skirts, lorry windscreen wiper motor power at up to 8&nbsp;mph and the srimech was updated into a movable 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. This version of Panic Attack was also known as PA3 (Panic Attack 3) despite still being referred to as simply Panic Attack. The name of Panic Attack 3 was not used in Extreme 2 or Series 7.
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Gold_pits.jpg|thumb|left|The "24k" theme to the Series 6 Panic Attack]]
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Gold_Arena.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack in the arena during Series 6]]
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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'''. It was also known as '''Panic Attack 24K''' on the team's website, and this was written on the side of the robot, but the robot was still referred to as simply Panic Attack.
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{{quote|The Chassis is made from four 8mm aluminium plates and 4 steel tubes to make a ladder chassis system that is very light and strong. This system also allowed the height of the finished PA 24k to be just 5 inches. All the internal components are mounted on the chassis. This meant it did not need a thick base so a 4mm polycarbonate sheet was used. The sides including the front and back are 3 inch by 1/4 aluminium angle welded to theouter plates. The hinges for the skirts are bolted to the sides and the skirts are made from 4mm polycarbonate. The top is 10mm thick aluminium and 15mm in the important places!|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040803171756/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/series6robot.html Panic Attack Website (archived)]</ref>}}
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Despite having no self-righting mechanism, this version's weakness was listed as "Slow Self-Righting".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zutWrEwhz5w]</ref> Although it had good pushing power, it was not as easy to control as the previous version, was slower and lighter, and generally less powerful overall, with the lack of a srimech also proving costly. Kim Davies stated his dissatisfaction with this untested Panic Attack after its loss.
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{{quote|I am working for Robot Wars on the technical team and had to drive home from filming Series 6 on the Friday. The next day was spent working on the robot to get it ready (7 am Sat till midnight). I finally finished the robot on Sunday morning at 10am. As I had to be back at the studio at 12pm to carry on with filming series 6, I never had a chance to test the robot so its first real test was in the arena!|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040803171756/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/series6robot.html Panic Attack Website (archived)]</ref>}}
   
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[[File:Panic Attack EXT2.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack in Extreme 2]]
==Team Members==
 
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[[File:Panic Attack EX 2.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack in the second round of the Commonwealth Carnage]]
The team captain of the robot 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 (strangely he was never seen on TV and presumably left after this series). 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.
 
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For the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2|second series of Robot Wars Extreme]], the Series 5 version of Panic Attack was brought out of retirement due to the excessive amount of damage that Panic Attack 24K had received from Terrorhurtz and the [[House Robots]] during its encounter in Series 6, deeming it irreparable. Not too much of the Series 5 version had changed for Extreme 2 apart from some subtle changes in the sticker designs on the Srimech and the addition of an extra flashing light. The web address for the Panic Attack website was also placed on the hinges for the skirts as opposed to the top of the sides and back as seen before and the "PA3" name as used in Series 5 and Extreme was was dropped. It did better in Robot Wars Extreme 2 in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|Commonwealth Carnage]] despite only being seen in two battles.
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[[File:Panic Attack S7.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack in Series 7]]
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[[File:PanicAttackCushionedTop.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack's cushioned top from Series 7]]
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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.
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{{quote|The self righter was removed to give the robot a lower profile. we though that we would not need it if other robots could not get under the skirts.|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030815161043/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/askteam.html]</ref>}}
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[[File:Panic Attack S7.png|thumb|Series 7's rear flap]]
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Also in Series 7, the new rear wedge flap of Panic Attack moved up and down in battle, and was notably raised in the robot's official photo. For Series 7, the design of the Spider design was changed through a competition on the Panic Attack website. By then, this mascot which had been used by the team for years had also been given a name - Webster.
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====Etymology====
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In an interview shown during the Swedish broadcast of Series 4, Heat O, Kim Davies revealed that the name Panic Attack came from the team's panicked state whilst trying to get the robot ready for Series 2.
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{{quote|Originally when we built it, it was getting really close to the time where we had to get to the audition, and basically that was the state was in - always in a panic, so the name sort of stuck|Kim Davies, interviewed in the Swedish dub of Robot Wars<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz3KU9jFZpc&list=PLc0ae94ZGsIQZe9U5i6bKo0oF8eRJrTUk&index=7 Robot Wars med Micke Dubois - Avsnitt 7 - Robban L (clips from the Swedish dub of Series 4, Heat O)]</ref>}}
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==The Team==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
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Team_Panic_Attack.jpg|Team Panic Attack during Series 2
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TeamPanic_Series 3.png|Team Panic Attack in Series 3
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TeamPanic_Series 4.png|the team in Series 4
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PA_Team.jpg|Team Panic Attack at the filming of Extreme 1
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TeamPanic_Series 5.png|Team Panic Attack during Series 5
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Team Panic Attack S6.png|Official photo of the Series 6 team
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TeamPanic_Series6.png|Team Panic Attack during Series 6
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TeamPanic_Extreme2.png|The Team in Extreme 2
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TeamPAS7.jpg|Team Panic Attack in Series 7
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{{quote|Panic Attack might not take themselves too seriously, but when the robot is in the arena, the audience knows they'll see a fantastic fight!|[[Robot Wars: The Ultimate Guide]]}}
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The captain of Team Panic Attack (formerly Team Panic) was Kim Davies, Davies was viewed as one of the most competent and respected drivers on Robot Wars due to his good driving of Panic Attack. He was originally joined by Kevin Pritchard and Lee Wicombe when they started competing in Series 2. 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).
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{{quote|The remote-controlled warrior was designed and constructed by Kim Davies from Aran Court in Thornhill, after his 12-year-old son Michael watched the first series and was desperate to have a go.|Panic Attack Website<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020609065911/http://www.panic-attack.net/newsToy.php Panic Attack website - Gwent robot champ on Christmas toy shelves (archived)]</ref>}}
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[[File:Pa3 001.jpg|thumb|left|The competition for the place on the Panic Attack team]]
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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).
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Michael Davies briefly joined the [[X-Terminator]] team for their Round 2 battle against [[Corkscrew]] in Series 5, and their [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Mayhem|Mayhem Qualifier]] in Extreme 1, as Marlon Pritchard needed someone to operate the weapons while the other team members were away.
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In Series 7, Kim Davies earned 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 as tactician and took over the controls in Series 7 with team-mates Paul Wier and then-webmaster of the official Panic Attack website, Jamie McGarry.
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==Qualification==
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Panic Attack successfully qualified for Series 2 and 3 through attending the auditions.
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Thereafter, Panic Attack automatically qualified for each series it competed in, by virtue of its seeding. However, along with a number of seeds for the series, Panic Attack did attend the qualifiers for Series 5, as it would participate in fights to test other hopefuls attempting to qualify.
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{{Quote|All was well so we moved on to the weighing and official photographs. During the wait we managed to check out our competition and pray we didn't meet Panic Attack or [[Chaos 2]].|[[Ruf Ruf Dougal]] team website}}
   
 
==Rivalries==
 
==Rivalries==
 
===Shunt===
 
===Shunt===
[[File:PanicAttackSumo.jpg|thumb|Shunt is defeated twice in the sumo]]
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[[File:ShuntPanic.jpg|thumb|Shunt pepper-pots Panic Attack]]
Panic Attack had a rivalry with the House Robot [[Shunt]], that spawned from their very first encounter, the [[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F gauntlet]] during the Second Wars. After Panic Attack had taken a leap off the see-saw, it had got stuck on the top of Dead Metal, and Shunt came in, and caused damage to the top of Panic Attack, referred to as 'machine gun holes'. Panic Attack did not have to wait long for its vengeance however, in the Sumo trial, Panic Attack managed to defeat Shunt, after the two dodged each other, Shunt drove off the platform.
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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 [[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F]] of the Second Wars. After Panic Attack leapt 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.
   
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[[File:PAliftsandramsShunt.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Shunt in its Series 4 battle against Saw Point]]
After a somewhat quieter Series 3 between the two machines, the grudge was rekindled in [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars|The Fourth Wars]]. During Panic Attack's heat semi-final against [[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]], Shunt was pressurised repeatedly by Panic Attack, who shoved it around the arena. During the Semi-Finals, Shunt once again came under attack from Panic Attack, who hoisted Shunt off its wheel, but failed to topple it over. Perhaps the most famous encounter between the two was the [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Sumo Basho|Sumo Basho side competition]]. After evading each other on the plinth, Shunt mistimed a charge, and Panic Attack was able to push Shunt off, although it went itself. Video replays showed that Shunt had hit the tyres just before Panic Attack had, and so Panic Attack was victorious.
 
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After a somewhat quieter Series 3 between the two machines, the grudge was rekindled in [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars|The Fourth Wars]]. During Panic Attack's heat semi-final against [[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]], Shunt was pressured repeatedly by Panic Attack, which shoved him around the arena. During the Semi-Finals, Shunt once again came under attack from Panic Attack, which hoisted Shunt off his wheels, but failed to topple him over. Perhaps the most famous encounter between the two occurred in the [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Sumo Basho|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.
   
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Shunt.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack lifts Shunt in Extreme]]
During the first series of Extreme and Series 5, the grudge once again mellowed, Panic Attack once again lifted Shunt off its wheels twice during these two series, but failed to topple him. The grudge remained quiet during Series 6, where the noticeably weaker Panic Attack Gold failed to attack Shunt at all, the House Robot paraded the defeated Panic Attack around the arena and onto the flipper during the Heat Final.
 
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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. Panic Attack also attacked Shunt following the disposal of its opponent [[Axe-Awe]] in its Wild Card Warriors battle. In Panic Attack's Heat Semi-Final against [[Tiberius|Tiberius 2]], Panic Attack took on Shunt again. As before, Panic Attack failed to topple Shunt over on all three occasions.
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[[File:PA24K_Shunt.jpg|thumb|left|The grudge between the two rivals happens again with Panic Attack already defeated]]
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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]].
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[[File:PA vs Shunt.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack engages with Shunt in Extreme 2]]
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During Extreme 2, in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|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.
   
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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 Panic Attack's last attack on Shunt.
During Extreme 2, in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|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 not pushing it onto its side. The two would meet one last time.
 
   
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Panic Attack could be said to have a rivalry with all of the House Robots, having targeted and damaged all of the original four House Robots - it removed the back panel of Sgt. Bash in Series 2, and flipped Matilda in its first battle of Series 3, even attempting to lift Sir Killalot on occasion. However its efforts became primarily focused on Shunt as ''Robot Wars'' progressed, only making an exception to attack Cassius Chrome in Series 7.
The first round battle of the All-Star Championship in Series 7 was the last encounter between the two. Shunt was ganged up on by the four competing robots, Panic Attack assisting in overturning the House Robot, one last act of vengeance between the two nemeses.
 
   
 
===Firestorm===
 
===Firestorm===
[[File:FirestormvsPA_RWS3.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The two robots meet for the first time.]]
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[[File:FirestormvsPA RWS3.jpg|thumb|200px|The two robots meet for the first time.]]
Perhaps Panic Attack's most famous grudge was with [[Firestorm]]. This grudge began with the two machines' first conflict, during the [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1|first semi-final]] of Series 3. During this battle, Firestorm dominated large portions of the battle, at one point pinning Panic Attack against the arena side-wall; however the match was settled by the judges, who ruled in favour of Firestorm.
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Perhaps Panic Attack's most famous grudge was with [[Firestorm]]. This grudge began with the two machines' first conflict, during the [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1|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 again during the All-Star competition during the first Extreme series. After mistiming a move, Panic Attack left its sides exposed to Firestorm, 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.
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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 during the loser's melee during the semi-finals of Series 5. Despite Panic Attack breaking down, and then coming back to life again, during the battle the pair managed only one flip apiece, far quieter than previous battles.
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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 Commonwealth Carnage, the two met once more. In a battle dominated by Firestorm, the robot from Durham once more putting Panic Attack on its side after shoving Panic Attack around the arena. From there, Panic Attack's srimech was ineffective, and Firestorm was victorious for the fourth time.
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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 very same battle in which Shunt faced Panic Attack for the last time proved the battling ground for the final conflict between Firestorm and Panic Attack as well. Neither robot attacked each other, choosing instead to attack the House Robots. Firestorm eventually drove into the pit deflecting off Refbot, Panic Attack going on to qualify, the only time it would defeat Firestorm on five occasions.
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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.
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Despite the grudge between them, Kim Davies claimed on the Panic Attack website that he would like to partner up with Firestorm in a Tag Team.
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{{quote|I would like to team up with Firestorm because they are a great team and I think it would be better to fight with rather than against them|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030815161043/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/askteam.html</ref>}}
   
 
==Robot History==
 
==Robot History==
 
===Series 2===
 
===Series 2===
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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.
[[File:Panic2.jpg|thumb|left|The insides of the original Panic Attack]]
 
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{{quote|"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. (The time-out of [[The Parthian Shot]] would have put it through anyway).
 
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[[File:Panic_Attack_gauntlet_1.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack beaches itself on Dead Metal]]
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Panic Attack competed in Heat F. It was the first to run the Gauntlet, where it took the centre route. It made a slow start, being caught by the spikes and then the ramrig, then 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, but landed on [[Dead Metal]].
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{{quote|Killalot coming in, but holding the see-saw down! Oh that's demonic! And that's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel Evel Knievel] from Panic Attack!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Shunt came in and attacked with its axe, leaving lots of holes in the top, and breaking a top panel before cease was called.
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{{quote|And in comes Shunt as well with the deadly axe! Piercing, and punctuating, and puncturing that Spider of Panic Attack. What are they going to do now? Oh ho, that is the "Eye of the Spidey", and this looks deadly!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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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.
 
{{quote|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}}
 
{{quote|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 took its revenge against Shunt after he fell off the platform after 13 seconds, putting it through to the Arena stage. In the Arena Semi-Final, Panic Attack managed to get underneath [[Whirling Dervish]] and flip it over, before disabling [[Sergeant Bash]]. In the Arena Final against [[Disruptor]], it managed to easily push its opponent into the pit, its body being too low for Disruptor's saw to reach. This easily saw it through to the Semi-Finals.
 
[[Image:Panic Attack Original.gif|thumb|The original Panic Attack, Series 2 champion]]
 
In the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack finished in equal 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, but Mace was pitted by the Sentinel so Panic Attack progressed to the next round. Panic Attack then finished first in the Pinball Trial with an impressive score of 320 points. In the Arena, Panic Attack pushed [[Mortis]] into the PPZ, and with the help of [[Matilda]], pushed its opponent into the pit of oblivion and qualified for the Grand Final.
 
   
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Panic Attack was through to the Trial stage, which in this Heat was Sumo.
In the first round of the Grand Final, 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. However, Killertron had long since been immobilised and Panic Attack went through. The final battle was against [[Cassius]], and 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, thus claiming the title of Second Wars Grand Champion despite having been the underdog for the entire series.
 
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[[File:Panicattacksumo.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack, victorious in the Sumo]]
{{quote|We've honestly thought we've been going out since every round we came in, and it's just been a dream|Kim Davis on winning the title}}
 
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It gained revenge on Shunt. Panic Attack drove close to the edge before Shunt got its scoop underneath it and almost pushed it out the ring. As Shunt came close to pushing Panic Attack out, Panic Attack turned away from Shunt, then drove forwards. Shunt turned around, but as it did so, reversed off the ring.
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{{quote|He gave us one in the eye last round, this time he took it, big time!|Kevin Pritchard on getting revenge on Shunt}}
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In the Arena Semi-Final, Panic Attack fought [[Whirling Dervish]].
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[[File:Panic_Attack_vs_Whirling_Dervish.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack flips Whirling Dervish]]
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[[File:Sergeant_Bash_Panic_Attack.jpg|thumb|Sergeant Bash is damaged by Panic Attack]]
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As the fight started, Whirling Dervish span its weapon up to speed, but it failed to do any damage to Panic Attack. Panic Attack then managed to get underneath its opponent, eventually flipping it over. The House Robots came in, and Whirling Dervish was placed over the flames by Dead Metal. Panic Attack attacked Sergeant Bash, managing to break off the House Robot's saw.
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{{quote|Well, we were after Shunt because we owed him, but he seemed to keep away from us.|Kim Davies explains why he attacked Sergeant Bash to Craig Charles after the battle}}
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[[File:PanicAttackMessage.jpg|thumb|left|The message written on Panic Attack for the Heat Final]]
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In the Arena Final, Panic Attack fought fellow Welsh competitor [[Disruptor]]. Panic Attack started the fight by getting its spikes underneath Disruptor, and Disruptor's saw was too high to hit Panic Attack.
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Disruptor_1.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack pits Disruptor]]
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{{quote|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. Panic Attack reversed off the ramp, and was able to push Disruptor around using the 4-wheel drive to push Disruptor into the pit. This saw it through to the Semi-Finals.
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{{dialogue a-b-a|[[Philippa Forrester]]|Tell me about the modification|Kim Davies|Well, we bought a tin of paint, and we painted the spikes!|They're now blood-stained. Lovely!|At the start of the Semi-Final}}
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[[File:PanicAttackS2GauntletSF.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack gets stuck on the ramrig]]
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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.
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Shunt_race_off.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack locks horns with Shunt during the Race-Off]]
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[[File:RaceOffS2GauntletSF.jpg|thumb|Mace is flicked into the air whilst Panic Attack battles Shunt]]
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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 reached 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 blocked by The Sentinel and, after nearly being overturned, was pushed into the pit.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b|Craig Charles|Bet you're relieved, aren't you!|Kim Davies|Oh, you don't know!|You took a good beating from Shunt, didn't you?|Again, yes. He's on our hit-list, yet again.|After the race-off}}
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[[File:Panicattackpinball.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack in the Pinball]]
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[[File:ShuntPAPinball.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack with Shunt in the Pinball]]
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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.
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{{quote|What power! What a good run!|Jonathan Pearce at the end of Panic Attack's run}}
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[[File:PanicAttackvsMortis.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack pits Mortis]]
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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.
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{{quote|Great speed by Panic Attack, good steering by Kim Davies to get it away|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack dodges Mortis}}
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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.
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{{quote|Almost flipped- oh goodness me, what a surprise! Mortis have gone out!|Jonathan Pearce makes no secret of Mortis' favourite status.}}
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Panic Attack was then through to the Grand Final.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panic_Attack_vs_Killertron.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack darts away from the immobile Killertron]]
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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.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panic_attack_bash_pit.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack pushes Sgt. Bash into the pit and falls in itself]]
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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.
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{{quote|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}}
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However, Killertron had long since been immobilised and Panic Attack went through. The final battle was against 5th seeds [[Cassius]].
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{{dialogue a-b|Philippa Forrester|This is it! St. Davids Foundation is depending on you to get through to raise the money. Can you beat Cassius?|Kim Davies|Uh, doubtful, but we'll give it a damn good go!|Before the battle}}
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The start was very tentative, with both robots moving forward to nudge. Cassius got under Panic Attack, but did not fire its flipper, and Panic Attack slid off the wedge. Cassius rushed in but missed, and retreated.
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{{quote|Go on, kill each other!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Cassius_vs_panic_attack.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack pits Cassius to win the Second Wars]]
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Both machines charged, and Panic Attack drove straight over the wedge of Cassius, landing on its wheels. Panic Attack then pushed Cassius into Dead Metal, with Rex Garrod's machine wedging beneath the House Robot. Cassius flipped Dead Metal off it and retreated. Both machines rammed together, and Cassius retreated close to the pit. Cassius moved forward to escape Shunt, and Panic Attack slammed into its side, pushing Cassius into the pit and winning The Second Wars.
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{{quote|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}}
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Panic Attack was consequently crowned Grand Champion of the Second Wars, despite having been the underdog for the entire series.
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{{quote|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===
 
===Series 3===
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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]].
[[File:Panic_Attack_3.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack in Series 3]]
 
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{{quote|Tough task for Axios, then.|Jonathan Pearce before the battle}}
Panic Attack returned for Series 3, completely rebuilt since Series 2 with a stronger forklift and new self-righting mechanism. It won its first round battle by driving around, lifting up, then completely overturning [[Axios]] before overturning Matilda.
 
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[[File:Axios_vs_panicattack.png|thumb|left|Axios pins down Panic Attack]]
{{quote|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}}
 
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[[File:Panicattack_vs_axios.png|thumb|Axios fires its "tongue" at Panic Attack preventing it from getting a lift on Axios]]
Panic Attack repeated this tactic successfully against [[Toe-Cutter]] in Round 2 and tried to take on Sergeant Bash. In the heat final, Panic Attack had problems getting a hold of the much faster and more aggressive [[X-Terminator]], but eventually slammed it into the arena wall. This ruptured X-Terminator's gas canisters, disabling its axe and self-righting mechanism. Eventually, Panic Attack managed to flip X-Terminator over to progress to the semi-finals.
 
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[[File:Axios_tipped.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack topples Axios]]
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Both robots started quickly, charging into the arena centre. Panic Attack span on the spot with Axios lifting its lance upwards. Axios backed away onto the arena wall twice, and Panic Attacked pushed 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 drove 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 Attack attempted to slide underneath Axios, crashing into the arena wall in the process, but kept up its pursuit, finally getting sufficient purchase on the side of Axios, which allowed it to topple its opponent over.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:PanicAttackFlipsMatilda.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack flips Matilda]]
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Dead Metal came in and attacked Axios. Panic Attack then attacked Matilda, pulling the shell off the back then turning her over.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b|Philippa Forrester|What were you doing to Matilda? It's outrageous! You had her kit off and everything!|Kim Davies|Yep, well if we manage to deal with a contender, we're always going to go for a House Robot!|The flipping seemed very easy, just how much power is in the front there?|It's much, much stronger, it'll lift about 18 stone so the House Robots are not really a problem, except for the big one I think!|Post-battle interview}}
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Panic Attack then fought [[Toe Cutter]] in Round 2.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Toecuttervspanicattack.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts but fails to turn Toe Cutter over]]
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[[File:Panicattackvstoecutter.png|thumb|Toe Cutter rams Panic Attack]]
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[[File:Toe_Cutter_overturned.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack overturns Toe Cutter]]
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Panic Attack got under 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 manoeuvred around each other. The two clashed rear to rear and then head on, before Panic Attack slid under the front of Toe Cutter and pushed it into Dead Metal, losing its front light in the process.
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{{quote|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}}
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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 under the wheels of Toe Cutter, lifting it up, and drove around until it was able to turn Toe Cutter over.
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{{quote|...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}}
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Dead Metal sliced into the bottom of Toe Cutter, while Panic Attack attacked Sgt. Bash. With this victory, Panic Attack was through to the Heat Final.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b|Craig Charles|Well, you're our Robot Wars champions, you've won this round but you wouldn't let it lie! You'd obviously won the fight, then you go and take on the House Robots!|Kim Davies|Well, we've won it once and this year we're here to entertain and really have a go at the House Robots!|Do you not think you've got a chance this year?|Possibly not, same as last year, if we get through then you know we'll be happy!|Post-battle interview}}
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In the Heat Final, Panic Attack fought [[X-Terminator]].
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[[File:X-Terminator_Panic_Attack_1.jpg|thumb|X-Terminator drags Panic Attack around]]
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X-Terminator started quickly, but charged into the arena wall. The two robots met side on, with X-Terminator missing with its axe. X-Terminator then came in again, getting Panic Attack's side, and pricking it with the axe. 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 got under the Panic Attack's side, axing the top. 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 axe down. Panic Attack backed away, but X-Terminator caught it side on again and brought the axe down, forcing it into Sgt. Bash.
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{{quote|And the champions are in trouble here, now!|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is forced into Sgt. Bash's CPZ}}
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[[File:X-Terminator_on_side.jpg|thumb|left|X-Terminator is exterminated]]
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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.
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{{quote|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}}
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It landed right side up, but its axe was now drooping down. Panic Attack attacked again 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 drive chains off. The House Robots attacked X-Terminator until 'Cease' was finally called.
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In Round 1 of the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack fought [[Wild Thing|Thing 2]].
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b-a|Philippa Forrester|Does Panic Attack feel scared about being up against the Adams Family?|Kim Davies|Oh yes.|You aren't, are you? You were quite worried when I told you.|Yes, its fast, powerful, manoeuvrable, very good driver.|But you're all those things too.|Not according to him [Michael Davies]|Oh no! Is there dissension in the ranks?|Yeah, my driving is "abysmal"|Oh no, really?!|Dissension in the Panic Attack team}}
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[[File:Panic Attack Thing 2.JPG|thumb|left|Thing 2 pushes Panic Attack past the spike the would go on to decide the battle]]
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[[Image:Panic Attack vs Thing 2.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack topples Thing 2]]
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Neither robot could 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 rammed Panic Attack into Dead Metal, but Panic Attack's low body meant it evaded Dead Metal's pincers. Panic Attack escaped 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, knocking Thing 2 onto its wedged front, leaving it immobilised as it could not self-right. The House Robots closed in on Thing 2, and Dead Metal sliced through the tires and lifting spike.
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{{dialogue a-b|Philippa Forrester|You got a great flip in there!|Kim Davies|Well actually I think it was his own fault, he drove up to us and got himself up on the back end, really all I had to was reverse and he just fell over on top and once that was it, that was it, that was the end. He was doing very well, he was pushing us everywhere.|Post-battle interview}}
   
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Panic Attack then had to fight [[Firestorm|Fire Storm]] for a place in the [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Grand Final|Grand Final]]
[[File:Panic_Attack_vs_Thing_2.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack lifts Thing 2 over]]
 
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{{quote|I think we're going to be testing our self-righter.|Kim Davies}}
In the first round of the semi-finals, Panic Attack came up against [[Wild Thing|Thing 2]]. Thing 2 started well, pushing Panic Attack into a CPZ and then into an arena wall, but the champions came back, reversing into Thing 2 and causing it to be turned over by an arena spike. In the next round, Panic Attack came up against [[Firestorm|Fire Storm]]. Both robots spent the early stages of the battle attempting to get underneath each other, but neither were able to flip the other over. This was until Panic Attack was lifted up by an arena spike, giving Fire Storm the chance to get underneath and pin its opponent against the arena wall. Panic Attack righted itself but lost out on a [[judges]]' decision and was eliminated from the competition.
 
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[[File:Bash_panic_attack_firestorm.JPG|thumb|left|Sgt. Bash seizes Panic Attack whilst Fire Storm flips]]
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Fire Storm pushed Panic Attack into Sgt. Bash's CPZ at the start, and Panic Attack was seized by the House Robot's pincers. Fire Storm lifted Panic Attack, causing Sgt. Bash to release it, but Panic Attack was not flipped and managed to escape the CPZ.
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[[File:Panic attack arena spike semi final.png|thumb|Panic Attack gets flipped by the arena spike]]
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[[File:FirestormvsPA_RWS3.jpg|thumb|left|Fire Storm flips Panic Attack into the arena wall]]
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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 Sgt. Bash, but a distraction from Fire Storm allowed 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 in, got under Panic Attack and pushed it against the side wall and flipped 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.
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{{quote|Kim Davies is doing everything he possibly can to drive Panic Attack into the troubled zones here!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Firestorm_panic_attack.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack's last-minute attack]]
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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 Sir Killalot's attack. After dodging out of Killalot's way, the two briefly ran into Sgt. Bash. Finally, Panic Attack got beneath Fire Storm, but Fire Storm's shape meant there was nowhere for Panic Attack's claws to negotiate, and Fire Storm merely slid of the reigning champion's forks. In the last few seconds, both robots drove around clumsily, crashing into walls and House Robots. The judges were called on to make a decision, and they went for Fire Storm, eliminating the reigning champions.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b-a|Craig Charles|Panic Attack, you were our reigning champions, you'd such a long undefeated run, but you're out.|Kim Davies|Well, it has to come to an end at some point, and they really do deserve it. They're a brilliant robot, brilliant team.|But you were turning into a national celebrity, if you had won this, you'd have been on the cover of magazines and things!|I'm not sure we'd like that.|Ladies and gentleman, give it up for our reigning champions Panic Attack!|The fall of the champion}}
   
After the main competition was over, Panic Attack represented Wales in [[The First World Championship]]. In its first round match against [[101]], Panic Attack was able to get underneath its opponent and lift the robot into the air with its lifting spikes, turning it upside-down in the process. Panic Attack then picked up 101 again and, while attempting to carry 101 to the pit, it accidentally reversed in itself.
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After the main competition was over, Panic Attack represented Wales in [[The First World Championship]].
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[[File:Panic_Attack_vs_101.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts 101]]
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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, with the flashing light on Panic Attack breaking 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.
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[[File:Panic_Attack_101_1.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack ends up in the pit]]
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{{quote|And, to me, 101's already out - immobilised.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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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.
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{{quote|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===
 
===Series 4===
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{{dialogue a-b|[[Julia Reed]]|The Panic Attack team, I don't think we really even need to introduce them. We know exactly who they are. The winners of the second wars, an awesome robot, but did go out to Fire Storm in the third, so potentially a grudge match there, we think.|Kim Davies|Possibly, yeah, we'll have to sort that one out. Our driving's a lot better now so they can look out if we meet them.|Pre-Round 1 interview}}
[[File:Panicattack.jpg|thumb|Series 4 appearance]]
 
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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|Overkill GTI]], both Round 1 drop outs from the last series.
Panic Attack returned for Series 4 as the fourth seed, in recognition for winning Series 2. In the first round, it efficiently teamed up with S.M.I.D.S.Y. against [[Overkill|Overkill GTI]], lifting it up and pushing it around the arena, proceeding through on a judges' decision. In Round 2, it got hold of [[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]] very quickly and tried to lift it out of the arena, but got it stuck against the grinders. Saw Point then became immobilised and was seized by Sir Killalot, who lifted it up and took it towards the pit. Panic Attack took advantage of the now front heavy Sir Killalot, lifting it up and trying but failing to push it into the pit as Sir Killalot dropped Saw Point in. Panic Attack met up with S.M.I.D.S.Y. again in the heat final and had a lot of trouble catching its faster opponent until it got its forks wedged in its rival's wheel guard, allowing it to dump the Cyberspace machine down the pit.
 
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{{quote|We've done it before, and we're going to do it again!|Kim Davies announces his aim before the Round 1 battle}}
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From the off, both Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. moved towards Overkill GTI. S.M.I.D.S.Y. got under Overkill GTI and pushed it over the flame pit. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then charged at Panic Attack, before it ran up 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Heat O.png|thumb|left|Overkill GTI lifted by Panic Attack]]
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Panic Attack then took Overkill GTI off the spike and lifted it up by one of it's tyres. Panic Attack continued to carry it until a ram from S.M.I.D.S.Y. knocked Overkill GTI free. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove over Overkill GTI's front, 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 Overkill GTI and it crashed back down, 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, then retreated towards the centre of the arena.
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{{quote|If you had to pick the most troubled robot of these three, I'd go for Overkill.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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At this point, Overkill GTI looked to have a flat tyre, and was driving much slower. 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, then reverse it into an arena wall, before a pushing match between Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. occurred.
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{{quote|Panic Attack - little bit of a tug of war with S.M.I.D.S.Y.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack pushed S.M.I.D.S.Y. all the way across the arena, near to Sgt. Bash's CPZ. In the closing seconds, S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Panic Attack took turns at lifting Overkill GTI. The Judges put Panic Attack and S.M.I.D.S.Y. through to the next round.
   
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In Round 2, it fought newcomers [[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]].
In the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack was drawn up against 10th seeds [[Spawn of Scutter]]. After lifting it up several times, it drove the Essex machine into the arena wall, stranding it there.
 
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{{dialogue a-b|Julia Reed|Have you ever faced a robot like the one you're about to face before?|Kim Davies|No, it's really weird! It's got great big discs, cutting discs for wheels, pointy thing on the front, it's going to be difficult, I don't know what to do with it yet!|Pre-Round 1 interview}}
[[File:Panic_attack_vs_stinger.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack attacks Stinger]]
 
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[[File:Panic Attack Near-OotA.png|thumb|Panic Attack comes close to lifting Saw Point out of the arena.]]
This led to a battle against 30th seeds [[Stinger]]. Panic Attack's tough armour deflected the numerous blows Stinger administered, as it pushed the [[Axlebots|axlebot]] around the arena and into several CPZs. The judges had to make a decision and gave the match to Stinger by one point on a split, and extremely controversial, call.
 
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At the start of the match, both robots slowly drove towards each other, making contact, allowing Panic Attack to get its lifting forks under Saw Point. As it lifted Saw Point, Panic Attack's rear end started to lift off the ground. Saw Point backed away once it was released, but Panic Attack caught up again, and managed to lift Saw Point onto its side, where Saw Point was unable to self-right. 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.
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{{quote|Sawpoint - up, up, heave-ho, here we go, weep and woe, for Saw Point, surely.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Unable to lift Saw Point over the fence, Kim Davies was eventually forced to make Panic Attack retreat. Panic Attack paraded Saw Point around the arena, even colliding with Sgt. Bash, which was out of its CPZ. After rotating itself, Saw Point was able to land on the arena floor, only for Panic Attack to lift it again.
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{{quote|Panic Attack, very much under control here. They've glued themselves onto Saw Point; they will not let go now.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack slammed Saw Point into the arena wall, before leaving it on a gas-exerting grid in front of Shunt's CPZ, where 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 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 lifting Saw Point from the ground in the process.
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[[File:Panic Attack attacks Killalot.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack tries unsuccessfully to lift Sir Killalot.]]
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While Sir Killalot held Saw Point aloft, Panic Attack snuck behind Sir Killalot and put its lifting prongs under 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 Attack raised Sir Killalot slightly, before merely lifting itself off the ground.
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{{quote|Panic Attack on the attack on Killalot! And Killalot will remember that, Kim Davies, you can be sure!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack actually raised itself very high, pressing itself against the back of Sir Killalot, but it backed away, allowing Sir Killalot to drop Saw Point in 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.
   
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Panic Attack fought with S.M.I.D.S.Y. again in the Heat Final.
{{quote|It's a shame, as I think Stinger was the only robot that Panic Attack couldn't have beaten outright!|Jamie McGarry}}
 
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{{dialogue a-b|Julia Reed|Well, I think S.M.I.D.S.Y. were quite tough in the last battle|Kim Davies|Ah, S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s going to be a different kettle of fish altogether, I think. If we pick it up and turn them over, he can still run. He's very small, so the forks will lift him up but the wheels will still be able to run so he's going to be very tough!|Kim Davies expresses his fears before the battle}}
Panic Attack also competed in the Sumo Basho side-competition. It was the only robot that successfully managed to push Shunt from the platform. After 21.5 seconds, both robots fell from the platform but the replay showed that 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.
 
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[[File:Panic Attack vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y..png|thumb|Panic Attack's lifting mechanism slots into S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s wheel arch]]
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At the start, both robots drove straight into each other, and 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. Next, 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. 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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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 reversing into Panic Attack, pushing it back.
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{{quote|Quite even at the moment; S.M.I.D.S.Y. the more aggressive. Perhaps, Panic Attack the more controlled.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:S.M.I.D.S.Y. pitted.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack drops S.M.I.D.S.Y. into the pit.]]
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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. Panic Attack reversed and pushed S.M.I.D.S.Y. across the arena. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove away, Panic Attack pursued, getting under S.M.I.D.S.Y. with its forks, and lifting S.M.I.D.S.Y. up. 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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S.M.I.D.S.Y. did not catch fire, but was 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. The Pit opened, so Panic Attack lifted S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto its top, carried it towards the open pit, and dropped S.M.I.D.S.Y. in.
   
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In the Semi-Finals, Panic Attack was drawn up against 10th seeds [[Spawn of Scutter]].
Panic Attack later competed in the War Of Independence special. In its first round match against Rammstein, it used its forklifts to overturn the American machine several times, although this had little effect as its opponent was invertible. However, Rammstein quickly lost power (its batteries were designed to last for the three-minute matches held in BattleBots, rather than the five-minute ones held in Robot Wars), which allowed Panic Attack to lift it up and pit it. This led to a rematch from Series 2 against Mortis. Although Panic Attack managed to flip Mortis onto its side and push it into Sir Killalot, the judges gave the split decision to Mortis due to the numerous axe blows it landed.
 
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{{dialogue a-b|Julia Reed|You don't hold back Kim, do you? Because we saw you have a pop at Sir Killalot!|Kim Davies|Yeah, well the thing behind that was when he was picking up the opposition and going to the pit, he was front-heavy, so we thought maybe we could get behind him and as he was dropping it we could get him in as well!|Kim Davies explains his attack on Sir Killalot in Round 2 before the battle}}
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[[Image:Panic_Attack_vs_Spawn_of_Scutter.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack pushes Spawn of Scutter against the arena wall]]
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The two robots rammed each other, with Panic Attack's forks slipping beneath Spawn of Scutter both times. The second time, it lifted Spawn of Scutter off the ground, but didn't have sufficient purchase, so Spawn of Scutter fell back down. The former champion raised Spawn of Scutter up again and pushed 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 dodge it. 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.
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[[File:Panic_attack_lifts_shunt.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack hoists Shunt]]
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The House Robots attacked and Sgt. Bash 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.
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This led to a battle against 30th seeds [[Stinger]].
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{{quote|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 Hypno-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}}
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[[File:Panic attack vs stinger.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack attacks Stinger]]
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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 Stinger's axle, but Stinger brought its mace down once more and moved away. Panic Attack 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 more heavy blows from Stinger.
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{{quote|Stinger proving the more wild pattern than Panic Attack - steadier progress by Kim Davies.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack then pushed Stinger into the side wall. Stinger spun and slid off Panic Attack, but Panic Attack continued to attack and shoved Stinger into Matilda's CPZ, but drifted in itself. Both machines escaped, with Panic Attack getting Stinger pushing it to one of the external flame jets, holding it in the flames. 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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This proved to be an unpopular decision with the audience.
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{{quote|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}}
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Panic Attack also competed in the Sumo Basho side competition.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:PanicAttackSumo.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack wins the Sumo Basho title]]
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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 after 21.15 seconds. The replay, however, showed Shunt had just hit the tyres first, giving Panic Attack the victory.
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{{quote|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}}
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As the only robot to defeat Shunt, Panic Attack won the tournament.
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[[File:Rammstein_rams_panicattack.png|thumb|Rammstein shoves Panic Attack across the arena]]
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Panic Attack later competed in the War Of Independence special. In the first round match, it fought against US representative [[Rammstein]].
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{{quote|Panic Attack, worthy opponents, whether it be domestically or on the international stage.|Jonathan Pearce with high-hopes for Panic Attack}}
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[[File:Panicattack_vs_rammstein.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Rammstein]]
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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 invertible 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.
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{{quote|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 Davies is trying to do with Panic Attack now - try to lever it up on its side|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack takes control}}
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[[File:PAvsRAmm.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack drops Rammstein down the pit]]
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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.
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{{quote|Go on. Lead him to our own, our very own Grand Canyon on our arena floor!|Jonathan Pearce, realizing Panic Attack has won}}
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The pit descended moments later, and Panic Attack swiftly carried 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.
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This led to Panic Attack facing Mortis in the second round, in a rematch from Series 2.
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Julia Reed|Have you faced Panic Attack in other wars?|Arthur Chilcott|Yes we have, some time ago.|And what happened?|They ... beat us.|Before the rematch}}
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[[File:Mortis_vs_panic_attack.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Mortis]]
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[[File:Panic_attack_vs_mortis.png|thumb|Mortis gets its axe stuck in Panic Attack]]
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The battle began slowly, 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 pushing 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 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 Welsh robot escaped with no damage. Eventually, Panic Attack broke away, whose axe finally reset, and got underneath its opponent, catching it on one of the spikes of its self-righting mechanism. 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 .
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{{quote|Don't panic! Don't panic, Mr Mortis! Panic Attack's on the attack!|Jonathan Pearce references Dad's Army}}
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[[File:Panic_attack_vs_mortis_vs_sirkillalot.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack backs Mortis into Sir Killalot]]
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[[File:PAvsMort.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack fails to lift Mortis]]
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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, knocking off its light. Panic Attack tried to overturn Mortis, but only managed to lift itself off the ground, before 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 under 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.
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{{quote|Well, maybe we drove better and pushed them about, but their axe did more damage.|Kim Davies, gracious in defeat}}
   
 
===Extreme 1===
 
===Extreme 1===
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Panic Attack competed several times in [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|Extreme 1]] with an improved self-righting mechanism that could also be used like a secondary weapon, for lifting and clamping purposes.
[[File:Extreme_panic_attack.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack at the beginning of the Annihilator, clad in the fur of its vanquished foe, Diotoir]]
 
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, it featured in the All-Stars competition, where its first fight was against Firestorm 3, the robot that ended its reign in Series 3. Within the first few seconds, however, Firestorm got under Panic Attack, flipped it over, and then pushed it against the arena wall so that it couldn't self-right.
 
   
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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.
Panic Attack also competed in a Vengeance against X-Terminator and a [[Wild Card Warriors|Wild Card Warrior]] battle against Axe Awe. It overturned X-Terminator, who was unable to self-right due to a new spike addition. Panic Attack then helped X-Terminator self right, before getting underneath it and pitting it. Panic Attack flipped Axe Awe over in the Wild Card Warrior battle, but Axe Awe was able to self-right. Panic Attack then proceeded to use its signature move to slip beneath Axe Awe and pit it. It finally fought in the International Inferno against Manta, [[Maximill]] and [[Flensburger Power]]. It rammed Flensburger Power once, causing it to break down, whilst Maximill was defeated by Manta. Finally, Panic Attack secured the win after making its signature pitting manoeuvre against Manta.
 
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{{Quote|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}}
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[[File:Firestorm vs panic attack.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack is defeated by Firestorm again]]
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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 3 to get right underneath the side of the skirts, and it flipped Panic Attack over.
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{{quote|It was almost like a suicidal lunge at Firestorm 3, flicking Panic Attack up and over.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack then tried to self-right but Firestorm 3 was much too quick and pushed Panic Attack against the arena wall preventing it from self-righting, and managed to get the Welsh machine stuck on the wall. Sir Killalot, Dead Metal and Firestorm 3 then each took turns trying to get Panic Attack off the wall, but it kept getting stuck, and was eventually counted out.
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{{quote|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}}
   
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Panic Attack also competed in a Vengeance battle against X-Terminator.
{{quote|Shear Khan? What a name! What does it mean, I wonder?|Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website}}
 
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{{Quote|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}}
Panic Attack fought [[Shear Khan]] and [[Diotoir]] in a Mayhem qualifier. Panic Attack went after Shear Khan first in an attempt to silence the newcomer's big weapon and was successful, flipping it over and leaving it in the flames. Strangely, Diotoir didn't catch fire but was flipped anyway, and the poster of Panic Attack that Diotoir had put on its scoop was incinerated. Diotoir did not self-right and was counted down. Panic Attack tried to awaken it, but when that failed it hooked Diotoir onto its back and performed its usual manoeuvre by dropping the Dublin machine into the pit. The ex-champions then attacked Shunt, but received a yellow card from [[Refbot]]. Regardless, Panic Attack was through to the Annihilator.
 
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[[File:VengeancePanicAttackvsX-Terminator.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack about to pit X-Terminator]]
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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.
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{{Quote|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}}
   
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The Welsh Panic Attack also had the chance to represent the whole of the UK in the International Inferno against [[Manta]] (USA), [[MaxiMill]] (The Netherlands) and [[Flensburger Power]] (Germany).
{{quote|Why bother? Everyone wants to see the house robots being attacked!|Panic Attack website}}
 
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Julia Reed|Kim, what's your strategy?|Kim Davies|Don't know, we haven't seen any of them running, so we don't know what they'll do. We'll just go in there and see what happens!|Well, the arena is waiting for you. Team - good luck, from me and from the rest of Britain. In you go!|Pre-battle interview}}
In the Annihilator, Panic Attack began by lifting up both [[Disc-O-Inferno]] and [[Fighting Torque]]. [[Napalm]] then drove on top of Panic Attack, but the Series 2 champions couldn't flip it and it escaped. Panic Attack then drove away from the action, before returning to the fray. It then got under [[The Steel Avenger]] and later Fighting Torque, carrying each around for a while. Panic Attack then reversed into Disc-O-Inferno, whose disc tore a small bit of armour off the Welsh robot. It then attacked The Steel Avenger and almost flipped Disc-O-Inferno, but it didn't matter because Refbot counted out the destroyed Fighting Torque. In Round 2, Napalm was forced to pull out due to damage from the first round, so the remaining four robots fought on. Panic Attack began by pushing the flipped Steel Aveger towards the arena side wall, where it eventually self-righted. Panic Attack flipped the axe-wielding robot again, just as the Welsh robot was hit by Disc-O-Inferno. Panic Attack then lifted up the invertible machine but was shoved away and driven under by [[Spirit of Knightmare]]. Panic Attack recovered, and pushed the wedge shaped robot towards the arena wall. The Steel Avenger then attacked the former champions. Panic Attack then did a bit of dodging from the other robots, before both almost shoving Spirit of Knightmare into the pit and driving into it itself. It then attacked Spirit of Knightmare again, before attacking The Steel Avenger once more. However, the robot this time got a blow onto one of Panic Attack's side skirts. The Steel Avenger was then flipped and counted out, because it wasn't able to self-right. However, Panic Attack forfeited its place in the next round, as it had been too badly damaged, its fork mechanism being damaged by Steel Avenger, and having a magnet in one of its motors removed by Disc-O-Inferno.
 
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[[File:Panic attack manta.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack lifts Manta]]
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At the start, both MaxiMill and Flensburger Power were slow, but Manta sped around and rammed into MaxiMill, 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 rammed it into an unoccupied CPZ. MaxiMill escaped, but was immediately boxed in by Shunt and Matilda, the latter of who pushed it into the CPZ and struck with its flywheel. Manta and Panic Attack turned to each other, and Panic Attack lifted Manta up with its forks and slipped into a position beneath Manta's disc.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panic_attack_pits_manta.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack pits Manta]]
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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. Shunt placed MaxiMill on the floor flipper. Panic Attack then got beneath Manta again, lifting it up. Matilda 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.
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{{quote|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 Davies, have triumphed in the International Inferno!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Flensburger Power was hurled by the floor flipper, and Shunt and Matilda pushed it into MaxiMill. Cease was called, with Panic Attack the winners.
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Panic Attack also fought in a Wild Card Warriors match, against [[Axe-Awe]].
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{{quote|You've got one shot and make it a good one, because it's the only one you're gonna have|Kim Davies' message to Axe-Awe}}
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Axe-Awe.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack traps Axe-Awe...]]
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[[File:Axe-Awe vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|...and drops it in the pit]]
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Despite both robots' low top speed of 8&nbsp;mph, the battle started quickly. Axe-Awe spun around, revealing its rear to Panic Attack, but the former champion did not capitalise. 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.
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{{quote|This is all rather inevitable, isn't it?|Jonathan Pearce, realising what Panic Attack has in mind}}
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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.
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{{quote|Axe-Awe in awe of an ex-UK champion!|Craig Charles after the battle}}
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Panic Attack fought [[Shear Khan]] and [[Diotoir]] in a Mayhem qualifier.
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{{quote|We've fought [[Barber-Ous|a weapon like this]] before and it's really destructive and this one sounds worse.|Kim Davies, expressing his fears over Shear Khan's weapon}}
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[[File:Diotoir_displaying_Panic_Attack.png|thumb|left|Diotoir with the poster of Panic Attack]]
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Diotoir vs Shear Khan.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack upends Shear Khan]]
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Diotoir.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack interrupts Refbot's count]]
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[[File:Panic_Attack_vs_Diotoir.png|thumb|Pitting the defeated Diotoir]]
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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, which caused minor damage with its rock chisel. Diotoir, meanwhile, 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 was able to lift it up and push it onto its back. Panic Attack then turned on Diotoir, whose poster had fallen off completely. It was unable to get underneath on the first attempt. 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. 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 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Extreme panic attack.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack at the beginning of the Annihilator, clad in the fur of its vanquished foe, Diotoir]]
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In the Annihilator, Panic Attack fought [[Disc-O-Inferno]], [[Fighting Torque]], [[Napalm]], [[Knightmare|Spirit of Knightmare]] and [[The Steel Avenger]].
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{{Dialogue a-b|Julia Reed|Is this going to be a walk in the park for you then?|Kim Davies|Not against five others, but I think we need a bigger pit to put a few more in.|Pre-Round 1 interview}}
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As 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. The Steel Avenger changed targets and rammed Fighting Torque.
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[[File:SoK vs Napalm 2.jpg|thumb|left|Spirit of Knightmare and Panic Attack wedge under Napalm]]
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The 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 The 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 The 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 The 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. The 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, The Steel Avenger and Fighting Torque came together. Just after the pit went down, The Steel Avenger pushed Fighting Torque towards the flame pit. The 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.
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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.
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[[File:Panic Attack vs The Steel Avenger.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack presses The Steel Avenger against the wall]]
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The remaining four robots fought on. As the battle began, Spirit of Knightmare rammed underneath The 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.
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Disc-O-Inferno.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack wedges under Disc-O-Inferno]]
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After nudging The Steel Avenger further, it eventually backed away, allowing The 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. The 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 The Steel Avenger. The four robots broke away and The 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 The Steel Avenger away, before all four robots drove around the arena for a while, not landing any meaningful attacks, The Steel Avenger missing a few axe blows. After a little while, Panic Attack activated the pit release. The 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.
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{{quote|This is very even so far. This is a good Annihilator battle.|Jonathan Pearce as the battle continues}}
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[[File:Panic attack vs steel avenger vs spirit of knightmare.JPG|thumb|The Steel Avenger chops into Panic Attack just before it is defeated]]
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The 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. The Steel Avenger pushed the sluggish Disc-O-Inferno, but missed, whilst Panic Attack pushed Spirit of Knightmare back. The Steel Avenger then used its axe and cut deep into Panic Attack's skirt, before Spirit of Knightmare got underneath and flipped The Steel Avenger onto its side. Disc-O-Inferno, in attacking Spirit of Knightmare, bounced off and got stuck on top of The Steel Avenger, but broke free. The Steel Avenger was left alone, but it had used up too much gas and was unable to right itself. Refbot counted it out, eliminating The Steel Avenger. Only after it was counted out and cease was called did its side arms finally activate, but not enough to right it.
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{{quote|We thought you and Panic Attack would be the last two men standing.|Craig Charles, seeing The Steel Avenger and Panic Attack as the favourites}}
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Panic Attack had taken a lot of damage in the previous round. Aside from making a hole in its skirt, The 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 [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Vengeance#Bigger Brother vs Comengetorix|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.
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{{quote|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===
 
===Series 5===
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{{quote|...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.|Philippa Forester at the start of the Heat}}
[[File:PanicAttack.jpg|thumb|Series 5 appearance]]
 
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In Series 5, Panic Attack ran into problems with its first opponent, the fairly destructive newcomers [[Barber-Ous]].
{{quote|It was the awesome driving skills of Kim Davis 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}}
 
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[[File:Barber-Ous vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|left|Barber-Ous nullifies Panic Attack's forks]]
In Series 5, Panic Attack ran into problems with its first opponent, the fairly destructive newcomers [[Barber-Ous]]. The spinning drum managed to disable the lifting forks and mangle a bit of the top armour. However, this run ended when Panic Attack pushed it into Sergeant Bash, which disabled one of Barber-Ous' wheels. Panic Attack was then able to push it down the pit.
 
[[File:Tiberius_2_vs_panic_attack.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Tiberius 2]]
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[[File:Panicattackbarberous.jpg|thumb|Barber-Ous is pitted]]
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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 Sgt. Bash, and the House Robot crumpled the axle of Barber-Ous. Finally, Panic Attack pushed its beaten opponent into the pit.
Panic Attack moved on to fight [[Tiberius|Tiberius 2]]. Panic Attack was on the early attack on Tiberius 2, who got its claw into Panic Attack's weapon. Panic Attack broke free and the pushing continued. The Welsh machine then lifted Tiberius up again and pinned it to the wall. The House Robots came in and Panic Attack tried to flip Shunt over. Panic Attack then did its normal trick and dropped Tiberius down the pit, almost falling in itself. Panic Attack moved through to fight Kat 3, getting an early lift on Kat 3. However, it couldn't get loose again. Ramming at the wall couldn't free it, so Panic Attack opened the pit, but couldn't get free. Finally, however, it shook Kat 3 loose and dumped it down the pit.
 
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{{Dialogue a-b|Craig Charles|You're an ex-British champion, do you think you can be a British champion again?|Kim Davies|Well, as long as we're entertaining, I really don't mind how we get on. I'd hate to go out, you know, tipped over and out within two minutes.|Post-Round 1 interview}}
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Panic Attack progressed to the Heat Semi-Finals, where they faced the crusher of [[Tiberius|Tiberius 2]].
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Tiberius 2 vs panic attack.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Tiberius 2]]
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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.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Tiberius 2.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack drops Tiberius 2 into the pit]]
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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. The House Robots came in to attack Tiberius 2, which allowed Panic Attack to try and flip Shunt over. 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.
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In the Heat Final, Panic Attack faced [[Kat 3]].
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{{quote|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 battle}}
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[[File:Kat 3 vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|left|Kat 3 axes the dominant Panic Attack]]
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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.
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{{quote|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}}
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[[File:Panicattackkat.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack finishes off Kat 3]]
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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. 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.
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{{quote|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}}
   
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Panic Attack was then through to the Semi-Finals again, where it was up against the second seeds [[Pussycat]] in Round 1.
In the semi-final against 2nd seeds [[Pussycat]], Panic Attack started the stronger, pushing the pyramid shaped robot into the CPZ. However, problems with the aerial hindered Panic Attack's movement severely, making it stop and start frequently. Pussycat was able to take advantage of this, damaging the skirts and lifting forks, eventually winning a judges decision. This put Panic Attack into the loser's melee alongside Firestorm 3 and [[Wheely Big Cheese]]. However, the first attack by Wheely Big Cheese left it unable to move properly again. Firestorm eventually knocked it back into contention and spent most of the match pushing it around. A late lift-up of Firestorm in the last 10 seconds wasn't enough to save Panic Attack and it lost the judge's decision again.
 
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[[File:Pussycat vs. Panic Attack.png|thumb|left|Pussycat slices Panic Attack's lifting forks]]
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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 Sgt. Bash came in, pushing Panic Attack into a corner, and firing its flamethrower.
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{{quote|Well that is very surprising that Kim Davies left himself open for a Sgt. Bash attack!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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Panic Attack only turned slowly, as Sgt. Bash came behind Panic Attack and pressured it. Panic Attack managed to escape Sgt. 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.
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[[File:Pussycat vs. Panic Attack 2.png|thumb|Both robots meet face-to-face]]
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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.
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{{quote|This is Pussycat's fight so far, and Panic Attack has a lot to do.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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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. 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.
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{{quote|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}}
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This put Panic Attack into the loser's melee alongside long-term rivals Firestorm 3 and the colossal flipper of [[Wheely Big Cheese]].
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{{quote|Two big flippers, we're going to end up upside-down!|Kim Davies lack of confidence before the battle}}
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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.
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{{quote|The three yellow machines, a banana skin battle developing.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:WheelyFlipsPanic.jpg|thumb|left|Wheely Big Cheese flips Panic Attack]]
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[[File:PanicNotMoving.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack, not moving by the side wall, as Firestorm moves in]]
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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 3 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 3 to push it into the CPZ. While Wheely Big Cheese was in the CPZ, Firestorm 3's flipper activated, pushing Wheely Big Cheese slightly. Sgt. Bash came in, and Firestorm 3 flipped Wheely Big Cheese against the arena side wall twice, as Sgt. 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. Sgt. 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 Sgt. Bash again. Panic Attack was still merely twitching beside the pit release, making minimal movement. Sgt. 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.
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{{quote|Firestorm has done all the work, for me, thus far.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Panic Attack lifts Firestorm 3.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Firestorm 3 in the late stages]]
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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. This would prove to be the final time that Panic Attack made it to the semi-finals.
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{{quote|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 aerial, it was grounding on the body, so intermittent faults with it. ... As long as we're entertaining.|Kim Davies}}
   
 
===Series 6===
 
===Series 6===
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{{quote|Going for gold again!|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack enters the arena}}
[[Image:Panic_Attack_Gold.gif|thumb|Panic Attack from Series 6]]
 
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Panic Attack came to Series 6 as the eighth seed. Its first battle was against three veterans; [[R.O.C.S.]], [[Corkscrew]] and [[Kronic the Wedgehog|Kronic 2]].
{{quote|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 Davis and his response to [[Craig Charles]]' question about winning another title}}
 
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b-a|Philippa Forrester|Now. Panic Attack Gold. You are up against, in your first battle, R.O.C.S., Kronic and the Corkscrew. Do any of those worry you?|Michael Davies|Corkscrew.|Why?|He'll smash the skirts, the flipper flips us over, then the crusher grabs us. Simple!|Not looking very good then, is it?|Pre-Round 1 interview}}
Panic Attack came to Series 6 as the 8th seed. In its first battle against three veterans [[R.O.C.S.]], [[Corkscrew]] and [[Kronic the Wedgehog|Kronic 2]], it had its skirt torn off by Corkscrew's spinning body. After the Scottish robot drove itself into the pit, Kronic 2 flipped R.O.C.S. over, giving Panic Attack a break to the next round. There, it faced [[A-Kill]], who was unable to damage Panic Attack with any of its weapons. After a long and relatively boring fight (as described afterwards), Panic Attack managed to pit A-Kill. 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 managed to break the panel clean off. 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-
 
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[[File:Kronic 2 vs Panic Attack vs ROCS vs Corkscrew.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts Kronic 2]]
{{quote|However, this was just a waste of time, as the machine bounces off the tough robot!|Jamie McGarry}}
 
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At the start of the battle, Panic Attack and R.O.C.S. attacked Kronic 2 together. Panic Attack lifted Kronic 2, while R.O.C.S. crushed the top armour of Kronic 2. Corkscrew then zoomed in and tore off one of Panic Attack's skirts.
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.
 
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{{quote|Oh, look at that attack from Corkscrew! 99 kilos, in at speed, 20 mph, slamming into Panic Attack's side panels, which are designed to prevent getting anything getting in underneath, but that was a mighty attack from Corkscrew...|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Kronic 2 vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack proves it cannot self-right]]
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Corkscrew then attacked Kronic 2, tearing off and destroying one of its wheel guards, leaving a tyre exposed. Kronic 2 pressed the pit release and an unfortunate Corkscrew crossed the pit shortly afterwards, failing to get away before it lowered. R.O.C.S. buried its jaw into Kronic 2's flipper but Kronic 2 managed to wriggle free and fight back, throwing R.O.C.S. on its back. R.O.C.S.'s attempts at self-righting were in vain, especially as hydraulic fluid was dribbling out from it all over the arena floor. R.O.C.S. was counted out by Refbot, putting Kronic 2 and Panic Attack safely through. However, while R.O.C.S. was positioned on the floor flipper, Kronic 2 flipped Panic Attack over.
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{{quote|Panic Attack is taking a slam, which is unnecessary now, from Kronic 2, because we know they're heading through! Do they not realise that R.O.C.S. is counted out and that Corkscrew is in a pit? What's going on? You don't need to this! You are both safely through, Panic Attack and Kronic 2|Jonathan Pearce as Kronic 2 flips Panic Attack}}
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Panic Attack was then immobilised, as it could not self-right. Regardless, Panic Attack was still through to the next round. After a repair job to the side and front corner caused by Corkscrew, Panic Attack fought [[A-Kill]] in the second round.
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[[File:Panic Attack vs A-Kill.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack lifts A-Kill]]
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{{quote|How much damage was caused to Panic Attack, really? Was it only superficial, from that first round against R.O.C.S and Corkscrew?|Jonathan Pearce at the start of the battle}}
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Both robots got off to a very slow start, circling around each other. A-Kill then ran up onto Panic Attack's forks which lifted A-Kill up, pushed it back and then dropped it.
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{{quote|I wonder about the actual potency of A-Kill's weaponry. They sacrificed some weight for extra weaponry, and that means, I think, that Panic Attack have extra "shove-ability", and they've got a very good driver in Kim Davies, one of the best ever!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:A-Kill_vs_Panic_Attack.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack, about to pit A-Kill]]
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A-Kill hammered some ineffective blows on Panic Attack. Panic Attack shoved A-Kill into Shunt and took an axe blow before carrying it towards the pit release button. Panic Attack then proceeded to leave A-Kill on the edge of the pit where it tried its hardest to stay out but the final nudge from Panic Attack was enough to send it down. Kim Davies remarked after the fight that he was unhappy with his robot's performance, although Panic Attack was through to the Heat Final.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b-a-b-a|Kim Davies|It's brand new, the thing is it was built two weeks before we came up, it hasn't been tested, this is where we've been testing it; it's slow, it doesn't turn, we're not happy with it!|Craig Charles|So, any readjustments for the next fight?|Well, we're gonna go out and take the skirts off so it should turn a lot quicker, put some screws in the wheels, maybe it'll get some traction.|Yeah, 'cause there's no traction out there, real slippy floor, isn't it? You're eigth seed, you're a former UK champion, do you think you'll be able to reclaim that crown?|(Pause) Yeah, course we will! No!|Come on! Bit of optimism, optimism!|No, the way it's going now I very much doubt it!|Post battle interview}}
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This lead to a Heat Final clash with [[Terrorhurtz]].
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{{quote|So what do we think about this one up here on the crow's nest? Well, Panic Attack, for all its experience and winning background, has looked lackluster to me so far. I know Kim Davies is brilliant at the controls, but what sort of weaponry power does that have nowadays? Terrorhurtz, we've seen it of course do great damage to Kronic 2 early on. If I had to go with my heart, I'd go with Terrorhurtz, but my head says that Panic Attack will have its day. Don't Panic! Go for the attack!|Jonathan Pearce's prediction for the battle}}
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[[File:TerrorhurtzAxesPAGold.jpg|thumb|left|Terrorhurtz attacks Panic Attack]]
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Both robots started quickly but Terrorhurtz was the quicker of the two and came in battering the top panels of Panic Attack with its axe. Panic Attack tried to get away but Terrorhurtz was much too quick and was always the more damaging. Panic Attack struggled to get its forks into position and continued to be pounded by Terrorhurtz.
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{{quote|Terrorhurtz is slamming it with the axe, and I don't think Panic Attack has the manoeuvrability to get away, and Terrorhurtz is causing damage straight away! ... Look at this, it's systematic! Oh! They are battering Panic Attack into submission! One blow after another, raining down, and Kim cannot do anything about this whatsoever!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Panic Attack Top Plate.jpg|thumb|The top plate is ripped off Panic Attack]]
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After taking more blows from Terrorhurtz's axe, Panic Attack's top armour was beginning to split apart and loosen. Terrorhurtz shoved Panic Attack into the CPZ where it took some axe blows from Shunt and then in came Matilda who, with one attack, tore off Panic Attack's top armour exposing the inner workings.
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{{quote|This has been one-way traffic throughout this Heat Final! Well Panic Attack ... OH! Off comes the top armour, and now the electronics, the electric motors exposed!|Jonathan Pearce as Matilda rips of Panic Attack's lid}}
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[[File:Panic Attack counted out.png|thumb|left|Panic Attack is counted out]]
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The Series 2 champion was counted out by Refbot before being left to the House Robots.
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{{quote|Maybe it's time now to completely rebuild Panic Attack.|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is counted out}}
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[[File:Panic Attack Washing Machine.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack is hit by a washing machine]]
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Shunt dragged Panic Attack to the arena flipper where it was thrown through the air. Then, to the amusement of the crowd, Drop Zone where it got moving again and tried to get away but it was too late to escape as Shunt pushed it onto the square and the washing machine came down and landed on its exposed electronics.
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{{quote|What have you got suspended up there? I'm told it's a washing machine. A household washing machine, to come crashing down on you, Kim Davies and Panic Attack... NOOOOOOWWWW!|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is put on the Drop Zone and hit by a washing machine}}
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This marked the first time Panic Attack failed to reach the semi-finals.
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{{quote|JP talked about how the House Robots wouldn't attack PA out of "reverence for the ex-champions" but that turned out to be total rubbish. As soon as they were counted out, in came Shunt and Matilda! PA was put onto the arena flipper, then, for further embarrassment, had a washing machine dropped on it. However, this was just a waste of time, as the machine bounces off the tough robot! Although they'd won two matches and had pretty much the entire show focused on them...PA were out of the Sixth Wars.|Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website}}
   
 
===Extreme 2===
 
===Extreme 2===
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{{quote|A former British champion, but is it past its best?|Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack enters the arena}}
[[File:Panic_Attack.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack at the filming of Extreme 2]]
 
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Panic Attack briefly appeared in the second series of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2|Extreme]]'', reverting to their Series 5 version and representing Wales in the [[Commonwealth Carnage]].
Panic Attack also appeared briefly in the second series of [[Extreme 2|Extreme]], reverting to the Series 5 version of the robot for the [[Commonwealth Carnage]], representing Wales. In Round 1, Panic attack went up against [[Cerberus]], [[Crushtacean]] and [[Terror Turtle]]. Panic Attack spent the majority of the first round attacking Terror Turtle, pushing it around and dragging it by its spinning weapon, but was unable to finish it off. However, the Welsh machine went through on a judges' decision with Crushtacean. The second round was another rematch against Firestorm IV and was fairly even with neither robot getting the upper hand until Firestorm 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 after grilling the former champion over the flames, pitted it, Mr. Psycho was then tipped on its side by Firestorm.
 
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{{quote|I think Firestorm's going to be the one to beat, they've beaten us a number of times. ... We will do it for Wales and this time, the trophy's ours!|Kim Davies on his hopes for the competition}}
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In Round 1, Panic Attack was drawn against [[Cerberus]] (Cyprus), [[Crushtacean]] (South Africa) and [[Terror Turtle]] (Canada).
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Terror Turtle.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack almost drops Terror Turtle into the pit]]
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[[File:Panic,_turtle_and_crab.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack and Crushtacean join forces against Terror Turtle]]
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Panic Attack met Cerberus head on, but the two spun away. In the process, the side of Panic Attack was struck by the bar spinner of Terror Turtle, although Panic Attack resisted this well, and disabled the weaponry of Terror Turtle in the process. Crushtacean then focused its attacks on Cerberus, grabbing and ramming it, whilst Panic Attack focused on Terror Turtle. Panic Attack caught the bent weaponry of Terror Turtle and drew it very close to the pit which had been opened by Crushtacean, but could not finish off the Canadian machine. Shortly afterwards, Crushtacean dropped Cerberus into the pit. Panic Attack and Crushtacean then teamed up to bully Terror Turtle, pushing it into the CPZ, where Panic Attack lifted it up with its forks.
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{{quote|Panic Attack, a cagey and wily performance so far. ... Panic Attack is by far the strongest of the remaining three, but who goes through with them?|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:PA vs Shunt.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack engages with Shunt]]
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Crushtacean then grabbed the wheel guards, and pushed Terror Turtle, before releasing it. Panic Attack then pushed Terror Turtle into Sir Killalot, who lifted it up and over. Crushtacean gripped the back of Sir Killalot, but caused no damage. Towards the end of the battle, Panic Attack reignited its famous rivalry with Shunt, lifting the house robot off its wheels. Jonathan Pearce remarked that Sir Killalot's defeat of Terror Turtle, which could not self-right, was an illegal manoeuvre, so it was disregarded in the resulting Judges' decision. Regardless, they decided that Crushtacean and Panic Attack had done enough to make the next round.
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The second round was another rematch against Firestorm 4, which was representing England.
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{{dialogue a-b-a-b|Philippa Forrester|This is it: Wales against England, Panic Attack versus Firestorm. They're evenly matched.|Graham Bone|I wouldn't say that!|Why?|We've beaten them three times already!|Boasts from Team Firestorm}}
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[[File:Panic Attack vs Firestorm IV.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack wedges under Firestorm 4]]
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The battle began with Panic Attack dodging Firestorm 4, before Firestorm 4 ran up on Panic Attack's forks, but Firestorm 4 drove over Panic Attack. Firestorm 4 then fought back, and pushed Panic Attack into the CPZ, almost flipping it onto its back in the process. Panic Attack was unable to regroup and come in on another attack as Firestorm 4 mercilessly hounded it; however once again it ran up on the forks of Panic Attack, who again failed to capitalise. Firestorm 4 pushed Panic Attack the length of the arena, and into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, but both robots escaped. Firestorm 4 again tried to flip Panic Attack but failed to. Firestorm 4 got stuck on an angle grinder temporarily, and Panic Attack took the initiative, momentarily taking the upper hand in the battle. Firestorm 4 retaliated and pushed Panic Attack against the arena wall.
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[[File:CommonwealthCarnageRound2.1.1.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack gets stuck on its side]]
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{{quote|Caught side on by Firestorm, turned on its side, very very slow to self-right, Panic Attack, if they can self-right at all from there, as Graham and Hazel look on, I think Panic Attack is finished!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Mr Psycho vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|Mr. Psycho holds Panic Attack]]
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Panic Attack's srimech was designed for protecting it from getting stuck on its back, so was useless on its side. First Refbot, then Mr. Psycho tried to free Panic Attack, but failed, so Panic Attack was counted out, and Firestorm 4 pressed the pit release. Mr. Psycho picked up Panic Attack, and paraded it around the arena.
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{{quote|...and now, all that remains is send Panic Attack not back to the valleys, not back to those famous Welsh pits, but down perhaps into our doomy, gloomy pit of oblivion|Jonathan Pearce as Mr Psycho picks up Panic Attack}}
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[[File:Firestorm IV vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack is held over the pit]]
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Whilst Firestorm 4 took on Sgt. Bash and flipped it. Mr. Psycho left Panic Attack to attack Firestorm 4 who had tried, and failed to get underneath. After hammering Firestorm 4, Mr. Psycho returned to Panic Attack, dumping it in the pit. As Mr. Psycho reversed, he landed himself on the wedge of Firestorm 4. Cease was called, but Firestorm 4 continued anyway, managing to flip the gargantuan house robot.
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{{quote|Basically, it self-rights from where we're upside-down, we were on our side, up against the arena, so I hadn't really thought about that. And we managed to get it open, but then Refbot went in and damaged it and it stopped working|Kim Davies explains the failure of the srimech after the battle}}
   
 
===Series 7===
 
===Series 7===
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{{quote|Tonight sees the return of a Robot Wars legend! Oh yes! Champion of the Second Wars! Who's here to see Panic Attack? Now this team are one of the best, if not the best, drivers in the country, having pulled off some of the most incredible manoeuvres ever seen in the warzone!|Craig Charles at the start of the Heat}}
{{Quote|The seventh...it's going to be a biggy|Kevin Pritchard}}
 
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Panic Attack returned for the Seventh Wars, once again seeded 8th for the competition. In its first battle, Panic Attack was up against New Blood heat finalists [[Edge Hog]], previous Round 1 drop-outs [[Spin Doctor (Series 6)|Spin Doctor]] and fellow Welsh robot [[The Morgue|Mega Morg]].
[[File:Panic Attack 7.jpg|thumb|left|Series 7 appearance]]
 
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-c|[[Jayne Middlemiss]]|Right, now we do have a star in the vicinity, this is of course Panic Attack, winner of the Second Wars. Lads, what have you got to give us? This is the seventh now!|Kevin Pritchard|This is the seventh, this is going to be a biggie! We're still electrically powered, we've got the lifting rams at the front here. We haven't got a srimech this time.|Panic Attack in the Seventh Wars without a self-righting mechanism? Is that going to be a big nightmare for you lads?|Jamie McGarry|No, I'm sure we'll do very well!|Pre-Round 1 interview}}
[[File:Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edgehog.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edge Hog]]
 
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 (Series 6)|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.
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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.
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{{quote|Having been working completely fine for the last few weeks in the dozens of tests the team had run, the robot decided to stop working just as we were about to wheel it in. It kept cutting out...it would go forward a bit, then stop, then go again...and there was no time to fix it. We had to go straight in, to fight against some menacing machines.|Panic Attack website<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040429212940/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/series7.html</ref>}}
{{Quote|Celebration in the welsh camps!|Jonathan Pearce, as both Welsh teams celebrate, following Edge Hog's demise}}
 
[[File:Tough as nails vs panic attack.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack's forks are buckled at the hands of Tough As Nails]]
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Spin_Doctor.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack lifts Spin Doctor up]]
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In the battle, despite the transmission issues, Panic Attack immediately attacked Spin Doctor, causing it to topple around on the arena floor. As Mega Morg and Edge Hog fought each other, Panic Attack continued to attack Spin Doctor and flipped it over against the arena wall, activating the pit release button in the process. As Spin Doctor was left stranded, Panic Attack and Mega Morg attacked Edge Hog with Mega Morg getting underneath and flipping Edge Hog onto its back, but it quickly self-righted.
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 brake 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.
 
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{{Quote|Luckily, we were in a booth with the Mega Morg team, a friendly bunch, who were welsh, and yellow. Obviously we were going to work together, but they tried not to mention it at all in the programme.|Panic Attack Website}}
{{Quote|Well, a lesser robot would've fallen by now|Jonathan Pearce, towards the end of the battle}}
 
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[[File:Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edgehog.JPG|thumb|left|Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edge Hog]]
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As Spin Doctor was counted out, Panic Attack lifted Edge Hog with its lifting forks and pushed it to the flame pit, but Edge Hog escaped. The two yellow Welsh robots then teamed up to lift Edge Hog and together they pushed it into the pit of oblivion.
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{{quote|And the Welsh here, are ganging up on Edge Hog. Mega Morg from Swansea, Panic Attack from Cardiff. They're scrumming down together, and Edge Hog out, as a result.|Jonathan Pearce as Edge Hog is pitted}}
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In the Heat Semi-Final, Panic Attack was drawn up against Dutch entrant [[Tough as Nails]].
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{{quote|We haven't seen them in action, but I've heard they're pretty mean, pretty awkward as well, to get hold of, a few holes round the back, we might be able to sink the forks in, we'll see|Kevin Pritchard on his opponent}}
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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.
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{{Quote|After the last battle, George Francis, now on the technical crew, spent a long time repairing PA, until it finally got working again. Seems there was a loose wire in the receiver, or something. I distinctly remember pointing out this loose wire before, and being informed that it was meant to be like that. Ahh well. Now we were working well, but there was another problem which didn't become apparent till the middle of the match. The forks wouldn't go down to the floor, stopping us from getting underneath TAN.|Panic Attack Website}}
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[[File:PAvTAN.png|thumb|Panic Attack is grappled by Tough as Nails]]
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In the actual battle, unable to lower the forks, Panic Attack was only able to ram Tough as Nails rather than get underneath it. Tough as Nails immediately tried to grab hold of Panic Attack and pushed it into the pit release button. Panic Attack then tried to lift Tough as Nails but the Dutch machine quickly reverse off and grabbed Panic Attack again. However, whilst pulling Panic Attack, it reversed into Mr. Psycho's CPZ, who attacked with its hammer. Tough as Nails was not damaged, and released Panic Attack. It soon caught up with Panic Attack again, and pushed it into another CPZ, but Panic Attack escaped before Sgt. Bash could reach it.
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{{quote|Tough as Nails, in their first UK Robot Wars, doing very, very well. Purposefully again, grinding down Panic Attack.|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Tough_as_Nails_Panic_Attack_1.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack's prongs are buckled by Tough as Nails]]
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As the two robots engaged again, it became clear that the front spikes of Panic Attack had come loose and were no longer able to lift Tough as Nails.
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{{quote|Panic Attack lacking any power to flip, and that's why, look! The lifting prongs have been bent, crumpled by Tough as Nails, there's no offensive nature about Panic Attack now! What can they do? Just grin, bear it and try and hold on to a judges' decision. But to me, the number 8 seeds are facing defeat full on here!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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[[File:Panic_Attack_Tough_as_Nails.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack tries to force Tough as Nails towards the pit as time ticks down]]
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This meant that Tough as Nails was easily able to grab hold of Panic Attack, but the Welsh robot held on and Tough as Nails was struggling push it around the arena. Tough as Nails did eventually push it into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, where it was grabbed by the pincers and narrowly avoided being hit by Mr. Psycho's hammer.
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{{Quote|Well, a lesser robot would've submitted to defeat by now. And that's all credit to Panic Attack, but should this go to a judges' decision, as now seems inevitable, only one way, isn't it? Unless Panic Attack has got something miraculous in the final four seconds!|Jonathan Pearce, towards the end of the battle}}
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Panic Attack escaped and began to push Tough as Nails around the arena for the last few seconds before cease was called and the judges went for Tough as Nails, eliminating the 8th seeds.
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{{Quote|So that's the end, and Craig asks the audience who won. A few diehard fans with yellow shirts shout "PANIC ATTACK," but it's clear to all that this is another lost cause. From the highlights, it looks like PA has won. Could there be any hope? No. We lose. The mood in the team is sour, though you wouldn't know it from looking at my unnatural-looking fixed smile! Though I'm actually pretty annoyed. Still, TAN got booed at the end of the show, so I didn't feel too bad. Little did I know, the Series 7 adventure wasn't quite over...|Panic Attack Website}}
 
Towards the end of filming for the Seventh Wars, the Panic Attack team were asked to take part in the upcoming [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Annihilator|Annihilator]], but by the time the team were able to confirm that they could take part, the slots were already filled.
 
Towards the end of filming for the Seventh Wars, the Panic Attack team were asked to take part in the upcoming [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Annihilator|Annihilator]], but by the time the team were able to confirm that they could take part, the slots were already filled.
{{Quote|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 sucessful robots from the past (and Kat 3.)|Panic Attack Website}}
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{{Quote|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}}
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[[File:Dantomkia vs Panic Attack.JPG|thumb|Panic Attack is the last robot to be OotA'd]]
 
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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|Firestorm 5]] and [[Bigger Brother]].
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|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 it overturned and immobile. The four then turned on Cassius Chrome, but as Panic Attack went in to attack it, 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 it. 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. This was the first time a fight involving Firestorm and Panic Attack, where the Series 2 champions went through. 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 [[Thrown Out of the Arena|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.
 
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{{Quote|Firestorm 5, I think may've beaten us about five times before now! So, perhaps a bit of revenge, we'll see!|Kevin Pritchard before the battle}}
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[[File:Firestorm V vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack is engaged by Firestorm 5]]
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[[File:Cassius Chrome vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack lifts Cassius Chrome]]
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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 5 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.
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{{quote|Panic Attack were once UK champions, but they've been on the wane in recent years...|Jonathan Pearce, whilst reviewing the Series 7 performances of the All-Stars competitors}}
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However, Panic Attack was quickly defeated in the Semi-Final stage against [[Dantomkia]].
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Jayne Middlemiss|What are your tactics against Dantomkia?|Kevin Pritchard|To keep away from it. We've got skirts around the side|I'm liking it! Panic Attack's wearing a skirt!|Don't know how effective it's going to be, if it is effective, then he'll just ride up over the top, if not, it could be a very short bout!|Pre-battle interview}}
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[[File:Dantomkia vs Panic Attack.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack is flipped over by Dantomkia]]
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[[Image:Dantomkia vs Panic Attack.png|thumb|Panic Attack is flipped out of the arena]]
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Before the battle, Sir Killalot had leaked oil all over the arena floor, which hampered traction on both robot's wheels. Both robots unsuccessfully rammed each other for a while in the centre of the arena, until Panic Attack got underneath Dantomkia and lifted it up with its lifting forks, however Dantomkia managed to get away quickly. Dantomkia then finally got under Panic Attack's side skirts, and tossed it onto its back, revealing the slogan ''Hello Mum'' on the base of Panic Attack. Panic Attack could not self-right, even though Dantomkia hung back and watched for several moments. Dantomkia slid under Panic Attack, pushed it to the arena side wall and threw the former champions out of the arena.
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{{quote|Then it's time for the final interview of my series, and I placed myself right next to Craig. No escape now! He cautiously asks: "So what went wrong?" To which I reply: "Well, they flipped us out of the arena. That was pretty wrong! Hee hee hee."|Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website}}
   
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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{{Competition|The Second Wars - UK Championship|Champion}}
 
{{Competition|The Second Wars - UK Championship|Champion}}
 
{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F]], [[Gauntlet]]|10.8 m (3rd)|Qualified}}
 
{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F]], [[Gauntlet]]|10.8 m (3rd)|Qualified}}
{{Trial|Heat F, Trial ([[Sumo]])|Victorius (1st)|Qualified}}
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{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F, Trial]] ([[Sumo]])|Victorious (1st)|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Heat F, Semi-Final|[[Whirling Dervish]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F, Semi-Final]]|[[Whirling Dervish]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat F, Final|[[Disruptor]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat F|Heat F, Final]]|[[Disruptor]]|Won}}
{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1]], Gauntlet|6.9 m (equal 5th)|Drew}}
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{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1]], [[Gauntlet]]|6.9 m (equal 5th)|Drew}}
 
{{Note|Panic Attack had to face [[Mace]] in a race-off to break the tie.}}
 
{{Note|Panic Attack had to face [[Mace]] in a race-off to break the tie.}}
{{Trial|Semi-Final 1, Gauntlet Race-off|Completed (1st)|Qualified}}
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{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1, Gauntlet Race-off]]|Completed (1st)|Qualified}}
{{Trial|Semi-Final 1, Trial (Pinball)|320 points (1st)|Qualified}}
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{{Trial|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1, Trial]] (Pinball)|320 points (1st)|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final 1, Arena|[[Mortis]] ''(2)''|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1, Arena]]|[[Mortis]] ''(2)''|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Grand Final|Grand Final]], Eliminator|[[Killertron]] ''(4)''|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Grand Final|Grand Final, Eliminator]]|[[Killertron]] ''(4)''|Won}}
{{Battle|Grand Final|[[Cassius]] ''(5)''|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Grand Final|Grand Final]]|[[Cassius]] ''(5)''|Won}}
 
{{Show|Series 3}}
 
{{Show|Series 3}}
 
{{Competition|The Third Wars - UK Championship|Semi-Finals, Round 2}}
 
{{Competition|The Third Wars - UK Championship|Semi-Finals, Round 2}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat K|Heat K]], Round 1|[[Axios]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat K|Heat K, Round 1]]|[[Axios]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat K, Round 2|[[Toe Cutter]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat K|Heat K, Round 2]]|[[Toe Cutter]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat K, Final|[[X-Terminator]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat K|Heat K, Final]]|[[X-Terminator]]|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1]], Round 1|[[Thing 2]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1, Round 1]]|[[Wild Thing|Thing 2]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final 1, Round 2|[[Firestorm]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1|Semi-Final 1, Round 2]]|[[Firestorm|Fire Storm]]|Lost}}
 
{{Competition|[[The First World Championship]]|Representing Wales, Eliminator}}
 
{{Competition|[[The First World Championship]]|Representing Wales, Eliminator}}
{{Battle|Eliminator|[[101]] (ENG)|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[The First World Championship|Eliminator]]|[[101]] (ENG)|Lost}}
 
{{Show|Series 4}}
 
{{Show|Series 4}}
 
{{Competition|The Fourth Wars - UK Championship|4th Seed, Semi-Finals, Round 2}}
 
{{Competition|The Fourth Wars - UK Championship|4th Seed, Semi-Finals, Round 2}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat O|Heat O]], Eliminator|[[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]], [[Overkill|Overkill GTI]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat O|Heat O, Eliminator]]|[[Overkill|Overkill GTI]], [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Heat O, Semi-Final|[[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat O|Heat O, Semi-Final]]|[[Saw Point (Series 4)|Saw Point]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat O, Final|[[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat O|Heat O, Final]]|[[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]]|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final 2]], Round 1|[[Spawn of Scutter]] ''(10)''|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final, Round 1]]|[[Spawn of Scutter]] ''(10)''|Won}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final 2, Round 2|[[Stinger]] ''(30)''|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final 2, Round 2]]|[[Stinger]] ''(30)''|Lost}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Sumo Basho|Sumo Basho]]|Champion}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Sumo Basho|Sumo Basho]]|Champion}}
{{Trial|Sumo-Basho|Won in 21.5s|1st}}
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{{Trial|Sumo Basho|Won in 21.15s|1st}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/War of Independence|War of Independence]]|Representing UK, Semi-Finalist}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/War of Independence|War of Independence]]|Representing UK, Semi-Finalist}}
{{Battle|Round 1|[[Rammstein]] (USA)|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/War of Independence|Round 1]]|[[Rammstein]] (USA)|Won}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final|[[Mortis]] (UK)|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/War of Independence|Semi-Final]]|[[Mortis]] (UK)|Lost}}
 
{{Show|Extreme Series 1}}
 
{{Show|Extreme Series 1}}
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/All-Stars|All Stars]]|1st Round}}
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{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/All-Stars|All-Stars]]|1st Round}}
{{Battle|Round 1|[[Firestorm|Firestorm 3]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/All-Stars|Round 1]]|[[Firestorm|Firestorm 3]]|Lost}}
{{Competition|Mayhem & Annihilator|3rd in Second Annihilator}}
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{{Competition|Mayhem & Annihilator|Third Place in Annihilator}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Mayhem|Mayhem Qualifier]]|[[Diotoir]], [[Shear Khan]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Mayhem|Mayhem]]|[[Diotoir]], [[Shear Khan]]|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 2|Annihilator 2]], Round 1|[[Spirit of Knightmare]], [[Fighting Torque]]<br>[[Napalm|Napalm 2]], [[The Steel Avenger]], [[Disc-O-Inferno]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 2|Annihilator, Round 1]]|[[Disc-O-Inferno]], [[Fighting Torque]], [[Napalm|Napalm 2]], [[Knightmare|Spirit of Knightmare]], [[The Steel Avenger]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Annihilator 2, Round 2|[[Spirit of Knightmare]], [[Napalm|Napalm 2]]<br>[[The Steel Avenger]], [[Disc-O-Inferno]]|Qualified (by Default)}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 2|Annihilator, Round 2]]|[[Disc-O-Inferno]], [[Napalm|Napalm 2]], [[Knightmare|Spirit of Knightmare]], [[The Steel Avenger]]|Qualified (by Default)}}
{{Battle|Annihilator 2, Round 3|[[Spirit of Knightmare]], [[The Steel Avenger]]<br>[[Disc-O-Inferno]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 2|Annihilator, Round 3]]|[[Disc-O-Inferno]], [[Knightmare|Spirit of Knightmare]], [[The Steel Avenger]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Annihilator 2, Round 4|[[Spirit of Knightmare]], [[Disc-O-Inferno]]|Eliminated}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 2|Annihilator, Round 4]]|[[Disc-O-Inferno]], [[Knightmare|Spirit of Knightmare]]|Eliminated}}
{{Note|Panic Attack had suffered major damage and the team was unable to fix it, so the competition skipped to Round 5 and Panic Attack was eliminated.}}
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{{Note|Panic Attack had suffered major damage and the team could not fix it, so the competition skipped to Round 5 and Panic Attack was eliminated.}}
 
{{Competition|Other Battles|Wild Card Warriors, Vengeance & International Inferno (Representing UK)}}
 
{{Competition|Other Battles|Wild Card Warriors, Vengeance & International Inferno (Representing UK)}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Wild Card Warriors|Wild Card Warriors]]|[[Axe Awe]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Wild Card Warriors|Wild Card Warriors]]|[[Axe-Awe]]|Won}}
 
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Vengeance|Vengeance]]|[[X-Terminator]]|Won}}
 
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Vengeance|Vengeance]]|[[X-Terminator]]|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/International Inferno|International Inferno]]|[[Flensburger Power]] (GER), [[Manta]] (USA), [[Maximill]] (NED)|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/International Inferno|International Inferno]]|[[Flensburger Power]] (GER), [[Manta]] (USA), [[MaxiMill]] (NED)|Won}}
 
{{Show|Series 5}}
 
{{Show|Series 5}}
 
{{Competition|The Fifth Wars - UK Championship|6th Seed, Semi-Final, Round 1}}
 
{{Competition|The Fifth Wars - UK Championship|6th Seed, Semi-Final, Round 1}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Heat J|Heat J]], Eliminator|[[Barber-Ous]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Heat J|Heat J, Eliminator]]|[[Barber-Ous]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat J, Semi-Final|[[Tiberius|Tiberius 2]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Heat J|Heat J, Semi-Final]]|[[Tiberius|Tiberius 2]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat J, Final|[[Kat 3]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Heat J|Heat J, Final]]|[[Kat 3]]|Won}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final 2]], Round 1|[[Pussycat]] ''(2)''|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final 2, Round 1]]|[[Pussycat]] ''(2)''|Lost}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final 2, Losers Melee|[[Wheely Big Cheese]] ''(10)'', [[Firestorm|Firestorm 3]] ''(7)''|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars/Semi-Final 2|Semi-Final 2, Losers Melee]]|[[Firestorm|Firestorm 3]] ''(7)'', [[Wheely Big Cheese]] ''(10)''|Lost}}
 
{{Show|Series 6}}
 
{{Show|Series 6}}
 
{{Competition|The Sixth Wars - UK Championship|8th Seed, Heat Final}}
 
{{Competition|The Sixth Wars - UK Championship|8th Seed, Heat Final}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars/Heat I|Heat I]], Round 1|[[Corkscrew]], [[R.O.C.S.]], [[Kronic 2]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars/Heat I|Heat I, Round 1]]|[[Corkscrew]], [[Kronic the Wedgehog|Kronic 2]], [[R.O.C.S.]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Heat I, Round 2|[[A-Kill]]|Won}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars/Heat I|Heat I, Round 2]]|[[A-Kill]]|Won}}
{{Battle|Heat I, Final|[[Terrorhurtz]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars/Heat I|Heat I, Final]]|[[Terrorhurtz]]|Lost}}
 
{{Show|Extreme Series 2}}
 
{{Show|Extreme Series 2}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|Commonwealth Carnage]]|Representing Wales, Semi-Finalist}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|Commonwealth Carnage]]|Representing Wales, Semi-Finalist}}
{{Battle|Round 1|[[Terror Turtle]] (CAN), [[Cerberus]] (CYP)<br>[[Crushtacean]] (RSA)|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|Round 1]]|[[Cerberus]] (CYP), [[Crushtacean]] (RS),<br>[[Terror Turtle]] (CAN)|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Round 2|[[Firestorm|Firestorm 4]] (ENG)|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Commonwealth Carnage|Round 2]]|[[Firestorm|Firestorm 4]] (ENG)|Lost}}
 
{{Show|Series 7}}
 
{{Show|Series 7}}
 
{{Competition|The Seventh Wars - UK Championship|8th Seed, Heat, Round 2}}
 
{{Competition|The Seventh Wars - UK Championship|8th Seed, Heat, Round 2}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat M|Heat M]], Round 1|[[Mega Morg]], [[Edge Hog]], [[Spin Doctor (Series 6)|Spin Doctor]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat M|Heat M, Round 1]]|[[Edge Hog]], [[The Morgue|Mega Morg]], [[Spin Doctor (Series 6)|Spin Doctor]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Heat M, Round 2|[[Tough As Nails]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat M|Heat M, Round 2]]|[[Tough as Nails]]|Lost}}
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/All-Stars|All Stars]]|Semi-Finalist}}
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{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/All-Stars|All-Stars]]|Semi-Finalist}}
{{Battle|Round 1|[[Bigger Brother]], [[Kat 3]], [[Firestorm|Firestorm 5]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/All-Stars|Round 1]]|[[Bigger Brother]], [[Firestorm|Firestorm 5]], [[Kat 3]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Semi-Final|[[Dantomkia]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/All-Stars|Semi-Final]]|[[Dantomkia]]|Lost}}
 
|}
 
|}
   
 
===Wins/Losses===
 
===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 29
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*Wins: 28
 
*Losses: 12
 
*Losses: 12
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''Panic Attack's Gauntlet and Trial runs, the Race-Off, the Sumo Basho, and the second round of the Annihilator where [[Napalm|Napalm 2]] withdrew, are omitted from the wins tally.''
   
[[File:PanicAttackSeries7Pits.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack in the pits.]]
 
 
==Series Record==
 
==Series Record==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
 
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Panic2.jpg|The insides of Panic Attack (Series 2)
*Series 1: Did not enter
 
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Panic attack selfrighting.jpg|Panic Attack using its srimech (Series 3)
*Series 2: Grand Champion
 
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panic attack pits s3.png|Panic Attack in the pits (Series 3)
*Series 3: Semi-Finals, Round 2
 
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Panic attacks.jpg|Panic Attack shortly before Series 4
*Series 4: Semi-Finals, Round 2
 
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panic attack sumo.png|Panic Attack in the Sumo Basho (Series 4)
*Series 5: Semi-Finals, Round 1
 
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panic attack trophies ext2.png|Panic Attack with some of its trophies (Extreme 2)
*Series 6: Heat Final
 
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Panic_Extreme2Arena.png|Panic Attack in the arena (Extreme 2)
*Series 7: Heat, Round 2
 
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RWOM2poster2.jpg|Panic Attack on a poster with Sir Killalot ([[Robot Wars: The Official Magazine/Issue 2|Issue 2]], Robot Wars Magazine)
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RWOM2cover.jpg|Panic Attack and Sir Killalot on the cover of [[Robot Wars: The Official Magazine/Issue 2|Issue 2]]
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PanicAttack S7.jpg|Panic Attack in the arena (Series 7)
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Hello Mum.png|Panic Attack's "Hello Mum" message (Series 7)
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PanicAttackSeries7Pits.jpg|Panic Attack in the pits (Series 7)
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PanicAttackNoTopS7.jpg|Panic Attack without its top (Series 7)
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Panic_Attack_rear_angle_view.jpg|Panic Attack in the pits (Series 7)
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Panic Attack s7 gateway.jpg|Panic Attack being prepared (Series 7)
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Panicattack s7 noskirts.jpg|Panic Attack without its side skirts (Series 7)
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Panic Attack Cake.jpg|A Panic Attack cake ([[Robot Wars: The Official Magazine/Issue 6|Issue 6]], Robot Wars: The Official Magazine)
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</gallery>
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{{Series Record EX|Panic Attack|Did not enter|'''Grand Champion'''|'''Semi-Finals, Round 2'''|'''Semi-Finals, Round 2'''|'''Semi-Finals, Round 1'''|'''Heat Final'''|'''Heat, Round 2'''|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Entered'''|'''Entered'''}}
   
 
==Outside Robot Wars==
 
==Outside Robot Wars==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
[[File:Panicattack_battlebots.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack, backstage during BattleBots]]
 
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Charityview1.jpg|The second series incarnation of Panic Attack at a charity event along side Grunt
[[File:Scallywag_sf01.jpg|thumb|Scallywag]]
 
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PanicAttack-PreS3.jpg|Panic Attack at the Bledlow Ridge School Fete, 1999, between Series 2 and 3
The team, calling themselves '''The Welsh Wizards''', also entered Panic Attack (billed as '''Panic Attack 3''') in one season of ''BattleBots'', losing out to [[frenZy]]. They returned next season with '''Scallywag''', a wedge-shaped lifter with a colour scheme similar to Panic Attack.
 
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Panicattack battlebots.jpg|Panic Attack, backstage during ''BattleBots'' Season 2.0
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Scallywag sf01.jpg|Scallywag, the team's second entry to ''BattleBots'' Season 3.0
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PanicAttackBigger Brother_Dublin2003.png|Panic Attack doing a demo with Bigger Brother at the World of Robots 2003 event held in Dublin
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Estron.png|Estron, the team's entry into the BBC Show Mechanoids
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SidewinderEstron 2003.png|Estron appearing on an Irish TV show
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Panic attack|Panic Attack and Sir Chromalot
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PanicAttack_2012.png|Panic Attack at the Robots Live! event held at Swansea in 2012
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</gallery>
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The team, calling themselves '''The Welsh Wizards''', also entered Panic Attack (billed as '''Panic Attack 3''') in Season 2.0 of ''BattleBots'', beating [http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Gammatron 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 '''[http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Scallywag Scallywag]''', a wedge-shaped lifter with a colour scheme similar to Panic Attack but lost its only battle to [http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Omega-13 Omega-13] on a close 23-22 judges decision.
   
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[[File:PanicAttack2012.jpg|thumb|left|Panic Attack after being rebuilt for combat in 2012]]
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.
 
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Panic Attack, alongside [[Suicidal Tendencies]], [[Dundee]], [[Miss Struts]] and [[Eye of Newt]], fought in a car park rumble in Plymouth in aid for Children in Need in November 1999. In lost one fight against Suicidal Tendencies, and later fought in a rumble against Eye of Newt, Suicidal Tendencies and Miss Struts.
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In 2003, Panic Attack made an appearance at the ''World of Robots'' event in Dublin alongside other robots from Robot Wars, Techno Games and ''Mechanoids'' where it did a few demonstrations in the arena along with [[Bigger Brother]] & [[Draven]]. Kim Davies Mechanoids entrant '''Estron''' was also in attendance and was invited to appear on an Irish TV show along with [[King Buxton|Sidewinder]].
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Panic Attack was briefly taken out of retirement and overhauled back to running condition in mid-2012, including the restoration of its srimech, 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.
   
 
==Appearances in Merchandise==
 
==Appearances in Merchandise==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
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Panic Attack toy.jpg|The Panic Attack pullback
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PAdiagonalfront.jpg|The Panic Attack Minibot
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PitPanicAttack.JPG|Panic Attack Pitstop
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Boardgamepieces.jpg|Panic Attack as a counter for ''[[Robot Wars: The Game]]'' (top-right)
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Panic Attack MM.JPG|Panic Attack in ''Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem''
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PanicAttackAOD.jpg|Panic Attack in ''Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction''
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PncAttckAD.jpg|Panic Attack in ''Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction''
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Panic Attack RW- ED.jpg|Panic Attack in ''Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction'' (PC/Xbox)
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</gallery>
 
*[[Panic Attack/Pullback]]
 
*[[Panic Attack/Pullback]]
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*[[Panic Attack/Minibot]]
 
*[[Panic Attack/Pitstop]]
 
*[[Panic Attack/Pitstop]]
*[[Panic Attack/Minibot]]
 
 
*[[Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem]]
 
*[[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]]
 
*[[Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction]]
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*[[Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction]]
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*[[Panic Attack/Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox)]]
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
[[File:PanicAttack2012.jpg|thumb|Panic Attack after being rebuilt for combat in 2012.]]
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[[File:Panic.jpg|150px|thumb|Panic]]
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*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 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.
 
*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]].
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*Panic Attack is one of nine robots to win more than twenty battles on UK Robot Wars. The others to achieve this feat are [[Razer]], [[Carbide]], [[Firestorm]], [[Tornado]], [[Pussycat]], [[Chaos 2]], [[Behemoth]] and [[Hypno-Disc]].
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**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, as a former Grand Champion, featured heavily in Robot Wars video games, and was in every single one except for [[Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (GBA)]]
 
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*When Panic Attack was rebuilt for Series 3, the top cover of the Series 2 verison was kept and was displayed on the wall in the technology department in Llantarnam school, along with a few parts in boxes<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050606223912/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com/team.html</ref>.
[[File:Panic.jpg|125px|thumb|Panic]]
 
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*Panic Attack is one of five competitors to have been [[Seeding|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|seeding]] process.
*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 Davis at school fêtes.
 
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*The spider on top of Panic Attack was known as "Webster" by the team<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030815161043/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/askteam.html</ref>.
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**The grey design of the Spider seen only in Series 7 was the result of an online competition.
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*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 Buxton|King B3]] and [[Razer]].
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*Panic Attack, as a former Grand Champion, featured heavily in Robot Wars video games, and was in every single one except for the [[Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (GBA)|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.
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*Panic Attack was one of three UK champions to win its title by knockout, the others being [[Chaos 2]] and [[Carbide]].
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**Panic Attack is also one of two UK champions to win all of its fights in its winning series by knockout, alongside Carbide.
 
*Panic Attack was profiled in [[Robot Wars: The Ultimate Guide]].
 
*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.
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*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).
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*In Series 3 and 4, the robot which beat Panic Attack would then lose its Grand Final Eliminator to Chaos 2, before finishing in third place despite not participating in a playoff battle.
*Panic Attack was one of 22 robots whose final appearance on Robot Wars had them [[Thrown Out of the Arena]]. It was also the sixtieth and last robot to suffer this fate.
 
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*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.
 
*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 eight robots to have flipped Matilda. Others to have done so were [[Chaos 2]], Cassius, [[Facet]], [[Inquisitor|Inquisitor Mk 2]], [[Recyclopse]], [[Steg 2]] and [[Tricerabot]].
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*Panic Attack was one of nine robots to have flipped Matilda. Others to have done so were [[Chaos 2]], Cassius, [[Facet]], [[Inquisitor|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 nine UK Series Competitors to have fought in ''BattleBots''.
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[[File:PanicAttack_Firestorm_sticker_scrimech.png|thumb|The Firestorm Logo on Panic Attack's srimech lid.]][[File:PanicAttack_Firestorm_sticker_base.png|thumb|The Firestorm Logo on Panic Attack's chassis.]]
*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]].
 
 
*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 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.
 
*Panic Attack was the only Grand Champion to have been hit by an object from the Drop Zone.
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*In 2002, Kim Davies considered building a [[Clusterbot|clusterbot]], but it never was built.
*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.
 
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{{quote|I am looking at building a multi-bot or cluster bot for the next series but we also have a few ideas for another Panic Attack version. Which one we use will depend on money and how much time it takes to build.|Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030815161043/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com:80/askteam.html</ref>}}
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*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]], which was eliminated in the first round of Series 8.
 
*Panic Attack has lost more battles than any other Grand Champion at 12.
 
*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 [[Firestorm|opponent]] on four occasions.
 
*Panic Attack is the only robot to have lost to a single [[Firestorm|opponent]] on four occasions.
 
*Panic Attack was one of six robots to be a figurine for the [[Robot Wars Board Game]].
 
*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 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]].
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*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 a Series 8 of Robot Wars, Panic Attack would probably have been invertible.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20031202145040/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com/pa.html Panic Attack Website (archived)]</ref>
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*If there had been an eighth series filmed the year after Series 7, Panic Attack would likely have been invertible.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20031202145040/http://www.panicattack.homestead.com/pa.html Panic Attack Website (archived)]</ref>
*Panic Attack, [[Razer]] and [[The Morgue]] were the only robots to both forfeit a place and benefit from another robot's forfeiture. Of these three, Panic Attack was the only one to do so in the same competition.
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*Panic Attack was the only robot to both benefit from another robot's forfeiture and forfeit a place in the same competition.
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*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]].
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[[File:Kaizer Panic.png|thumb|Kaizer with its new Panic Attack style paint job.]]
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*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.
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*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.
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*The only times Panic Attack won on judges' decisions were in battles that featured more than two robots.
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*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.
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*Panic Attack and [[Apollo]] are the only UK Champions to fail to win two heats after becoming champions (though Apollo still reached a Grand Final courtesy of wild card).
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*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.<ref>[http://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html Official Combat Robot Hall of Fame Website]</ref>
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*Somewhat fittingly, Panic Attack was the first robot to successfully pit two opponents, pitting both [[Disruptor]] and [[Mortis]]. As it pitted [[Cassius]] later on, it also became the first robot to pit three opponents.
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*Both times Panic Attack failed to win its heat were in both series where only one seed was featured in a heat.
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==See also==
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*[http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Panic_Attack Panic Attack (''BattleBots'')]
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*[http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki/Scallywag Scallywag (''BattleBots'')]
   
 
==Honours==
 
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"Now this team are one of the best, if not the best, drivers in the country, having pulled off some of the most incredible manoeuvres ever seen in the warzone! Panic Attack, that's what I'd be having, if I were in the pits!"
Craig Charles in Series 7

Panic Attack was a Welsh competitor robot in the British TV game show Robot Wars. Panic Attack was the third-longest appearing competitor in the show's history, as it fought from Series 2 through to Series 7, and appeared in both series of Robot Wars Extreme. It was one of the most consistently successful competitors in the show; with twenty-eight combat victories, it is the sixth most successful robot in the show's history by number of wins. It is also most successful Welsh robot to appear on the show.

Panic Attack won its debut series, The Second Wars, by defeating three of the series' six seeded robots, including a surprise victory over Cassius in the Grand Final. It would go on to reach the Semi-Finals of Series 3, 4 and 5, giving it more semi-finals appearances than any other champion despite never again reaching a Grand Final. Series 6 and 7 marked a decline for Panic Attack, as it was unable to escape the heats but remained a staple of each episode in which it featured.

"Our success is based on a reliable robot and our driving ability, it keeps us out of trouble most of the time"
— Kim Davies in Robot Wars Extreme

Panic Attack was created by Welshman Kim Davies, whose driving skills are frequently cited as some of the best in the show's history. Panic Attack's signature tactic was to breach an opponent's ground clearance, use its lifting forks to snare an exposed gap and then lift the opponent 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. Panic Attack is also well known for its rivalries with Firestorm and House Robot Shunt.

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
Panic Attack Original

The original Panic Attack, Series 2 champion

Panic Attack s2 official image

Official photo of Panic Attack in Series 2

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.[1] 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.

Panic Attack FWC

Panic Attack in Series 3

With his prize money from Series 2, Kim Davies built a newer machine, the one seen on TV being the fifth as it had been rebuilt four times. This version had a self-righting mechanism 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
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Panic Attack in Series 4, with "Panic Attack II" on the side armour

Panic attack 4 arena

Panic Attack in the arena during 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.

"The skirts have springs pulling them down to the floor so there is always a downward pressure on them, They are also chamfered on the edge so there is a sharp edge to get under. It is possible to get under them by driving at the front or rear edge as Firestorm has shown in the past"
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[2]

The robot now had bulletproof fibreglass armour and the top-mounted self-righting arms retained from the Third Wars were now attached together with a polycarbonate panel. 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.

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Panic Attack in the arena during Series 5

Panic Attack

Official photo of Panic Attack in Series 5

The Series 5 model had improved skirts, lorry windscreen wiper motor power at up to 8 mph and the srimech was updated into a movable 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. This version of Panic Attack was also known as PA3 (Panic Attack 3) despite still being referred to as simply Panic Attack. The name of Panic Attack 3 was not used in Extreme 2 or Series 7.

Panic Attack Gold pits

The "24k" theme to the Series 6 Panic Attack

Panic Attack Gold Arena

Panic Attack in the arena during Series 6

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. It was also known as Panic Attack 24K on the team's website, and this was written on the side of the robot, but the robot was still referred to as simply Panic Attack.

"The Chassis is made from four 8mm aluminium plates and 4 steel tubes to make a ladder chassis system that is very light and strong. This system also allowed the height of the finished PA 24k to be just 5 inches. All the internal components are mounted on the chassis. This meant it did not need a thick base so a 4mm polycarbonate sheet was used. The sides including the front and back are 3 inch by 1/4 aluminium angle welded to theouter plates. The hinges for the skirts are bolted to the sides and the skirts are made from 4mm polycarbonate. The top is 10mm thick aluminium and 15mm in the important places!"
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[3]

Despite having no self-righting mechanism, this version's weakness was listed as "Slow Self-Righting".[4] Although it had good pushing power, it was not as easy to control as the previous version, was slower and lighter, and generally less powerful overall, with the lack of a srimech also proving costly. Kim Davies stated his dissatisfaction with this untested Panic Attack after its loss.

"I am working for Robot Wars on the technical team and had to drive home from filming Series 6 on the Friday. The next day was spent working on the robot to get it ready (7 am Sat till midnight). I finally finished the robot on Sunday morning at 10am. As I had to be back at the studio at 12pm to carry on with filming series 6, I never had a chance to test the robot so its first real test was in the arena!"
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[5]
Panic Attack EXT2

Panic Attack in Extreme 2

Panic Attack EX 2

Panic Attack in the second round of the Commonwealth Carnage

For the second series of Robot Wars Extreme, the Series 5 version of Panic Attack was brought out of retirement due to the excessive amount of damage that Panic Attack 24K had received from Terrorhurtz and the House Robots during its encounter in Series 6, deeming it irreparable. Not too much of the Series 5 version had changed for Extreme 2 apart from some subtle changes in the sticker designs on the Srimech and the addition of an extra flashing light. The web address for the Panic Attack website was also placed on the hinges for the skirts as opposed to the top of the sides and back as seen before and the "PA3" name as used in Series 5 and Extreme was was dropped. It did better in Robot Wars Extreme 2 in the Commonwealth Carnage despite only being seen in two battles.

Panic Attack S7

Panic Attack in Series 7

PanicAttackCushionedTop

Panic Attack's cushioned top from Series 7

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.

"The self righter was removed to give the robot a lower profile. we though that we would not need it if other robots could not get under the skirts."
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[6]
Panic Attack S7

Series 7's rear flap

Also in Series 7, the new rear wedge flap of Panic Attack moved up and down in battle, and was notably raised in the robot's official photo. For Series 7, the design of the Spider design was changed through a competition on the Panic Attack website. By then, this mascot which had been used by the team for years had also been given a name - Webster.

Etymology

In an interview shown during the Swedish broadcast of Series 4, Heat O, Kim Davies revealed that the name Panic Attack came from the team's panicked state whilst trying to get the robot ready for Series 2.

"Originally when we built it, it was getting really close to the time where we had to get to the audition, and basically that was the state was in - always in a panic, so the name sort of stuck"
— Kim Davies, interviewed in the Swedish dub of Robot Wars[7]

The Team

"Panic Attack might not take themselves too seriously, but when the robot is in the arena, the audience knows they'll see a fantastic fight!"
Robot Wars: The Ultimate Guide

The captain of Team Panic Attack (formerly Team Panic) was Kim Davies, Davies was viewed as one of the most competent and respected drivers on Robot Wars due to his good driving of Panic Attack. He was originally joined by Kevin Pritchard and Lee Wicombe when they started competing in Series 2. 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).

"The remote-controlled warrior was designed and constructed by Kim Davies from Aran Court in Thornhill, after his 12-year-old son Michael watched the first series and was desperate to have a go."
— Panic Attack Website[8]
Pa3 001

The competition for the place on the Panic Attack team

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).

Michael Davies briefly joined the X-Terminator team for their Round 2 battle against Corkscrew in Series 5, and their Mayhem Qualifier in Extreme 1, as Marlon Pritchard needed someone to operate the weapons while the other team members were away.

In Series 7, Kim Davies earned 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 as tactician and took over the controls in Series 7 with team-mates Paul Wier and then-webmaster of the official Panic Attack website, Jamie McGarry.

Qualification

Panic Attack successfully qualified for Series 2 and 3 through attending the auditions.

Thereafter, Panic Attack automatically qualified for each series it competed in, by virtue of its seeding. However, along with a number of seeds for the series, Panic Attack did attend the qualifiers for Series 5, as it would participate in fights to test other hopefuls attempting to qualify.

"All was well so we moved on to the weighing and official photographs. During the wait we managed to check out our competition and pray we didn't meet Panic Attack or Chaos 2."
Ruf Ruf Dougal team website

Rivalries

Shunt

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Shunt pepper-pots Panic Attack

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 leapt 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.

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Panic Attack lifts Shunt in its Series 4 battle against Saw Point

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 pressured repeatedly by Panic Attack, which shoved him around the arena. During the Semi-Finals, Shunt once again came under attack from Panic Attack, which 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.

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Panic Attack lifts Shunt in Extreme

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. Panic Attack also attacked Shunt following the disposal of its opponent Axe-Awe in its Wild Card Warriors battle. 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 all three occasions.

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The grudge between the two rivals happens again with Panic Attack already defeated

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.

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Panic Attack engages with Shunt in Extreme 2

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 Panic Attack's last attack on Shunt.

Panic Attack could be said to have a rivalry with all of the House Robots, having targeted and damaged all of the original four House Robots - it removed the back panel of Sgt. Bash in Series 2, and flipped Matilda in its first battle of Series 3, even attempting to lift Sir Killalot on occasion. However its efforts became primarily focused on Shunt as Robot Wars progressed, only making an exception to attack Cassius Chrome in Series 7.

Firestorm

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The two robots meet for the first time.

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.

Despite the grudge between them, Kim Davies claimed on the Panic Attack website that he would like to partner up with Firestorm in a Tag Team.

"I would like to team up with Firestorm because they are a great team and I think it would be better to fight with rather than against them"
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[9]

Robot History

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
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Panic Attack beaches itself on Dead Metal

Panic Attack competed in Heat F. It was the first to run the Gauntlet, where it took the centre route. It made a slow start, being caught by the spikes and then the ramrig, then 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, but landed on Dead Metal.

"Killalot coming in, but holding the see-saw down! Oh that's demonic! And that's Evel Knievel from Panic Attack!"
— Jonathan Pearce

Shunt came in and attacked with its axe, leaving lots of holes in the top, and breaking a top panel before cease was called.

"And in comes Shunt as well with the deadly axe! Piercing, and punctuating, and puncturing that Spider of Panic Attack. What are they going to do now? Oh ho, that is the "Eye of the Spidey", and this looks deadly!"
— Jonathan Pearce

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

Panic Attack was through to the Trial stage, which in this Heat was Sumo.

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Panic Attack, victorious in the Sumo

It gained revenge on Shunt. Panic Attack drove close to the edge before Shunt got its scoop underneath it and almost pushed it out the ring. As Shunt came close to pushing Panic Attack out, Panic Attack turned away from Shunt, then drove forwards. Shunt turned around, but as it did so, reversed 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.

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Panic Attack flips Whirling Dervish

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Sergeant Bash is damaged by Panic Attack

As the fight started, Whirling Dervish span its weapon up to speed, but it failed to do any damage to Panic Attack. Panic Attack then managed to get underneath its opponent, eventually flipping it over. The House Robots came in, and Whirling Dervish was placed over the flames by Dead Metal. 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 explains why he attacked Sergeant Bash to Craig Charles after the battle
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The message written on Panic Attack for the Heat Final

In the Arena Final, Panic Attack fought fellow Welsh competitor Disruptor. Panic Attack started the fight by getting its spikes underneath Disruptor, and Disruptor's saw was too high to hit Panic Attack.

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Panic Attack pits Disruptor

"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. Panic Attack reversed off the ramp, and was able to push Disruptor around using the 4-wheel drive to push Disruptor into the pit. This saw it through to the Semi-Finals.

Philippa Forrester: "Tell me about the modification"
Kim Davies: "Well, we bought a tin of paint, and we painted the spikes!"
Philippa Forrester: "They're now blood-stained. Lovely!"
— At the start of the Semi-Final
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Panic Attack gets stuck on the ramrig

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.

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Panic Attack locks horns with Shunt during the Race-Off

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Mace is flicked into the air whilst Panic Attack battles Shunt

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 reached 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 blocked by The Sentinel and, after nearly being overturned, was pushed into the pit.

Craig Charles: "Bet you're relieved, aren't you!"
Kim Davies: "Oh, you don't know!"
Craig Charles: "You took a good beating from Shunt, didn't you?"
Kim Davies: "Again, yes. He's on our hit-list, yet again."
— After the race-off
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Panic Attack in the Pinball

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Panic Attack with Shunt in the Pinball

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
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Panic Attack pits Mortis

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
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Panic Attack darts away from the immobile Killertron

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
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Panic Attack pushes Sgt. Bash into the pit and falls in itself

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.

Philippa Forrester: "This is it! St. Davids Foundation is depending on you to get through to raise the money. Can you beat Cassius?"
Kim Davies: "Uh, doubtful, but we'll give it a damn good go!"
— Before the battle

The start was very tentative, with both robots moving forward to nudge. Cassius got under Panic Attack, but did not fire its flipper, and Panic Attack slid off the wedge. Cassius rushed in but missed, and retreated.

"Go on, kill each other!"
— Jonathan Pearce
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Panic Attack pits Cassius to win the Second Wars

Both machines charged, and Panic Attack drove straight over the wedge of Cassius, landing on its wheels. Panic Attack then pushed Cassius into Dead Metal, with Rex Garrod's machine wedging beneath the House Robot. Cassius flipped Dead Metal off it and retreated. Both machines rammed together, and Cassius retreated close to the pit. Cassius moved forward to escape Shunt, and Panic Attack slammed into its side, pushing Cassius into the pit and winning The Second Wars.

"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
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Axios pins down Panic Attack

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Axios fires its "tongue" at Panic Attack preventing it from getting a lift on Axios

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Panic Attack topples Axios

Both robots started quickly, charging into the arena centre. Panic Attack span on the spot with Axios lifting its lance upwards. Axios backed away onto the arena wall twice, and Panic Attacked pushed 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 drove 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 Attack attempted to slide underneath Axios, crashing into the arena wall in the process, 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
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Panic Attack flips Matilda

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

Philippa Forrester: "What were you doing to Matilda? It's outrageous! You had her kit off and everything!"
Kim Davies: "Yep, well if we manage to deal with a contender, we're always going to go for a House Robot!"
Philippa Forrester: "The flipping seemed very easy, just how much power is in the front there?"
Kim Davies: "It's much, much stronger, it'll lift about 18 stone so the House Robots are not really a problem, except for the big one I think!"
— Post-battle interview

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
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Panic Attack lifts but fails to turn Toe Cutter over

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Toe Cutter rams Panic Attack

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Panic Attack overturns Toe Cutter

Panic Attack got under 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 manoeuvred around each other. The two clashed rear to rear and then head on, before Panic Attack slid under the front of Toe Cutter and pushed it into Dead Metal, 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 under the wheels of Toe Cutter, lifting it up, and drove around until it was able to turn Toe Cutter over.

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

Craig Charles: "Well, you're our Robot Wars champions, you've won this round but you wouldn't let it lie! You'd obviously won the fight, then you go and take on the House Robots!"
Kim Davies: "Well, we've won it once and this year we're here to entertain and really have a go at the House Robots!"
Craig Charles: "Do you not think you've got a chance this year?"
Kim Davies: "Possibly not, same as last year, if we get through then you know we'll be happy!"
— Post-battle interview

In the Heat Final, Panic Attack fought X-Terminator.

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X-Terminator drags Panic Attack around

X-Terminator started quickly, but charged into the arena wall. The two robots met side on, with X-Terminator missing with its axe. X-Terminator then came in again, getting Panic Attack's side, and pricking it with the axe. 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 got under the Panic Attack's side, axing the top. 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 axe down. Panic Attack backed away, but X-Terminator caught it side on again and brought the axe down, forcing it into Sgt. Bash.

"And the champions are in trouble here, now!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is forced into Sgt. Bash's CPZ
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X-Terminator is exterminated

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 again 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 drive chains off. The House Robots attacked X-Terminator until 'Cease' was finally called.

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

Philippa Forrester: "Does Panic Attack feel scared about being up against the Adams Family?"
Kim Davies: "Oh yes."
Philippa Forrester: "You aren't, are you? You were quite worried when I told you."
Kim Davies: "Yes, its fast, powerful, manoeuvrable, very good driver."
Philippa Forrester: "But you're all those things too."
Kim Davies: "Not according to him [Michael Davies]"
Philippa Forrester: "Oh no! Is there dissension in the ranks?"
Kim Davies: "Yeah, my driving is "abysmal""
Philippa Forrester: "Oh no, really?!"

— Dissension in the Panic Attack team
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Thing 2 pushes Panic Attack past the spike the would go on to decide the battle

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Panic Attack topples Thing 2

Neither robot could 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 rammed Panic Attack into Dead Metal, but Panic Attack's low body meant it evaded Dead Metal's pincers. Panic Attack escaped 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, knocking Thing 2 onto its wedged front, leaving it immobilised as it could not self-right. The House Robots closed in on Thing 2, and Dead Metal sliced through the tires and lifting spike.

Philippa Forrester: "You got a great flip in there!"
Kim Davies: "Well actually I think it was his own fault, he drove up to us and got himself up on the back end, really all I had to was reverse and he just fell over on top and once that was it, that was it, that was the end. He was doing very well, he was pushing us everywhere."
— Post-battle interview

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 Davies
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Sgt. Bash seizes Panic Attack whilst Fire Storm flips

Fire Storm pushed Panic Attack into Sgt. Bash's CPZ at the start, and Panic Attack was seized by the House Robot's pincers. Fire Storm lifted Panic Attack, causing Sgt. Bash to release it, but Panic Attack was not flipped and managed to escape the CPZ.

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Panic Attack gets flipped by the arena spike

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Fire Storm flips Panic Attack into the arena wall

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 Sgt. Bash, but a distraction from Fire Storm allowed 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 in, got under Panic Attack and pushed it against the side wall and flipped 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 Davies is doing everything he possibly can to drive Panic Attack into the troubled zones here!"
— Jonathan Pearce
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Panic Attack's last-minute attack

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 Sir Killalot's attack. After dodging out of Killalot's way, the two briefly ran into Sgt. Bash. Finally, Panic Attack got beneath Fire Storm, but Fire Storm's shape meant there was nowhere for Panic Attack's claws to negotiate, and Fire Storm merely slid of the reigning champion's forks. In the last few seconds, both robots drove around clumsily, crashing into walls and House Robots. The judges were called on to make a decision, and they went for Fire Storm, eliminating the reigning champions.

Craig Charles: "Panic Attack, you were our reigning champions, you'd such a long undefeated run, but you're out."
Kim Davies: "Well, it has to come to an end at some point, and they really do deserve it. They're a brilliant robot, brilliant team."
Craig Charles: "But you were turning into a national celebrity, if you had won this, you'd have been on the cover of magazines and things!"
Kim Davies: "I'm not sure we'd like that."
Craig Charles: "Ladies and gentleman, give it up for our reigning champions Panic Attack!"
— The fall of the champion

After the main competition was over, Panic Attack represented Wales in The First World Championship.

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Panic Attack lifts 101

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, with the flashing light on Panic Attack breaking 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.

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Panic Attack ends up in the pit

"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

Julia Reed: "The Panic Attack team, I don't think we really even need to introduce them. We know exactly who they are. The winners of the second wars, an awesome robot, but did go out to Fire Storm in the third, so potentially a grudge match there, we think."
Kim Davies: "Possibly, yeah, we'll have to sort that one out. Our driving's a lot better now so they can look out if we meet them."
— Pre-Round 1 interview

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 under Overkill GTI and pushed it over the flame pit. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then charged at Panic Attack, before it ran up 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
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Overkill GTI lifted by Panic Attack

Panic Attack then took Overkill GTI off the spike and lifted it up by one of it's tyres. Panic Attack continued to carry it until a ram from S.M.I.D.S.Y. knocked Overkill GTI free. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove over Overkill GTI's front, 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 Overkill GTI and it crashed back down, 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, then 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 much slower. 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, then reverse 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 pushed S.M.I.D.S.Y. all the way across the arena, near to Sgt. Bash's CPZ. In the closing seconds, S.M.I.D.S.Y. and Panic Attack took turns at lifting Overkill GTI. 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.

Julia Reed: "Have you ever faced a robot like the one you're about to face before?"
Kim Davies: "No, it's really weird! It's got great big discs, cutting discs for wheels, pointy thing on the front, it's going to be difficult, I don't know what to do with it yet!"
— Pre-Round 1 interview
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Panic Attack comes close to lifting Saw Point out of the arena.

At the start of the match, both robots slowly drove towards each other, making contact, allowing Panic Attack to get its lifting forks under Saw Point. As it lifted Saw Point, Panic Attack's rear end started to lift off the ground. Saw Point backed away once it was released, but Panic Attack caught up again, and managed to lift Saw Point onto its side, where Saw Point was unable to self-right. 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 lift Saw Point over the fence, Kim Davies was eventually forced to make Panic Attack retreat. Panic Attack paraded Saw Point around the arena, even colliding with Sgt. Bash, which was out of its CPZ. After rotating itself, Saw Point was able to land on the arena floor, 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, where 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 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 lifting Saw Point from the ground in the process.

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Panic Attack tries unsuccessfully to lift Sir Killalot.

While Sir Killalot held Saw Point aloft, Panic Attack snuck behind Sir Killalot and put its lifting prongs under 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 Attack 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 drop Saw Point in 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 fought with S.M.I.D.S.Y. again in the Heat Final.

Julia Reed: "Well, I think S.M.I.D.S.Y. were quite tough in the last battle"
Kim Davies: "Ah, S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s going to be a different kettle of fish altogether, I think. If we pick it up and turn them over, he can still run. He's very small, so the forks will lift him up but the wheels will still be able to run so he's going to be very tough!"
— Kim Davies expresses his fears before the battle
Panic Attack vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y.

Panic Attack's lifting mechanism slots into S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s wheel arch

At the start, both robots drove straight into each other, and 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. Next, 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. 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 reversing into Panic Attack, pushing it back.

"Quite even at the moment; S.M.I.D.S.Y. the more aggressive. Perhaps, Panic Attack the more controlled."
— Jonathan Pearce
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Panic Attack drops S.M.I.D.S.Y. into the pit.

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. Panic Attack reversed and pushed S.M.I.D.S.Y. across the arena. S.M.I.D.S.Y. drove away, Panic Attack pursued, getting under S.M.I.D.S.Y. with its forks, and lifting S.M.I.D.S.Y. up. 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 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. The Pit opened, so Panic Attack lifted S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto its top, carried it towards the open pit, and dropped S.M.I.D.S.Y. in.

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

Julia Reed: "You don't hold back Kim, do you? Because we saw you have a pop at Sir Killalot!"
Kim Davies: "Yeah, well the thing behind that was when he was picking up the opposition and going to the pit, he was front-heavy, so we thought maybe we could get behind him and as he was dropping it we could get him in as well!"
— Kim Davies explains his attack on Sir Killalot in Round 2 before the battle
Panic Attack vs Spawn of Scutter

Panic Attack pushes Spawn of Scutter against the arena wall

The two robots rammed each other, with Panic Attack's forks slipping beneath Spawn of Scutter both times. The second time, it lifted Spawn of Scutter off the ground, but didn't have sufficient purchase, so Spawn of Scutter fell back down. The former champion raised Spawn of Scutter up again and pushed 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 dodge it. 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.

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Panic Attack hoists Shunt

The House Robots attacked and Sgt. Bash 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.

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 Hypno-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
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Panic Attack attacks Stinger

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 Stinger's axle, but Stinger brought its mace down once more and moved away. Panic Attack 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 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. Stinger spun and slid off Panic Attack, but Panic Attack continued to attack and shoved Stinger into Matilda's CPZ, but drifted in itself. Both machines escaped, with Panic Attack getting Stinger pushing it to one of the external flame jets, holding it in the flames. 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
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Panic Attack wins the Sumo Basho title

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 after 21.15 seconds. 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

As the only robot to defeat Shunt, Panic Attack won the tournament.

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Rammstein shoves Panic Attack across the arena

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
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Panic Attack lifts Rammstein

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 invertible 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 Davies is trying to do with Panic Attack now - try to lever it up on its side"
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack takes control
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Panic Attack drops Rammstein down the pit

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 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.

Julia Reed: "Have you faced Panic Attack in other wars?"
Arthur Chilcott: "Yes we have, some time ago."
Julia Reed: "And what happened?"
Arthur Chilcott: "They ... beat us."
— Before the rematch
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Panic Attack lifts Mortis

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Mortis gets its axe stuck in Panic Attack

The battle began slowly, 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 pushing 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 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 Welsh robot escaped with no damage. Eventually, Panic Attack broke away, whose axe finally reset, and got underneath its opponent, catching it on one of the spikes of its self-righting mechanism. 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 .

"Don't panic! Don't panic, Mr Mortis! Panic Attack's on the attack!"
— Jonathan Pearce references Dad's Army
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Panic Attack backs Mortis into Sir Killalot

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Panic Attack fails to lift Mortis

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, knocking off its light. Panic Attack tried to overturn Mortis, but only managed to lift itself off the ground, before 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 under 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
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Panic Attack is defeated by Firestorm again

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 3 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

Panic Attack then tried to self-right but Firestorm 3 was much too quick and pushed Panic Attack against the arena wall preventing it from self-righting, and managed to get the Welsh machine stuck on the wall. Sir Killalot, Dead Metal and Firestorm 3 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
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Panic Attack about to pit X-Terminator

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.

"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 (The Netherlands) and Flensburger Power (Germany).

Julia Reed: "Kim, what's your strategy?"
Kim Davies: "Don't know, we haven't seen any of them running, so we don't know what they'll do. We'll just go in there and see what happens!"
Julia Reed: "Well, the arena is waiting for you. Team - good luck, from me and from the rest of Britain. In you go!"
— Pre-battle interview
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Panic Attack lifts Manta

At the start, both MaxiMill and Flensburger Power were slow, but Manta sped around and rammed into MaxiMill, 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 rammed it into an unoccupied CPZ. MaxiMill escaped, but was immediately boxed in by Shunt and Matilda, the latter of who pushed it into the CPZ and struck with its flywheel. Manta and Panic Attack turned to each other, and Panic Attack lifted Manta up with its forks and slipped 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
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Panic Attack pits Manta

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. Shunt placed MaxiMill on the floor flipper. Panic Attack then got beneath Manta again, lifting it up. Matilda 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 Davies, 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 Davies' message to Axe-Awe
Panic Attack vs Axe-Awe

Panic Attack traps Axe-Awe...

Axe-Awe vs Panic Attack

...and drops it in the pit

Despite both robots' low top speed of 8 mph, the battle started quickly. Axe-Awe spun around, revealing its rear to Panic Attack, but the former champion did not capitalise. 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 Davies, expressing his fears over Shear Khan's weapon
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Diotoir with the poster of Panic Attack

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Panic Attack upends Shear Khan

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Panic Attack interrupts Refbot's count

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Pitting the defeated Diotoir

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, which caused minor damage with its rock chisel. Diotoir, meanwhile, 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 was able to lift it up and push it onto its back. Panic Attack then turned on Diotoir, whose poster had fallen off completely. It was unable to get underneath on the first attempt. 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. 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 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
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Panic Attack at the beginning of the Annihilator, clad in the fur of its vanquished foe, Diotoir

In the Annihilator, Panic Attack fought Disc-O-Inferno, Fighting Torque, Napalm, Spirit of Knightmare and The Steel Avenger.

Julia Reed: "Is this going to be a walk in the park for you then?"
Kim Davies: "Not against five others, but I think we need a bigger pit to put a few more in."
— Pre-Round 1 interview

As 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. The Steel Avenger changed targets and rammed Fighting Torque.

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Spirit of Knightmare and Panic Attack wedge under Napalm

The 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 The 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 The 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 The 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. The 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, The Steel Avenger and Fighting Torque came together. Just after the pit went down, The Steel Avenger pushed Fighting Torque towards the flame pit. The 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.

Panic Attack vs The Steel Avenger

Panic Attack presses The Steel Avenger against the wall

The remaining four robots fought on. As the battle began, Spirit of Knightmare rammed underneath The 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.

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Panic Attack wedges under Disc-O-Inferno

After nudging The Steel Avenger further, it eventually backed away, allowing The 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. The 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 The Steel Avenger. The four robots broke away and The 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 The Steel Avenger away, before all four robots drove around the arena for a while, not landing any meaningful attacks, The Steel Avenger missing a few axe blows. After a little while, Panic Attack activated the pit release. The 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
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The Steel Avenger chops into Panic Attack just before it is defeated

The 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. The Steel Avenger pushed the sluggish Disc-O-Inferno, but missed, whilst Panic Attack pushed Spirit of Knightmare back. The Steel Avenger then used its axe and cut deep into Panic Attack's skirt, before Spirit of Knightmare got underneath and flipped The Steel Avenger onto its side. Disc-O-Inferno, in attacking Spirit of Knightmare, bounced off and got stuck on top of The Steel Avenger, but broke free. The Steel Avenger was left alone, but it had used up too much gas and was unable to right itself. Refbot counted it out, eliminating The 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 and Panic Attack as the favourites

Panic Attack had taken a lot of damage in the previous round. Aside from making a hole in its skirt, The 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."
— Philippa 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.

Barber-Ous vs Panic Attack

Barber-Ous nullifies Panic Attack's forks

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Barber-Ous is pitted

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 Sgt. Bash, and the House Robot crumpled the axle of Barber-Ous. Finally, Panic Attack pushed its beaten opponent into the pit.

Craig Charles: "You're an ex-British champion, do you think you can be a British champion again?"
Kim Davies: "Well, as long as we're entertaining, I really don't mind how we get on. I'd hate to go out, you know, tipped over and out within two minutes."
— Post-Round 1 interview

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
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Panic Attack lifts Tiberius 2

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
Panic Attack vs Tiberius 2

Panic Attack drops Tiberius 2 into the pit

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. The House Robots came in to attack Tiberius 2, which allowed Panic Attack to try and flip Shunt over. 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 battle
Kat 3 vs Panic Attack

Kat 3 axes the dominant Panic Attack

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
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Panic Attack finishes off Kat 3

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. 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, where it was up against the second seeds Pussycat in Round 1.

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Pussycat slices Panic Attack's lifting forks

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 Sgt. 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 Sgt. Bash attack!"
— Jonathan Pearce

Panic Attack only turned slowly, as Sgt. Bash came behind Panic Attack and pressured it. Panic Attack managed to escape Sgt. 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.

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Both robots meet face-to-face

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. 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
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Wheely Big Cheese flips Panic Attack

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Panic Attack, not moving by the side wall, as Firestorm moves in

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 3 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 3 to push it into the CPZ. While Wheely Big Cheese was in the CPZ, Firestorm 3's flipper activated, pushing Wheely Big Cheese slightly. Sgt. Bash came in, and Firestorm 3 flipped Wheely Big Cheese against the arena side wall twice, as Sgt. 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. Sgt. 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 Sgt. Bash again. Panic Attack was still merely twitching beside the pit release, making minimal movement. Sgt. 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
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Panic Attack lifts Firestorm 3 in the late stages

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. This would prove to be the final time that Panic Attack made it to the semi-finals.

"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 aerial, it was grounding on the body, so intermittent faults with it. ... As long as we're entertaining."
— Kim Davies

Series 6

"Going for gold again!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack enters the arena

Panic Attack came to Series 6 as the eighth seed. Its first battle was against three veterans; R.O.C.S., Corkscrew and Kronic 2.

Philippa Forrester: "Now. Panic Attack Gold. You are up against, in your first battle, R.O.C.S., Kronic and the Corkscrew. Do any of those worry you?"
Michael Davies: "Corkscrew."
Philippa Forrester: "Why?"
Michael Davies: "He'll smash the skirts, the flipper flips us over, then the crusher grabs us. Simple!"
Philippa Forrester: "Not looking very good then, is it?"
— Pre-Round 1 interview
Kronic 2 vs Panic Attack vs ROCS vs Corkscrew

Panic Attack lifts Kronic 2

At the start of the battle, Panic Attack and R.O.C.S. attacked Kronic 2 together. Panic Attack lifted Kronic 2, while R.O.C.S. crushed the top armour of Kronic 2. Corkscrew then zoomed in and tore off one of Panic Attack's skirts.

"Oh, look at that attack from Corkscrew! 99 kilos, in at speed, 20 mph, slamming into Panic Attack's side panels, which are designed to prevent getting anything getting in underneath, but that was a mighty attack from Corkscrew..."
— Jonathan Pearce
Kronic 2 vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack proves it cannot self-right

Corkscrew then attacked Kronic 2, tearing off and destroying one of its wheel guards, leaving a tyre exposed. Kronic 2 pressed the pit release and an unfortunate Corkscrew crossed the pit shortly afterwards, failing to get away before it lowered. R.O.C.S. buried its jaw into Kronic 2's flipper but Kronic 2 managed to wriggle free and fight back, throwing R.O.C.S. on its back. R.O.C.S.'s attempts at self-righting were in vain, especially as hydraulic fluid was dribbling out from it all over the arena floor. R.O.C.S. was counted out by Refbot, putting Kronic 2 and Panic Attack safely through. However, while R.O.C.S. was positioned on the floor flipper, Kronic 2 flipped Panic Attack over.

"Panic Attack is taking a slam, which is unnecessary now, from Kronic 2, because we know they're heading through! Do they not realise that R.O.C.S. is counted out and that Corkscrew is in a pit? What's going on? You don't need to this! You are both safely through, Panic Attack and Kronic 2"
— Jonathan Pearce as Kronic 2 flips Panic Attack

Panic Attack was then immobilised, as it could not self-right. Regardless, Panic Attack was still through to the next round. After a repair job to the side and front corner caused by Corkscrew, Panic Attack fought A-Kill in the second round.

Panic Attack vs A-Kill

Panic Attack lifts A-Kill

"How much damage was caused to Panic Attack, really? Was it only superficial, from that first round against R.O.C.S and Corkscrew?"
— Jonathan Pearce at the start of the battle

Both robots got off to a very slow start, circling around each other. A-Kill then ran up onto Panic Attack's forks which lifted A-Kill up, pushed it back and then dropped it.

"I wonder about the actual potency of A-Kill's weaponry. They sacrificed some weight for extra weaponry, and that means, I think, that Panic Attack have extra "shove-ability", and they've got a very good driver in Kim Davies, one of the best ever!"
— Jonathan Pearce
A-Kill vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack, about to pit A-Kill

A-Kill hammered some ineffective blows on Panic Attack. Panic Attack shoved A-Kill into Shunt and took an axe blow before carrying it towards the pit release button. Panic Attack then proceeded to leave A-Kill on the edge of the pit where it tried its hardest to stay out but the final nudge from Panic Attack was enough to send it down. Kim Davies remarked after the fight that he was unhappy with his robot's performance, although Panic Attack was through to the Heat Final.

Kim Davies: "It's brand new, the thing is it was built two weeks before we came up, it hasn't been tested, this is where we've been testing it; it's slow, it doesn't turn, we're not happy with it!"
Craig Charles: "So, any readjustments for the next fight?"
Kim Davies: "Well, we're gonna go out and take the skirts off so it should turn a lot quicker, put some screws in the wheels, maybe it'll get some traction."
Craig Charles: "Yeah, 'cause there's no traction out there, real slippy floor, isn't it? You're eigth seed, you're a former UK champion, do you think you'll be able to reclaim that crown?"
Kim Davies: "(Pause) Yeah, course we will! No!"
Craig Charles: "Come on! Bit of optimism, optimism!"
Kim Davies: "No, the way it's going now I very much doubt it!"

— Post battle interview

This lead to a Heat Final clash with Terrorhurtz.

"So what do we think about this one up here on the crow's nest? Well, Panic Attack, for all its experience and winning background, has looked lackluster to me so far. I know Kim Davies is brilliant at the controls, but what sort of weaponry power does that have nowadays? Terrorhurtz, we've seen it of course do great damage to Kronic 2 early on. If I had to go with my heart, I'd go with Terrorhurtz, but my head says that Panic Attack will have its day. Don't Panic! Go for the attack!"
— Jonathan Pearce's prediction for the battle
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Terrorhurtz attacks Panic Attack

Both robots started quickly but Terrorhurtz was the quicker of the two and came in battering the top panels of Panic Attack with its axe. Panic Attack tried to get away but Terrorhurtz was much too quick and was always the more damaging. Panic Attack struggled to get its forks into position and continued to be pounded by Terrorhurtz.

"Terrorhurtz is slamming it with the axe, and I don't think Panic Attack has the manoeuvrability to get away, and Terrorhurtz is causing damage straight away! ... Look at this, it's systematic! Oh! They are battering Panic Attack into submission! One blow after another, raining down, and Kim cannot do anything about this whatsoever!"
— Jonathan Pearce
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The top plate is ripped off Panic Attack

After taking more blows from Terrorhurtz's axe, Panic Attack's top armour was beginning to split apart and loosen. Terrorhurtz shoved Panic Attack into the CPZ where it took some axe blows from Shunt and then in came Matilda who, with one attack, tore off Panic Attack's top armour exposing the inner workings.

"This has been one-way traffic throughout this Heat Final! Well Panic Attack ... OH! Off comes the top armour, and now the electronics, the electric motors exposed!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Matilda rips of Panic Attack's lid
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Panic Attack is counted out

The Series 2 champion was counted out by Refbot before being left to the House Robots.

"Maybe it's time now to completely rebuild Panic Attack."
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is counted out
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Panic Attack is hit by a washing machine

Shunt dragged Panic Attack to the arena flipper where it was thrown through the air. Then, to the amusement of the crowd, Drop Zone where it got moving again and tried to get away but it was too late to escape as Shunt pushed it onto the square and the washing machine came down and landed on its exposed electronics.

"What have you got suspended up there? I'm told it's a washing machine. A household washing machine, to come crashing down on you, Kim Davies and Panic Attack... NOOOOOOWWWW!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack is put on the Drop Zone and hit by a washing machine

This marked the first time Panic Attack failed to reach the semi-finals.

"JP talked about how the House Robots wouldn't attack PA out of "reverence for the ex-champions" but that turned out to be total rubbish. As soon as they were counted out, in came Shunt and Matilda! PA was put onto the arena flipper, then, for further embarrassment, had a washing machine dropped on it. However, this was just a waste of time, as the machine bounces off the tough robot! Although they'd won two matches and had pretty much the entire show focused on them...PA were out of the Sixth Wars."
— Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website

Extreme 2

"A former British champion, but is it past its best?"
— Jonathan Pearce as Panic Attack enters the arena

Panic Attack briefly appeared in the second series of Extreme, reverting to their Series 5 version and representing Wales in the Commonwealth Carnage.

"I think Firestorm's going to be the one to beat, they've beaten us a number of times. ... We will do it for Wales and this time, the trophy's ours!"
— Kim Davies on his hopes for the competition

In Round 1, Panic Attack was drawn against Cerberus (Cyprus), Crushtacean (South Africa) and Terror Turtle (Canada).

Panic Attack vs Terror Turtle

Panic Attack almost drops Terror Turtle into the pit

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Panic Attack and Crushtacean join forces against Terror Turtle

Panic Attack met Cerberus head on, but the two spun away. In the process, the side of Panic Attack was struck by the bar spinner of Terror Turtle, although Panic Attack resisted this well, and disabled the weaponry of Terror Turtle in the process. Crushtacean then focused its attacks on Cerberus, grabbing and ramming it, whilst Panic Attack focused on Terror Turtle. Panic Attack caught the bent weaponry of Terror Turtle and drew it very close to the pit which had been opened by Crushtacean, but could not finish off the Canadian machine. Shortly afterwards, Crushtacean dropped Cerberus into the pit. Panic Attack and Crushtacean then teamed up to bully Terror Turtle, pushing it into the CPZ, where Panic Attack lifted it up with its forks.

"Panic Attack, a cagey and wily performance so far. ... Panic Attack is by far the strongest of the remaining three, but who goes through with them?"
— Jonathan Pearce
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Panic Attack engages with Shunt

Crushtacean then grabbed the wheel guards, and pushed Terror Turtle, before releasing it. Panic Attack then pushed Terror Turtle into Sir Killalot, who lifted it up and over. Crushtacean gripped the back of Sir Killalot, but caused no damage. Towards the end of the battle, Panic Attack reignited its famous rivalry with Shunt, lifting the house robot off its wheels. Jonathan Pearce remarked that Sir Killalot's defeat of Terror Turtle, which could not self-right, was an illegal manoeuvre, so it was disregarded in the resulting Judges' decision. Regardless, they decided that Crushtacean and Panic Attack had done enough to make the next round.

The second round was another rematch against Firestorm 4, which was representing England.

Philippa Forrester: "This is it: Wales against England, Panic Attack versus Firestorm. They're evenly matched."
Graham Bone: "I wouldn't say that!"
Philippa Forrester: "Why?"
Graham Bone: "We've beaten them three times already!"
— Boasts from Team Firestorm
Panic Attack vs Firestorm IV

Panic Attack wedges under Firestorm 4

The battle began with Panic Attack dodging Firestorm 4, before Firestorm 4 ran up on Panic Attack's forks, but Firestorm 4 drove over Panic Attack. Firestorm 4 then fought back, and pushed Panic Attack into the CPZ, almost flipping it onto its back in the process. Panic Attack was unable to regroup and come in on another attack as Firestorm 4 mercilessly hounded it; however once again it ran up on the forks of Panic Attack, who again failed to capitalise. Firestorm 4 pushed Panic Attack the length of the arena, and into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, but both robots escaped. Firestorm 4 again tried to flip Panic Attack but failed to. Firestorm 4 got stuck on an angle grinder temporarily, and Panic Attack took the initiative, momentarily taking the upper hand in the battle. Firestorm 4 retaliated and pushed Panic Attack against the arena wall.

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Panic Attack gets stuck on its side

"Caught side on by Firestorm, turned on its side, very very slow to self-right, Panic Attack, if they can self-right at all from there, as Graham and Hazel look on, I think Panic Attack is finished!"
— Jonathan Pearce
Mr Psycho vs Panic Attack

Mr. Psycho holds Panic Attack

Panic Attack's srimech was designed for protecting it from getting stuck on its back, so was useless on its side. First Refbot, then Mr. Psycho tried to free Panic Attack, but failed, so Panic Attack was counted out, and Firestorm 4 pressed the pit release. Mr. Psycho picked up Panic Attack, and paraded it around the arena.

"...and now, all that remains is send Panic Attack not back to the valleys, not back to those famous Welsh pits, but down perhaps into our doomy, gloomy pit of oblivion"
— Jonathan Pearce as Mr Psycho picks up Panic Attack
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Panic Attack is held over the pit

Whilst Firestorm 4 took on Sgt. Bash and flipped it. Mr. Psycho left Panic Attack to attack Firestorm 4 who had tried, and failed to get underneath. After hammering Firestorm 4, Mr. Psycho returned to Panic Attack, dumping it in the pit. As Mr. Psycho reversed, he landed himself on the wedge of Firestorm 4. Cease was called, but Firestorm 4 continued anyway, managing to flip the gargantuan house robot.

"Basically, it self-rights from where we're upside-down, we were on our side, up against the arena, so I hadn't really thought about that. And we managed to get it open, but then Refbot went in and damaged it and it stopped working"
— Kim Davies explains the failure of the srimech after the battle

Series 7

"Tonight sees the return of a Robot Wars legend! Oh yes! Champion of the Second Wars! Who's here to see Panic Attack? Now this team are one of the best, if not the best, drivers in the country, having pulled off some of the most incredible manoeuvres ever seen in the warzone!"
— Craig Charles at the start of the Heat

Panic Attack returned for the Seventh Wars, once again seeded 8th for the competition. 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.

Jayne Middlemiss: "Right, now we do have a star in the vicinity, this is of course Panic Attack, winner of the Second Wars. Lads, what have you got to give us? This is the seventh now!"
Kevin Pritchard: "This is the seventh, this is going to be a biggie! We're still electrically powered, we've got the lifting rams at the front here. We haven't got a srimech this time."
Jayne Middlemiss: "Panic Attack in the Seventh Wars without a self-righting mechanism? Is that going to be a big nightmare for you lads?"
Jamie McGarry: "No, I'm sure we'll do very well!"
— Pre-Round 1 interview

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.

"Having been working completely fine for the last few weeks in the dozens of tests the team had run, the robot decided to stop working just as we were about to wheel it in. It kept cutting out...it would go forward a bit, then stop, then go again...and there was no time to fix it. We had to go straight in, to fight against some menacing machines."
— Panic Attack website[10]
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Panic Attack lifts Spin Doctor up

In the battle, despite the transmission issues, Panic Attack immediately attacked Spin Doctor, causing it to topple around on the arena floor. As Mega Morg and Edge Hog fought each other, Panic Attack continued to attack Spin Doctor and flipped it over against the arena wall, activating the pit release button in the process. As Spin Doctor was left stranded, Panic Attack and Mega Morg attacked Edge Hog with Mega Morg getting underneath and flipping Edge Hog onto its back, but it quickly self-righted.

"Luckily, we were in a booth with the Mega Morg team, a friendly bunch, who were welsh, and yellow. Obviously we were going to work together, but they tried not to mention it at all in the programme."
— Panic Attack Website
Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edgehog

Panic Attack and Mega Morg pit Edge Hog

As Spin Doctor was counted out, Panic Attack lifted Edge Hog with its lifting forks and pushed it to the flame pit, but Edge Hog escaped. The two yellow Welsh robots then teamed up to lift Edge Hog and together they pushed it into the pit of oblivion.

"And the Welsh here, are ganging up on Edge Hog. Mega Morg from Swansea, Panic Attack from Cardiff. They're scrumming down together, and Edge Hog out, as a result."
— Jonathan Pearce as Edge Hog is pitted

In the Heat Semi-Final, Panic Attack was drawn up against Dutch entrant Tough as Nails.

"We haven't seen them in action, but I've heard they're pretty mean, pretty awkward as well, to get hold of, a few holes round the back, we might be able to sink the forks in, we'll see"
— Kevin Pritchard on his opponent

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.

"After the last battle, George Francis, now on the technical crew, spent a long time repairing PA, until it finally got working again. Seems there was a loose wire in the receiver, or something. I distinctly remember pointing out this loose wire before, and being informed that it was meant to be like that. Ahh well. Now we were working well, but there was another problem which didn't become apparent till the middle of the match. The forks wouldn't go down to the floor, stopping us from getting underneath TAN."
— Panic Attack Website
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Panic Attack is grappled by Tough as Nails

In the actual battle, unable to lower the forks, Panic Attack was only able to ram Tough as Nails rather than get underneath it. Tough as Nails immediately tried to grab hold of Panic Attack and pushed it into the pit release button. Panic Attack then tried to lift Tough as Nails but the Dutch machine quickly reverse off and grabbed Panic Attack again. However, whilst pulling Panic Attack, it reversed into Mr. Psycho's CPZ, who attacked with its hammer. Tough as Nails was not damaged, and released Panic Attack. It soon caught up with Panic Attack again, and pushed it into another CPZ, but Panic Attack escaped before Sgt. Bash could reach it.

"Tough as Nails, in their first UK Robot Wars, doing very, very well. Purposefully again, grinding down Panic Attack."
— Jonathan Pearce
Tough as Nails Panic Attack 1

Panic Attack's prongs are buckled by Tough as Nails

As the two robots engaged again, it became clear that the front spikes of Panic Attack had come loose and were no longer able to lift Tough as Nails.

"Panic Attack lacking any power to flip, and that's why, look! The lifting prongs have been bent, crumpled by Tough as Nails, there's no offensive nature about Panic Attack now! What can they do? Just grin, bear it and try and hold on to a judges' decision. But to me, the number 8 seeds are facing defeat full on here!"
— Jonathan Pearce
Panic Attack Tough as Nails

Panic Attack tries to force Tough as Nails towards the pit as time ticks down

This meant that Tough as Nails was easily able to grab hold of Panic Attack, but the Welsh robot held on and Tough as Nails was struggling push it around the arena. Tough as Nails did eventually push it into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, where it was grabbed by the pincers and narrowly avoided being hit by Mr. Psycho's hammer.

"Well, a lesser robot would've submitted to defeat by now. And that's all credit to Panic Attack, but should this go to a judges' decision, as now seems inevitable, only one way, isn't it? Unless Panic Attack has got something miraculous in the final four seconds!"
— Jonathan Pearce, towards the end of the battle

Panic Attack escaped and began to push Tough as Nails around the arena for the last few seconds before cease was called and the judges went for Tough as Nails, eliminating the 8th seeds.

"So that's the end, and Craig asks the audience who won. A few diehard fans with yellow shirts shout "PANIC ATTACK," but it's clear to all that this is another lost cause. From the highlights, it looks like PA has won. Could there be any hope? No. We lose. The mood in the team is sour, though you wouldn't know it from looking at my unnatural-looking fixed smile! Though I'm actually pretty annoyed. Still, TAN got booed at the end of the show, so I didn't feel too bad. Little did I know, the Series 7 adventure wasn't quite over..."
— Panic Attack Website

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.

"Firestorm 5, I think may've beaten us about five times before now! So, perhaps a bit of revenge, we'll see!"
— Kevin Pritchard before the battle
Firestorm V vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack is engaged by Firestorm 5

Cassius Chrome vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack lifts Cassius Chrome

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 5 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.

"Panic Attack were once UK champions, but they've been on the wane in recent years..."
— Jonathan Pearce, whilst reviewing the Series 7 performances of the All-Stars competitors

However, Panic Attack was quickly defeated in the Semi-Final stage against Dantomkia.

Jayne Middlemiss: "What are your tactics against Dantomkia?"
Kevin Pritchard: "To keep away from it. We've got skirts around the side"
Jayne Middlemiss: "I'm liking it! Panic Attack's wearing a skirt!"
Kevin Pritchard: "Don't know how effective it's going to be, if it is effective, then he'll just ride up over the top, if not, it could be a very short bout!"
— Pre-battle interview
Dantomkia vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack is flipped over by Dantomkia

Dantomkia vs Panic Attack

Panic Attack is flipped out of the arena

Before the battle, Sir Killalot had leaked oil all over the arena floor, which hampered traction on both robot's wheels. Both robots unsuccessfully rammed each other for a while in the centre of the arena, until Panic Attack got underneath Dantomkia and lifted it up with its lifting forks, however Dantomkia managed to get away quickly. Dantomkia then finally got under Panic Attack's side skirts, and tossed it onto its back, revealing the slogan Hello Mum on the base of Panic Attack. Panic Attack could not self-right, even though Dantomkia hung back and watched for several moments. Dantomkia slid under Panic Attack, pushed it to the arena side wall and threw the former champions out of the arena.

"Then it's time for the final interview of my series, and I placed myself right next to Craig. No escape now! He cautiously asks: "So what went wrong?" To which I reply: "Well, they flipped us out of the arena. That was pretty wrong! Hee hee hee.""
— Jamie McGarry on the Panic Attack website

Results

PANIC ATTACK - RESULTS
Series 2
The Second Wars - UK Championship
Champion
Heat F, Gauntlet 10.8 m (3rd) Qualified
Heat F, Trial (Sumo) Victorious (1st) Qualified
Heat F, Semi-Final vs. Whirling Dervish Won
Heat F, Final vs. Disruptor Won
Semi-Final 1, Gauntlet 6.9 m (equal 5th) Drew
NOTE: Panic Attack had to face Mace in a race-off to break the tie.
Semi-Final 1, Gauntlet Race-off Completed (1st) Qualified
Semi-Final 1, Trial (Pinball) 320 points (1st) Qualified
Semi-Final 1, Arena vs. Mortis (2) Won
Grand Final, Eliminator vs. Killertron (4) Won
Grand Final vs. Cassius (5) Won
Series 3
The Third Wars - UK Championship
Semi-Finals, Round 2
Heat K, Round 1 vs. Axios Won
Heat K, Round 2 vs. Toe Cutter Won
Heat K, Final vs. X-Terminator Won
Semi-Final 1, Round 1 vs. Thing 2 Won
Semi-Final 1, Round 2 vs. Fire Storm Lost
The First World Championship
Representing Wales, Eliminator
Eliminator vs. 101 (ENG) Lost
Series 4
The Fourth Wars - UK Championship
4th Seed, Semi-Finals, Round 2
Heat O, Eliminator vs. Overkill GTI, S.M.I.D.S.Y. Qualified
Heat O, Semi-Final vs. Saw Point Won
Heat O, Final vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y. Won
Semi-Final, Round 1 vs. Spawn of Scutter (10) Won
Semi-Final 2, Round 2 vs. Stinger (30) Lost
Sumo Basho
Champion
Sumo Basho Won in 21.15s 1st
War of Independence
Representing UK, Semi-Finalist
Round 1 vs. Rammstein (USA) Won
Semi-Final vs. Mortis (UK) Lost
Extreme Series 1
All-Stars
1st Round
Round 1 vs. Firestorm 3 Lost
Mayhem & Annihilator
Third Place in Annihilator
Mayhem vs. Diotoir, Shear Khan Won
Annihilator, Round 1 vs. Disc-O-Inferno, Fighting Torque, Napalm 2, Spirit of Knightmare, The Steel Avenger Qualified
Annihilator, Round 2 vs. Disc-O-Inferno, Napalm 2, Spirit of Knightmare, The Steel Avenger Qualified (by Default)
Annihilator, Round 3 vs. Disc-O-Inferno, Spirit of Knightmare, The Steel Avenger Qualified
Annihilator, Round 4 vs. Disc-O-Inferno, Spirit of Knightmare Eliminated
NOTE: Panic Attack had suffered major damage and the team could not fix it, so the competition skipped to Round 5 and Panic Attack was eliminated.
Other Battles
Wild Card Warriors, Vengeance & International Inferno (Representing UK)
Wild Card Warriors vs. Axe-Awe Won
Vengeance vs. X-Terminator Won
International Inferno vs. Flensburger Power (GER), Manta (USA), MaxiMill (NED) Won
Series 5
The Fifth Wars - UK Championship
6th Seed, Semi-Final, Round 1
Heat J, Eliminator vs. Barber-Ous Won
Heat J, Semi-Final vs. Tiberius 2 Won
Heat J, Final vs. Kat 3 Won
Semi-Final 2, Round 1 vs. Pussycat (2) Lost
Semi-Final 2, Losers Melee vs. Firestorm 3 (7), Wheely Big Cheese (10) Lost
Series 6
The Sixth Wars - UK Championship
8th Seed, Heat Final
Heat I, Round 1 vs. Corkscrew, Kronic 2, R.O.C.S. Qualified
Heat I, Round 2 vs. A-Kill Won
Heat I, Final vs. Terrorhurtz Lost
Extreme Series 2
Commonwealth Carnage
Representing Wales, Semi-Finalist
Round 1 vs. Cerberus (CYP), Crushtacean (RS),
Terror Turtle (CAN)
Qualified
Round 2 vs. Firestorm 4 (ENG) Lost
Series 7
The Seventh Wars - UK Championship
8th Seed, Heat, Round 2
Heat M, Round 1 vs. Edge Hog, Mega Morg, Spin Doctor Qualified
Heat M, Round 2 vs. Tough as Nails Lost
All-Stars
Semi-Finalist
Round 1 vs. Bigger Brother, Firestorm 5, Kat 3 Qualified
Semi-Final vs. Dantomkia Lost

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 28
  • Losses: 12

Panic Attack's Gauntlet and Trial runs, the Race-Off, the Sumo Basho, and the second round of the Annihilator where Napalm 2 withdrew, are omitted from the wins tally.

Series Record

Main Series Panic Attack Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Grand Champion
The Third Wars Semi-Finals, Round 2
The Fourth Wars Semi-Finals, Round 2
The Fifth Wars Semi-Finals, Round 1
The Sixth Wars Heat Final
The Seventh Wars Heat, Round 2
Series 8 Did not enter
Series 9 Did not enter
Series 10 Did not enter
Robot Wars Extreme Appearances
Series 1 Entered
Series 2 Entered

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.

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Panic Attack after being rebuilt for combat in 2012

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

In 2003, Panic Attack made an appearance at the World of Robots event in Dublin alongside other robots from Robot Wars, Techno Games and Mechanoids where it did a few demonstrations in the arena along with Bigger Brother & Draven. Kim Davies Mechanoids entrant Estron was also in attendance and was invited to appear on an Irish TV show along with Sidewinder.

Panic Attack was briefly taken out of retirement and overhauled back to running condition in mid-2012, including the restoration of its srimech, 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.

Appearances in Merchandise

Trivia

Panic

Panic

  • 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 is one of nine robots to win more than twenty battles on UK Robot Wars. The others to achieve this feat are Razer, Carbide, 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.
  • When Panic Attack was rebuilt for Series 3, the top cover of the Series 2 verison was kept and was displayed on the wall in the technology department in Llantarnam school, along with a few parts in boxes[11].
  • 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[12].
    • 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 winning series by knockout, alongside Carbide.
  • 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 which beat Panic Attack would then lose its Grand Final Eliminator to Chaos 2, before finishing in third place despite not participating in a playoff battle.
  • 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.
PanicAttack Firestorm sticker scrimech

The Firestorm Logo on Panic Attack's srimech lid.

PanicAttack Firestorm sticker base

The Firestorm Logo on Panic Attack's chassis.

  • 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.
  • In 2002, Kim Davies considered building a clusterbot, but it never was built.
"I am looking at building a multi-bot or cluster bot for the next series but we also have a few ideas for another Panic Attack version. Which one we use will depend on money and how much time it takes to build."
— Kim Davies on the Panic Attack website[13]
  • 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, which was eliminated in the first round of Series 8.
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.
Kaizer Panic

Kaizer with its new Panic Attack style paint job.

  • 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.
  • Panic Attack and Apollo are the only UK Champions to fail to win two heats after becoming champions (though Apollo still reached a Grand Final courtesy of wild card).
  • 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.[15]
  • Somewhat fittingly, Panic Attack was the first robot to successfully pit two opponents, pitting both Disruptor and Mortis. As it pitted Cassius later on, it also became the first robot to pit three opponents.
  • Both times Panic Attack failed to win its heat were in both series where only one seed was featured in a heat.

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