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Robots On TV - Plot Summaries: 'F'

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Family Matters (1989-98)

A comedy series. While the Winslow family is fairly normal, their neighbour Stephen (Steve) Urkel isn't: he's a geeky genius who's constantly coming up with weird and wonderful inventions, and driving the Winslows insane. The Urkelbot (see below) became a regular feature in later episodes.

Robo-Nerd (1991)

Steve builds a robot - the Urkelbot - for a national robotics competition. The Urkelbot was a silver mechanical man with flashing red eyes, and which - being made in Steve's image - wore spectatcles. Urkelbot could think for itself, and its intelligence doubled every 18 minutes and 35 seconds!

The Fantastic Journey (1977)

A 10-episode series. While en-route across the Caribbean, a small scientific expedition runs into a mysterious green cloud, and a sudden storm sinks their yacht. The survivors of the shipwreck make it to a strange island, where they meet a man from the 23rd century whose spaceship has crashed marooning him. They all come to realize that the area they were in (the Bermuda triangle... dum dum-dum dum) must have contained a time warp, and they spend the rest of the series trying to find a way home.

Beyond the Mountain (1977)

The travellers meet Jonathan Willaway, a scientist from 1965, who has taken control of a community of androids. The travellers help restore the androids to their real owners, and Willaway joins the travellers in their quest for home.

Fantasy Island (1998-99)

A long running series about a mysterious island run by the enigmatic Mr Roarke, where people can live out their fantasies, often 'finding their true selves' along the way.

Wishboned (1998)

Ashley wants her boyfriend Joe's first meeting with her parents and siblings to be as perfect as possible, and Mr Roarke arranges this first meeting to be Thanksgiving on the Island. On arrival, Ashley finds her relatives strangely pleasant... as does Joe, who ends up spending more time with Ashley's sister Kristen than he does with her. When Ashley eventually loses her temper and pushes her sister against the kitchen cooker, Kristen's eyes - literally - pop out. With that, the rest of her family - who are also all androids - start to malfunction.

Fireball XL5 (1962-63)

A 39-episode Supermarionation (puppet) series, about the exploits of Fireball XL5, one of the World Space Patrol fleet, responsible for protecting sector 25 of the solar system. The ship's crew comprised Captain Steve Zodiac, Professor Matt Matic, Venus, and Robert - the ship's transparent robot co-pilot.

Wings of Danger (1963)

While investigating strange signals from Planet 46, Steve Zodiac is poisoned by a robot bird.

The Robot Freighter Mystery (1963)

Steve Zodiac tries to prove that two space salvage contractors are sabotaging robot supply freighters so that they can then recover them. (A true robot story ?)

The Flash (1990)

A 22-episode series. Barry Allen, a police scientist, has a freak accident which turns him into the fastest man alive. When his brother (a motorcycle cop) is killed while on duty, Barry decides to clean up the mean streets of the city as his alter-ego: the Flash.

Alpha (1991)

Alpha One - a female android - has been built to simulate an assassination, but when she discovers her true purpose, she realizes she must disappear. The Flash tries to find her. (The episode also features a male android: Omega One.)

Future Cop (1977)

Two veteran police officers - Bundy and Cleaver - are assigned a new rookie cop, John Haven. But what only Cleaver knows is that Haven is an immensely strong robot.

	Family Matters (1989-98)
		A comedy series. While the Winslow family is fairly normal, their neighbour Stephen (Steve) Urkel isn't: he's a geeky genius who's constantly coming up with weird and wonderful inventions, and driving the Winslows insane. The Urkelbot (see below) became a regular feature in later episodes.
		Robo-Nerd (1991)
		Steve builds a robot - the Urkelbot - for a national robotics competition. The Urkelbot was a silver mechanical man with flashing red eyes, and which - being made in Steve's image - wore spectatcles. Urkelbot could think for itself, and its intelligence doubled every 18 minutes and 35 seconds!
	The Fantastic Journey (1977)
		A 10-episode series. While en-route across the Caribbean, a small scientific expedition runs into a mysterious green cloud, and a sudden storm sinks their yacht. The survivors of the shipwreck make it to a strange island, where they meet a man from the 23rd century whose spaceship has crashed marooning him. They all come to realize that the area they were in (the Bermuda triangle... dum dum-dum dum) must have contained a time warp, and they spend the rest of the series trying to find a way home.
		Beyond the Mountain (1977)
		The travellers meet Jonathan Willaway, a scientist from 1965, who has taken control of a community of androids. The travellers help restore the androids to their real owners, and Willaway joins the travellers in their quest for home.
	Fantasy Island (1998-99)
		A long running series about a mysterious island run by the enigmatic Mr Roarke, where people can live out their fantasies, often 'finding their true selves' along the way.
		Wishboned (1998)
		Ashley wants her boyfriend Joe's first meeting with her parents and siblings to be as perfect as possible, and Mr Roarke arranges this first meeting to be Thanksgiving on the Island. On arrival, Ashley finds her relatives strangely pleasant... as does Joe, who ends up spending more time with Ashley's sister Kristen than he does with her. When Ashley eventually loses her temper and pushes her sister against the kitchen cooker, Kristen's eyes - literally - pop out. With that, the rest of her family - who are also all androids - start to malfunction.
	Fireball XL5 (1962-63)
		A 39-episode Supermarionation (puppet) series, about the exploits of Fireball XL5, one of the World Space Patrol fleet, responsible for protecting sector 25 of the solar system. The ship's crew comprised Captain Steve Zodiac, Professor Matt Matic, Venus, and Robert - the ship's transparent robot co-pilot.
		Wings of Danger (1963)
		While investigating strange signals from Planet 46, Steve Zodiac is poisoned by a robot bird.
		The Robot Freighter Mystery (1963)
		Steve Zodiac tries to prove that two space salvage contractors are sabotaging robot supply freighters so that they can then recover them. (A true robot story ?)
	The Flash (1990)
		A 22-episode series. Barry Allen, a police scientist, has a freak accident which turns him into the fastest man alive. When his brother (a motorcycle cop) is killed while on duty, Barry decides to clean up the mean streets of the city as his alter-ego: the Flash.
		Alpha (1991)
		Alpha One - a female android - has been built to simulate an assassination, but when she discovers her true purpose, she realizes she must disappear. The Flash tries to find her. (The episode also features a male android: Omega One.)
	Future Cop (1977)
		Two veteran police officers - Bundy and Cleaver - are assigned a new rookie cop, John Haven. But what only Cleaver knows is that Haven is an immensely strong robot.