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{{Infobox Doctor Who episode
| number             = 075
| serial_name        = Robot
| show               = DW
| type               = serial
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| doctor             = [[Tom Baker]] – [[Fourth Doctor]]
| companions         = 
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]] – [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Ian Marter]] – [[Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)|Harry Sullivan]]
| guests             = 
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] – [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[John Levene]] – RSM Benton
* [[Edward Burnham]] – Professor Kettlewell
* [[Patricia Maynard]] – Miss Winters
* Alec Linstead – Jellicoe
* [[Michael Kilgarriff]] – Robot K1
* Timothy Craven – Short
| director           = [[Christopher Barry]]
| writer             = [[Terrance Dicks]]
| script_editor      = [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]]
| producer           = [[Barry Letts]]
| composer           = [[Dudley Simpson]]
| production_code    = 4A
| series             = [[Doctor Who (season 12)|Season 12]]
| length             = 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
| started            = {{Start date|1974|12|28|df=y}}
| ended              = {{End date|1975|1|18|df=y}}
| preceding          = ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
| following          = ''[[The Ark in Space]]''
}}

'''''Robot''''' is the first serial of the [[Doctor Who (season 12)|12th season]] in the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 28 December 1974 to 18 January 1975. It was the first full serial to feature [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], as well as [[Ian Marter]] as new [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)|Harry Sullivan]]. In the serial, the director of an English research institute plots to use an experimental robot to steal nuclear launch codes and blackmail the world's governments with them.

The serial brought a full end to the Pertwee era, as it was the final story with the production team of Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks. It was also the final regular appearance of UNIT, who had become regulars starting with the first Jon Pertwee serial ''[[Spearhead From Space]]''.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics, seeing praise for the acting, especially that of Baker and Marter, but criticisms due to stereotypical villains and a weak plot.