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== Commercial releases ==
''Robot'' has had a number of commercial releases on video, in print, audio and other merchandise.

=== In print===
{{Infobox book
|name = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot
|image = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot.jpg
|border = yes
|caption =
|author = [[Terrance Dicks]]
|cover_artist = [[Peter Brookes]]
|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]]
|release_number = 28
|subject = Featuring:<br />[[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)|Harry Sullivan]]
|release_date = 13 March 1975
|publisher = [[Target Books]]
|pages = 124
|isbn= 0-426-10858-2
|italic title = no
}}

A novelisation of this serial, written by [[Terrance Dicks]], was published by [[Target Books]] in 1975, titled ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.<ref name="programmeguide"/> A second edition was released in 1978 by [[Virgin Books|W. H. Allen Ltd]] with new cover art; a third edition, retitled ''Doctor Who – Robot'' and using the VHS release artwork, was released in 1992.<ref name="programmeguide">{{cite book|first=Jean-Marc and Randy|last=Lofficier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-60i_3373McC&q=doctor+who|chapter=Fourth Doctor|title=The Doctor Who Programme Guide|date=1 May 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=0595276180|page=119}}</ref>

It was also one of two ''Doctor Who'' serials to have a second novelisation written, aimed at younger readers using simpler language (the other being ''Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius''). Also written by Dicks, this edition was titled ''Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?445328|title=Publication: Doctor Who and the Giant Robot: A Junior Doctor Who Book|website=isfdb.org}}</ref>

==== Audio book ====
An unabridged reading of the novelisation by actor Tom Baker was released on [[compact disc]] on 5 November 2007 by [[BBC Audiobooks]].<ref name="CD release 2007" /> The audio book was released as ''Doctor Who: The Giant Robot'' on 4 CDs for an American audience in 2008 by Chivers Children's Audio Books.<ref name="AudioFile staff 2009" /><ref name="CD release 2008" /> The audio book was released a third time as a pre-loaded [[Playaway]] digital audio book in 2009 by BBC Audiobooks.<ref name="digital release 2009" />

=== Home media ===
{{See also|List of Doctor Who DVD releases|List of Doctor Who Blu-ray releases}}
''Robot'' first entered the home video market as a [[VHS]] release in February 1992.<ref name="programmeguide"/> The North American VHS release occurred in 1994 when [[CBS/Fox Video]] released the serial.<ref name="VHS release 1994" />

[[BBC Video]] first released ''Robot'' on DVD in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2007.<ref name="Wilkins 2007" /><ref name="DVD release 2007" /> It was released later in the United States on 14 August 2007.<ref name="Lyons 2007"/> The DVD release received generally positive reviews and was praised for the extras, including a documentary titled ''Are Friends Electric?'' detailing the production and casting of the show.<ref name="Blumberg 2007" /><ref name="Lyons 2007" /><ref name="Wilkins 2007" /> ''Robot'' was released as part of issue 49 of [[Doctor Who DVD Files]], published 17 November 2010.

===Other merchandise===

[[Denys Fisher|Denys Fisher Toys]] released an 8" posable action figure of Robot K1 named "Doctor Who Giant Robot" in 1976.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O48509/doctor-who-giant-robot-toy-robot-denys-fisher-group/ | title=Doctor Who Giant Robot | date=19 February 1976 }}</ref>

Eaglemoss Collections released a special issue magazine that included a hand painted figurine of Robot K1 on 2 September 2014. It was presented as the fourth special in the Doctor Who Figurine Collection.

[[Doctor Who – Battles in Time|Doctor Who Battles in Time]] released a rare card number 787 of Robot K1 in the Ultimate Monsters which was part of the other card category collections of Exterminator, Annihilator, Invader and Devastator.