Robert's Robots

Love at First Light (1x2)

: 19, 1973

While Robert takes Eric ice-skating in order to test his reactions to cold temperatures, Aunt Mille arrives with the news that Katie has fallen in love with the gas cooker. Robert’s Aunt also brings him a ring from the jewellers; it seems that romantic Robert is planning to propose to his girlfriend, Angela, later that evening. Eric goes out of control, and spins so much that he drills through the ice and into the water beneath; Robert is forced to use an electromagnet to pull the robot to safety – magnetising Eric’s metal body in the process. Back at Robert’s country house, Katie pines for the cooker, which has been taken away for repairs; the love-sick robot decides to follow the repair van, but he soon ends up hopelessly lost – and then one of his legs falls off. Angela arrives at the house, and a nervous Robert attempts to pop the question – but Eric’s magnetic personality keeps getting in the way...