Westworld (film) Westworld (film) Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton about amusement park androids that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park. The film served as Crichton's feature directorial debut. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Saturn awards. "Westworld" was followed by a sequel, "Futureworld"
Robot (Doctor Who) Smith with the K1 Robot, its transformation into gigantic antagonist (holding a captive damsel in distress, Sarah, in its claw) and its tragic destruction by military force as an analogue of the 1933 film, "King Kong". "Robot" has had a number of commercial releases on video, in print, audio and other merchandise. A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in 1975, titled "Doctor Who and the Giant Robot". A second edition was released in 1978 by W. H. Allen Ltd with new cover art; a third edition, retitled "Doctor Who – Robot" and