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Ever wonder what would happen if you attached some spikes to a wheelchair and made it run into another spike-equipped wheelchair? Does the answer even matter? After all, I hear a Plunderstorm is coming...

They say war cares for no man, woman, or child, and Heat J of Robot Wars Series 2 is here to prove that point. This episode features explosive barrels, a tug-of-war, and a 100% fool-proof self-righting mechanism.

Welcome to the first of infinite episodes of Sir K and friends. This week guest starring Prometheus, who is going to show the world what he's best at - stealing fire and getting all hell for it.

In this episode of The Twilight Zone, Benji and Rob are trapped on Gamma 9 - The planet where robots fight each other in identical battles, repeating for all eternity.

This episode features Cassius, the pacifist robot that murders everything. We cried when they killed off Sir Killalot. RIP Sir K, all hail king Groundhog. Also guest starring: Wizard had that screams at you.

Racism bad. Crushing children's dreams bad. Fixed results bad. Episode bad. Back to BattleBots next time...

Featuring a much anticipated main event in which Voodoo Practitioner faces off against the Abominable Snowman, that goes pretty much as one would imagine. Guest starring 'Kid', the international champion.

For the first time ever we enter a whole new world. The debut of Activate! Podcast reviewing BattleBots has finally arrived. Did we love it? Did we hate it? Did we spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to view it from the UK? The answer to all those questions can be found in the episode and it is 'maybe'.

For the first time ever we bring you a double feature to Activate! We discuss the cancellation of Robot Wars with YOU, the public, through the magic of Twitter. Do we hate the BBC for axing the wars? No.. but they are dead to us. Just in case the subject matter was getting too depressing, we review a classic episode in Series 2 Heat F. Unfortunately for us, this is somehow even worse.

Three long months after it finished airing - we're finally looking back at the whole of series 10 with a much more simplified Hall of Fame and awards system because nobody really cared about 90% of the awards we were giving out before anyway... To make up the time we've now introduced a Q&A section to the series overview episodes and boy have we got some interesting questions from the world wide robot web!

The entire rest of the world are back with a vengeance after being humiliated by the UK. Thank God this time they have the absolute greatest the planet has to offer and are in no way in any kind of disadvantaged position going into this totally fair competition.

We're back for 2018, and so is Diotoir. The UK take on the Rest of the World (AKA Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal) with nothing but pride on the line. Which is a good thing because if there was money involved here there would probably be a lawsuit.

That's it. The best episode of Robot Wars ever produced. Now what?... We have to continue this podcast knowing that everything else will pale in comparison. 6/5 Stars would review again.

Whoever wins... we lose... our minds at how awesome these bots are! The final heat for Season X has some heavy hitters (and not so heavy, gentle nudgers)going head to head in the last chance to make it to the grand final for the honour of being annihilated by Carbide!

The 2nd annual Robot Wars competition brings with it incredible innovation via bots such as The Master, La Machine and Thor. It also features a challenge for the viewers: who can watch the entirety of the superlightweight (featherweight) division without falling asleep?

Craziest episode yet? You may even say it's... nuts...2. Bonus points to whoever can count how many name variants we use to refer to Androne 4000.

The age old tale that proves no matter how many children you have, the purity of money always wins in the end. Ever wondered what would happen if giant chattering teeth had to fight a mobile battleaxe?! Then go elsewhere because you don't see that in this episode.

Spooky, Scary Gabriel 2 battles Eater-Of-Souls Carbide in one of the greatest matches in modern robot combat history. Only 2 episodes into Season X and the carnage is off the charts.

The first episode of Season X has arrived and rewarded our patience with total mayhem. Sleeping giant Behemoth has risen to the occasion and given us one of the greatest battles of their entire roboteering career and one of the most intense flipper vs flipper matches of all time. A whole new format along with polished presentation makes this one of the most enjoyable episodes we've seen so far.

Beware! A presence haunts the arena this night and takes possession of numerous bots, well... mainly Shunt, and does a pretty Shunt job of it too. Featuring the return of Killertron (now in offensively fluorescent orange) and the very first King of the Castle event (aka Sumo in hard mode).