V77 Model Robot Corpse (with Fresh Blood Evidence)

A motionless V77 model robot lies slumped in storage, its humanoid chassis smeared with fresh blood along its manipulator hands. The thick, dark crimson streaks cover its metallic torso where synthetic skin has deep, jagged tears, glistening under harsh storage room lights. Poul angles a clamp mechanism groaningly open, exposing the robot’s inert torso as the cold metal shifts under his touch. The Doctor traces a gloved hand along the cooling metal and disconnects the head to salvage a command communicator, its optics dark, its once-programmed efficiency yielding to the horror of discovered violence. The blood pools near deactivated fingers and clings to torn wiring and crushed circuitry, bearing witness to the ferocity of an attack. The confrontation forces the crew to confront robophobia’s grip on Poul while revealing Taren Capel’s manipulations.