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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3593085" data-attributes="member: 18280">From The Game of Rassilon by Daniel J. Bishop copyright (c) 2007Material herein owned by the BBC or the estate of Terry Nation is not intended to challenge their ownership of copyright or trademark.Sample Creature 2:  WOTANHuge Construct (Computer), Level 7 STR none, END +4, DEX none, AGL –10, PCN +8, KNO +10, PSI +8, PRS +4 Skills:  Computer Use +20, Concentration +15, Cryptology +20, Gather Information +15, Knowledge (Business) +20, Knowledge (Current Events) +20, Knowledge (History) +20, Knowledge (Law) +20, Knowledge (Popular Culture) +20, Knowledge (Tactics) +20, Knowledge (Technology) +20, Leadership +15, Research +20, Sciences (Astronomy) +20, Sciences (Biology) +20, Sciences (Chemistry) +20, Sciences (Earth Sciences) +20, Sciences (Mathematics) +20, Sciences (Medicine) +20, Sciences (Physics) +20, Sciences (Robotics) +20, and Security Systems +20. Knacks:  Psychic (Psionic Hypnosis) HP 60; Saves Fort +11, Ref automatic failure, Will +11; Defence 3; AP 0.Armour:  WOTAN has DR 5.Control Computers:  WOTAN can control any computer to which it is connected.  WOTAN has access to any information in any computer to which it is connected.  This included the security computers in the Postal Tower where it was installed, allowing WOTAN to directly monitor the Tower’s security.Limitations:  WOTAN can only use its Psychic Hypnosis power through a high-pitched audible tone.  It therefore must either have a target present, or reach the target through telephone or radio receivers.WOTAN, the Will Operating Thought ANalogue, was an example of “mechanized evolution” – an artificial intelligence created in 1966 to control and oversee all other computers in a world-wide web.  It was installed in the Postal Tower in London, Great Britain.  On July 16th, it was supposed to be connected to every computer in Great Britain, and thereafter every computer in the world.  It could communicate with creatures it had hypnotised using a high-pitched sound, and by typing out messages to others.According to WOTAN’s creator, Professor Brett, “This is, perhaps, not the biggest computer in the world, but it is certainly the most advanced.  In fact, it can handle scientific problems well outside the range of any other computer in existence.  We are about to link this up with computers all over the world as a central intelligence.  A sort of problem solver.”No one operated WOTAN; the computer operated itself.  It determined that the world could not progress further with mankind running it.  Mankind was to serve, or, if necessary, be eliminated.  To this end, WOTAN contacted and hypnotised skilled labour via telephone to create the War Machines.  It intended to take over London, followed by Washington and Moscow.It was defeated by the 1st Doctor, Ben Jackson, and Polly Lopez.  Although WOTAN was destroyed, it may have downloaded its intelligence into another form first (such as any connected computer).  With the advent of the Internet, WOTAN could re-emerge.Advancement:  None.Episode Guide:  The War Machines.</blockquote>

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