Robots Rule - The Seventh Wars

Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars was recorded at RAF Newton, Bingham, near Nottingham in August 2003. It promises to be the best ever series full of the most awesome metal monsters on the planet battling it out in the arena. The robots in this series have come on in leaps and bounds and are much more advanced with greater technology and reliability than any other series. The series promises to have the most carnage, action, destruction and utter mayhem rolled into one series than ever before!

Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars has changed channel. It is no longer being shown on BBC 2, Five is now the broadcaster responsible for showing Robot Wars. A new channel also means a new schedule, Robot Wars has moved out of its usual Friday slot into a new Sunday afternoon slot. Repeats of each episode air the following Saturday lunchtime at 12:50 on Five. With Five taking over the showing of Robot Wars, it also means advert breaks so the Robot Wars slot is now an hour long. Think positive, it gives you a chance to go to the toilet so you won't miss out on any of the excitement! Being shown on Five also means that everyone sees the show at the same time. Before, people with BBC Choice (or BBC 3 it is now called) got to see a series before BBC 2 viewers saw it which meant that there were quite a few spoilers! Now, everyone sees it at the same time.

The rules have changed slightly for the new series making it more entertaining as well as safer.

Five liked the show as it is so they haven't changed much of the existing format. As people say, "If it's not broke, don't fix it!" But some other improvements and changes to the show are explained below.

Other changes for the new series include much improved and more advanced robots than ever before. Also, famous robots (such as Chaos 2, Hypno-Disc and Razer) are unable to attend because of other commitments. These created some free spaces in the seeds. This allowed other robots, who really deserved it, to be seeded. Also, expect some really advanced and tough new comers to join the series, some are really ones to watch out for! They even take on and take out the house robots! Should be full of excitement!

The main weapon for this year is the flipper. We are seeing many high pressured flippers in the arena and many more robots are coming to an end by being flipped right out of the arena.

This series will feature 16 heats instead of 12. This means more robots which results in more action, carnage and destruction which is what we all love!

One of the biggest changes to Robot Wars is the new presenter. Philippa has left as pit reporter presenter which meant there had to be a new one to take over. Philippa is loved so much by the fans, so it would be a hard job to take over but I'm sure the fans will really love the new presenter. Our lovely new pit reporter, who has filled the shoes of Philippa, is Jayne Middlemiss - the new queen of Robot Wars! She has done a really good job at something which is not easy and she will definitely be a great addition to the new series.

Existing house robots have received some improvements and upgrades keeping them up to date and so they can't easily be taken out by some of the competitor robots.

Another change/addition/improvement for the new series is the addition of a new house robot. This makes 9 house robots in total now. Cassius Chrome is the name of this new 'bot. Roboteers have commented on how funny it looks when it attacks a robot, apparently it wiggles his bum! In my opinion, this is just a comedian house robot, guaranteed to cause a few laughs with its looks! I don't think it will cause that much damage. It's weapons aren't that effective, it has two spikes on the front which go in and out, poking the enemy and making dents in him - not too much damage. Apparently, this new house robot really enjoys lap dancing!

And there are more improvements for this new series! There is now a pit cam which will show you a close up of all the action in the pit of oblivion as a robots falls into it!

The format of the show is slightly different from last series too. There are 8 robots fighting in each heat all wanting to get their hands on the grand champion trophy (ha, bigger than ever before, I'll tell you later). In Round 1, there are two battles each with four robots fighting each other. In each of these battles, two robots will go out of the competition and two will go through. So, in total four robots go through to Round 2 where there are two one on one battles. The winner of each of these battles goes through to the heat final and the winner of this battle is the winner of the heat and goes through to the series semi finals!

In each show there is also a special battle in between the Round 1 and Round 2 battles. In the first show of this brand new series, it was a World Championship Qualifier battle where two robots from different countries battle it out in the war zone and the winner of this wins a place in the Robot Wars World Championship which will be a special show at the end of the Seventh Wars series to find out which country has the best robots and crown a new world champion!

To motivate roboteers even more so they come up with even better, more destructive, more advanced, more imaginative and totally mayhem carnage causing robots, the grand UK champion for the Seventh Wars won't just get a piece of metal shaped out to look like the Robot Wars logo as a trophy for being the series winners which is still totally excellent, but the series winners will get £5,000!!! That's right the Seventh Wars grand champions will get a cash prize of £5,000 so they can build a totally awesome robot for next year's competitions or do whatever they want with it. Craig Charles announced this news at the start of the Seventh Wars. The winners of the World Championship will also get a cash prize.

Below are the seeds for the Seventh Wars. Click on the link to see more information and pictures about that robot. Tornado, reigning champion, winners of the Sixth Wars are going to try and stay number one but can anyone beat them?

Robots in Heat: Pussycat, Brutus Maximus, Twister, Roobarb, Vader, M2, Tiberius III & Shell Shock

Notes: The first show of a new series on a new channel and it was ace! Pure metal mayhem, destruction, action and carnage mixed in with new technological advancements in robot building and combat. It is all much better than ever before! Craig Charles could not catch his breath, he was so excited and so enthusiastic when presenting this show. He was even losing his voice from shouting so much with all the action and carnage going on in the arena! Pussycat, Brutus Maximus, M2 and Tiberius III were the four robots who went through to Round 2 after flipping fantastic Round 1 battles. Tiberius III caused chaos and carnage with its Razer-like chopping blade which chopped up, causing much damage to Brutus Maximus who kept on sparking, went on fire, short-circuited and kept on exploding inside before it was dumped down the pit. The first shock of the new series came when M2 won against the ninth seeds, Pussycat on a judges decision. For the first heat final in this brand new series, M2 and Tiberius were in top form. For the majority of the battle, it really did look like Tiberius III were going to win as they just caught on to M2 with their blade and M2 could not get free until the house robots (when in the CPZ) got the two robots unstuck and free from each other, M2 managed to escape and then managed to flip over Tiberius III who were unable to self right before pushing them down the pit. Not only the winners of this heat but also the first place in the semi finals has been filled, M2 had won the first heat final of the Seventh Wars and are now a step forward to winning that awesome cash prize!

Cassius Chrome also made his first appearance in this brand new series. He wiggled his bum as he caused absolutely no damage to the competitor robot at all even though their armour had been ripped off before! This comedian house robot who had a career in boxing and lap dancing before joining the ranks of house robots now boasts interchangeable weaponry. Sometimes there may be spikes and other times there could be giant boxing gloves there and waiting to box, punch and poke any robot who dares to get in his way. I'm sure we are going to see some many funny times with Cassius Chrome who will cause much laughter amongst the roboteers, the audience and us watching at home!

The special event in between Round 1 and 2 battles was a World Championship Qualifier battle where two robots from two different countries (Sri Lanka and Austria) battle it out in the war zone and the winner of this wins a place in the Robot Wars World Championship which will be a special show at the end of the Seventh Wars series to find out which country has the best robots and crown a new world champion!

*Terrorhurtz, the 3rd seeds were not ready in time and were therefore disqualified before they even got into the arena. The 4 way melee they were supposed to be in now only had 3 robots in.

Notes: Excellent! Great costumes, great laughs and great action! We saw the arena flipper flip a robot out of the arena as well as another which went straight into the pit. We saw Cassius Chrome, the new boy do absolutely no damage, just wiggling. Sparks really flew from Dead Metal and Growler was in fine form. The competitor robots were fabulous too. We saw great tactics with robots shoving each other around the arena on to the flame pit, into CPZs, trying to get their opponent out of the arena or into the pit. In the heat final, it was Grim Reaper Vs Big Nipper. All the attention was on the Grim Reaper team who were most people's favourites and yes, they won on a controversial judges decision. Grim Reaper tried to flip Big Nipper out of the arena but couldn't and Big Nipper came back and pushed the Reaper around the arena but in the end, it was the judges who had to decide.

The special event/battle in tonight's fantastic, metal mayhem of a show as a featherweight battle with many featherweight robots going around fighting each other. At the end of the series, there will be a featherweight final to determine the featherweight champion of the Seventh Wars. Two robots went through from this battle but unfortunately I can't remember who they were because there was so much going on down on the arena floor with robots being totally squashed, debris flying all over the place, the floor flipper having a flipping good time and as for the three heavyweight house robots in there (Sir Killalot, Mr Psycho and Growler) it was full of carnage. It was very unfair as the house robots ganged up on the featherweights and totally caused chaos and carnage destroying those poor little baby robots. I think it was Prince of Awe and Ripper who went through.

I thought tonight's heat was brilliant, full of all the destruction, action, utter mayhem, carnage and havoc that you would expect form any normal Robot Wars heat. It also had some great laughs in there too.

Notes: In Round 1, battle 2 we saw the first drop zone of the series when a sea buoy fell on to a poor defenseless robot beneath. Mr Psycho was doing a lot of work in this heat. He kept on battering down (with his big hammer) on robots as well as picking them up and tossing them out of the arena or where ever he wanted them to be in the arena. There were a lot of tactics and skill involved in this show with practice on perfecting their driving skills paying off. The final was IG-88 Vs Dantomkia. It was one of the shortest battles in the history of Robot Wars. It only took 11 seconds for Dantomkia to drive up to its opponent, push them towards the arena side wall and flip them right out of the arena. Very quick and if you blinked, you would have missed it! Excellent skill involved there. Dantomkia were the worthy winners and have earned their place in the series semi finals.

The wonderful special battle in tonight's show was the Battle of the Spinners starring Shredder Evolution, Infernal Contraption and Barberous 2 and a Bit. Three spinners put into the arena together, who would survive? Barberous was the first robot in the pit followed by Infernal Contraption. Shredder Evolution won, well done!

Robots in Heat: 13 Black, Herbinator, The Alien, Lightning, Gravity, Hydra, Thor & Hodaf The Bad

Notes: Well, we saw lots of action in this heat but where's Matilda? I haven't seen her for a long time. We saw the drop zone dropping a heavy metal ocean buoy on to the Alien which managed to stay in tact. We saw many flips in the fourth show of the Seventh Wars and some fantastic forward rolls and summersaults. One robot was flipped not just right out of the arena but onto an arena side wall, completely destroying it before being flipped on to a camera and completely destroying that too before going out. Cease had to be called because the battle was just getting far too dangerous and for safety reasons had to be stopped before the whole arena collapsed. The judges then decided the two robots to go through up to the point cease was called.

Gravity, the fantastic Dutch robot, the best robot I have seen from the continent, is definitely one to watch. Not only did it manage to completely wipe out all of its opponents including the 7th seeds, 13 Black but it also had a go at the house robots and took them all out. Gravity flipped over Shunt and then went on the attack against Dead Metal who was at this time very angry. For the first time in Robot Wars, Dead Metal was flipped over which is a very hard thing to do because of his pincers. He actually went flying through the air. Watch out when Gravity is about and as Craig Charles rightly said at the end of the show based on Newton's law, what goes up, comes down in pieces on Robot Wars! Awesome action and excellent entertainment in this heat. The robot from Holland goes through.

The special event in tonight's show was a bit of a disappointment. Two American robots were fighting in a World Championship qualifier. The winner will qualify for a place in the World Championship representing America to be shown at the end of the series. Flipper never got started, it didn't even move and all Spartacus had to do was hit the pit release button and drag Flipper who wasn't doing much flipping today, into the pit and then it was all over. Spartacus earn a place representing USA in the World Championship - poor old Flipper. All the way across the pond for that!

Robots in Heat: Tornado, Sawpoint 2, Devastator, Ewe 2, Barber-ous 2'n a Bit, Tetanus Booster, Leveler 2 & Thunderpants

Notes: Some serious carnage in this heat with the reigning champs back in action! In the first round we saw Sawpoint 2, Devastator, Barber-ous 2'n a Bit and Thunderpants (who never actually made it into the arena) go out. The special event was a Featherweight battle with many tiny robots fighting each other. Many were miniature versions of the daddy robot, e.g. DTK was a tiny Dantomkia. We saw a giant washing machine being dumped on the walker featherweight. Amazingly, the robot managed to stand up to the tumbling washing machine which was the thing that got heavily damaged. Two robots from this battle (DTK and Bernard) go through to the Featherweight Final later on in the series. It sure was a "flipping furious featherweight frenzy" out there as Craig Charles put it! Back to the Seventh Wars action which saw Leveler 2 go out to the number one seed, Tornado and Ewe 2 went out to Tetanus Booster which went through to the heat final but was no match for the Sixth Wars grand champions, Tornado who won and goes through to the series semi finals!

Notes: The first episode in its new Saturday evening slot and it was totally AWESOME! It was full of maximum damage and carnage. Nearly every defeated robot went out of the arena in tonight's show. I lost count at five! It truly had the wow factor, had your jaw open in awe and had you hanging off the edge of your seat. Yep, I almost fell off it! The first round saw damage caused to robots who were flipped out of the arena. Diabolus was diabolical, Scarey-Go-Round wasn't scary at all, Fluffy was disappointing and Major Tom 3 went out too.

The special event of tonight's show was Axe Attack where we saw three robots axe the opponents to pieces. Hydra, Kat 3 and Iron Awe battled it out to see which robot had the best axe. Kat 3 went out first and Refbot counted them out. Hydra were the next to go as they were unfortunate to be sitting on the pit as it was lowering so it was bye bye to them. Iron Awe were the winners. We also saw Cassius Chrome take a good battering and poor old Shunt, now in old age, was flipped over. He tried to use his axe to self right but failed. I do feel sorry for him now. He definitely has passed the peak in his life but he is still very reliable.

Back to the awesome action of the Seventh Wars and round 2. We saw X-Terminator using their spinning disc to cause havoc and chaos in the war zone. Total damage was caused to Killer Carrot 2 who spun right out of the arena. The German machine, Tsunami gave Constrictor a good lesson in flipping and they too went out.

So, to the climax of the heat - the final! It started off slow but then the pace got faster. Tsunami flipped X-Terminator on to the arena side wall. They were stuck and couldn't get off. In an attempt to flip the out of the arena, Tsunami accidentally knocked X-Terminator back on to the arena floor and back into action. From now on, the battle had turned. X-Terminator used their weapon very effectively to cause damage and destruction to their opponent flipping them over. As Tsunami ran out of CO₂ high pressure gas which powers their flipper, X-Terminator managed to use their high speed disc (rotates at about 1,500 rpm) to move in for the kill and Tsunami went right out of the arena. The much improved X-Terminator won and go through to the series semi finals. The Germans, a bit disappointed, said that they would come back but it was definitely worth coming over for it.

Craig Charles then said his sign off poem about spinning weapons and that X-Terminator are the daddies when it comes to using them. The show was then all over for another week. The hour of mayhem continues next week and I look forward to it with a lot of excitement and suspense!

We love mayhem, we want mayhem and we get mayhem! It could only be ROBOT WARS!!! Sorry, I'm still excited about tonight's show. I'll go now and have a drink!

Robots in Heat: Smidsy, Atomic, Cygnus (x3), Terror Turtle, Mean Steak, Araknia, I Bot One Beta & Hellbent

Notes: Terror Turtle and Cygnus (x3) go out in the first battle. In the second, it's Araknia and I Bot One Beta who go out of the competition leaving 4 remaining robots to fight one on one to determine who fights in the heat final. Before Round 2, it was time for the special event of tonight's show which was a world championship qualifier. Ireland lost and went down the pit leaving the South Africans to go through. The spinner on the Irish robot was very powerful and this was seen when it ripped a hole in one of the arena side walls. The crab robot will represent South Africa in the world championships. Now back to the serious business of the Seventh Wars. Hellbent were flipped right out of the arena by Atomic and Smidsy's jaw was used to great effect to lift up Mean Streak so it was leaning on the side wall. The robot could not recover from this position and they were counted out and then it was play time for the house robots who were feeling hungry for carnage. So we have the heat finalists, Smidsy and Atomic. There was pushing, there was running and there was some flipping fantastic flipping going on! Atomic's very powerful flipper flipped Smidsy (the seeded robot) right out of the arena and that was that for Smidsy, never before beyond the heats. Smidsy out of the arena and out of the competition and Atomic, the worthy winners go through to the series semi finals.

"If you see a farmer sucking on straws, they're thinking of tactics for ROBOT WARS!" - Craig Charles.

Robots in Heat: Ming DieNasty, Scraptosaur, Ceros, Metalis, Revolution 3, The Scrapper, Mega Hurts LT & St Agro

Notes: Robot Wars just keeps on getting better and better and the last show before Christmas sure was a cracker! It had me on the edge of the seat all the way. There is just so much going on in each show that I have to tape it and watch it again and again and I'm glad Five put on the repeats of each heat so you have another chance of seeing anything you missed. This show had all the house robots in and had the most action from the house robots than any other heat this series.

Well, Round 1 Battle 1 saw Metalis being counted out and pitted. Dead Metal and Growler had some fun with it before it went down the pit. The judges had to decide on the other three on who would go out and it was the great costumes of the fifteenth seed Ming DieNasty team who sadly had to say bye bye.

Round 1 Battle 2 had some action with a laptop (Mega Hurts LT - the LT stands for lap top) who gave some flips and got flipped and was counted out before Growler tossed him around the arena and put him on the arena flipper. Ever seen a laptop fly before, well you did in this show! The laptop crashed and Growler was no mouse in the arena tonight before pushing Mega Hurts into the pit which must have mega hurt! St Agro, the double sided double flipper had a flipping good time and was the one to watch in this battle. Scraptosaur turns into scrap as they were flipped out of the arena by St Agro. So there goes another two robots. 8 robots at the beginning already down to 4!

Then it was the special event of tonight's show as we took a break from the Seventh Wars carnage for a short while. Tonight's mechanised mayhem special battle was the Crusher Crunch Up battle with three robots all with crushing weapons and pincers fighting. Mantis was the first to gain points as they pushed R.O.C.S. into Mr Psycho's CPZ who dished out some damage. There was crushing, crumpling and piercing going on in this battle with electronics flying, frying and popping. Pincer got into the electronics of R.O.C.S. and completely wrecked and crushed them. Mantis got burnt on the flame pit. Pincer's hydraulic fluid leaked out causing an explosion in the arena and in the end all three robots were stuck together hardly moving. Mantis was the only robot moving (just about) at the end so the judges went for them and the other two robots, Pincer and R.O.C.S. went out. Congratulations to Mantis!

After another advert break it was back to the Seventh Wars serious action with carnage being created in Round 2 where the surviving 4 robots from Round 1 go one on one. The double sided double flipper of St Agro won the first battle of this round when Scraptosaur were immobilised (possibly by Cassius Chrome who was in attack mode tonight). It was then squishing time for Robot Wars as Scraptosaur were placed on the drop zone after Sir Killalot had finished with them. St Agro will go on to fight either Ceros or Revolution 3 in the heat final.

In the second battle of the second round, Ceros won against Revolution 3 who just died because they didn't put in the removable link properly (which is a safety device which when removed disables the robot) and it just fell out killing the machine. With no one else to attack, Ceros took on the house robots who weren't pleased. Shunt was flipped over (again, lost count of how many times this has happened to him in this series, three I think) and Sergeant Bash then took on Ceros. House robots Vs competitor robot, I like it when it happens! Bash and Ceros on the edge of the pit, who would go in first? Bash's wheels, two in and two out of the pit! It was so close! However Cease was called first and the brainless Bash and Ceros were still tussling together. Refbot righted Shunt (good to see house robot team work) but it was all over. Ceros go through.

Right, to the heat final. Ceros Vs St Agro. Oooo, so close, more edge of the seat action! Flipping here, flipping there, flipping everywhere. St Agro flipped Ceros on to their side, they self righted (with the help of Refbot). There were more flips and lots more pushing. The pit was lowered and each one almost went in. Matilda then got her bum involved causing damage to St Agro's wheel (took half of it away) but St Agro flipped Ceros over on to their side who (after several self righting attempts) had run out of carbon dioxide which powers their flipper and so could not self right and were stuck on their side against the arena side wall. Ceros could do no more. St Agro had won and did their victory dancing flip. Matilda then used her pink bum to finish Ceros off. The sheer power of her disc was enough to propel Ceros right out of the arena and also to cause major damage to Ceros' armour ripping parts off of it.

It was then the end of another great show but before the end, it was time for yet another Craig Charles sign off rhyme!

"Get down to your garages and your electrical stores and build yourself a robot for Robot Wars!" Craig Charles.

Wow, I've written a lot for this heat! Must be high on caffeine; or may be it is adrenaline from watching this awesome show?! Anyway, have a great Christmas and come back next week to see more carnage from Heat I.

Notes: The last show of the year and what an awesome one it was! In the first battle of the first round saw Supernova go out and Mayhem did as well. Matilda's flywheel finished off Mayhem and Sir Killalot's track came off when Supernova hit it with their flywheel. Storm II and Rhino go through. In the second battle, Steel Avenger and Trax go through and Sub-Version 1.1 went out as they were pitted and Shredder Evolution lost on a judges decision.

There was no special event in tonight's show. Instead Jonathan gave us a recap on all the action so far in the heats telling us who has already made it through to the series semi finals.

In round 2, Rhino lost to Steel Avenger as they eventually went down the pit and Storm II won against Trax. Trax lost on a judges decision. It was always Storm II being the aggressive one pushing them into the CPZs. Trax never seemed to be gaining any points.

The last fight of the night was the heat final. Steel Avenger and Storm II were fighting each other one on one. They both deserved to get this far. Steel Avenger didn't cause any damage to Storm but they did manage to cause damage to the arena floor when they got their axe stuck in it. Don't attack the arena floor, get the robot! Storm II then used superb driving skills to drive their very fast 25 mph machine around the arena while pushing Steel Avenger and banging them against the arena side walls. This would knock out electronics and internal workings in the robot, immoblising them. These were the Storm II boys' tactics. The awesome power and speed of the Storm machine (more powerful than Sixth Wars grand champions Tornado) then smashed the poor Steel Avenger against the arena side wall and all this energy had to go somewhere and it did - it propelled Steel Avenger right out of the arena and right out of the competition! They could do no more. Storm II had won, the crowd cheered and they fill the next place in the series semi finals.

"If I were you, I'd stay indoors because there's a Storm 2 brewing on Robot Wars!" Craig Charles

Robots in Heat: Thermidor II, Mighty Mouse, Mobot, 8645T 2, The Kraken, Pinser, Cobra & Kronic The Wedgehog

Notes: First show of the new year. The Kraken, Thermidor II, Kronic the Wedgehog and Mighty Mouse make it through to Round 2 who after the special event of tonight's show (Belgium Vs New Zealand World Championship Qualifier which Belgium won) fight it out one on one. Kronic The Wedgehog goes out to the Mouse and the lobster finished off The Kraken. So, the first heat final of 2004. Mighty Mouse just kept on running away and hiding from Thermidor. Absolutely no aggression from the Mighty Mouse. Thermidor kept on flipping them but the Mouse just rolled back the right way up. They couldn't get them out of the arena, no matter how hard they tried. The Mouse just kept on running away bashing into everything in the arena. Thermidor then tried to get Mighty Mouse down the pit but missed. The house robots got involved too. In the end the Mouse lost some motors and could only drive in straight lines. It went to a judges decision and no surprise that Thermidor II won who were pleased to make it through to the semi finals. Thermidor II the worthy winners. They have a great flipper and have managed to get many robots out the arena in the past but with the standard of this year's flippers, even Thermidor could have a tough challenge in the semis.

Robots in Heat: Bulldog Breed, Mantis, Infernal Contraption, Jabber, Hard, T-Wrecks, Kat 3 & Velocirippa

Notes: Lots of good fights in this show! Round 1 was exciting seeing Mantis (a very original robot design) pick up Jabber and then took them around the arena to do anything they liked with them. Mantis has a good picking up weapon. Bulldog Breed caught the judges decision when mesh/netting came out of the robot. This is illegal and is not allowed because it can get caught in spinning discs, arena grinders etc. In the end, it went to a judges decision. They gave Bulldog Breed the benefit of the doubt because it wasn't intended as a weapon it was just there to protect the very expensive cylinders inside the robot. Derek Foxwell (senior technical consultant on Robot Wars) told them not to use it again. Bulldog Breed and Mantis went through. In the second battle, two robots ended up in the pit and Kat 3 and Hard go through.

The special event of this show was the Seventh Wars Middleweight Final. Middleweight robots competed to be middleweight champion. Typhoon, Phoenix and Steel Sandwich battled it out and in the end Typhoon won. Seventh Wars Middleweight Champion: Typhoon (for the third year in a row!).

Round 2 saw Bulldog Breed winning against Hard who were immoblised on the first or second hit from the dog robot. The house robots then had their fun, especially Mr Psycho. The drop zone and floor flipper were also brought into play here. The second battle of Round 2 saw Kat 3 winning against Mantis on a judges decision.

So, to the heat final, Kat 3 Vs Bulldog Breed. It was a very good fight and a very close one too. The judges had to inspect damage close up before they could make their final decision. Kat 3 hadn't caused much damage to Bulldog Breed and a lot of their axe attacks had missed so the judges declared Bulldog Breed as the winner. They go through to the series semi finals for the first time.

Robots in Heat: Mute, Judgeshred 3, Demolition Man, Corkscrew Two, Behemoth, Tartarus, Crustacean & UFO

Notes: I was lucky that I got back from my long cycle ride just in time for Robot Wars so I didn't miss it, otherwise you would have had to wait a whole week for this!

Mr Psycho was in fine form and in a very good mood. He used his claws to pick up robots and take them where he likes as well as his huge heavy hammer on robots which get too close. Demolition Man is counted out and pitted and Corkscrew Two is flipped right out of the arena. For the second battle Crustacean goes out of the arena and Tartarus, well, did nothing, just died and was left at the mercy of the house robots.

The special event was a World Championship Qualifier. Three German robots battled it out but only one could go through to represent Germany in the World Championships.

On to Round 2. Poor old Behemoth, so experienced and have been in the wars for a very long time but they seem to be very unlucky every time. One of these days, they'll get through but not this time. They seemed to be stuck in forward gear and could only drive forward bashing into things. They lost all control of the robot. So, Mute went through. Judgeshred 3 beat the UFO and the judges go through to fight Mute in the heat final.

The heat final was a long and tiring battle. Both robots got lots of flips in but in the end it went to a judges decision who decided that Mute were the winners and they go through to the semi finals leaving the poor Judgeshred team very disappointed.

Notes: Another close one! Just got back in time from my mountain biking adventure in and around some of England's most beautiful countryside. Got back at 16:00, five minutes before the show was due to start and was so glad I didn't miss it. It was one of the most entertaining and action packed shows in the Seventh Wars so far. The fights were some of the best I've seen this series. Not just because of the damage and destruction but because of the skill, tactics, driving experience used to gain an advantage over the opponent and to eventually win the match. Tactics from opening the pit, trapping a robot and pushing them in the pit or CPZs to tactics like conserving battery power so there is some left at the end when the other robot has almost died. So, Robot Wars is not just mindless violence. A lot of intelligence and skill goes into creating the fighting machines and then you need good tactics and good skills to control your robot in the arena and hopefully to win. People also learn much from it as well from science, robotics, electronics, design, technology, maths, physics, engineering, electronics and the list goes on and on. It gets females involved in these sort of subjects too which is always a good thing. It makes engineering cool for kids. It is also very entertaining to watch.

Rather a long introduction there so I better get going with the action from Heat M.

Round 1 saw the Welsh teams (Mega Morg and 8th seeds and Second Wars champions, Panic Attack) work together to defeat the other two robots by pushing them into the pit and causing damage so they go through. Then in the second battle, Holland's Tough As Nails took them all on, trapping them in its horizontal hydraulic crusher and dumping them in the pit so they go through to Round 2 and so do Robochicken who go through too because they were put in the pit after another robot was counted out.

The special event was the little featherweights fighting in a Featherweight battle to determine which two would go to the final later on in this series. Whipper and Rampage 2 won the battle which saw featherweights flying about the arena and being totally destroyed. Some people think that it is very unfair to attack an already immobilised robot. Mini Mute were very unfortunate. They could not move any more and were counted out but then Sir Killalot came in, picked up the robot and lowered it over Matilda's rear vertical spinning disc which ripped up and totally wrecked the robot which took 3 years to build and was totally destroyed in less than 5 minutes. Mini Mute were defenseless and could not fight back but were being ripped up by the house robots. It will take a very long time to fix their robot. Not a quick fix like they said. Needless to say, the Mute team were not pleased at all. One of them shook his head and just left the control pod in the middle of the fight. They were absolutely furious. Anyway, just to remind you that Whipper and Rampage 2 were the two featherweights to win this battle. All the others were either immobilsed, pitted or in lots of small pieces all over the arena.

Back to the heavyweights of the Seventh Wars and Round 2 where the survivors from Round 1 (two from each battle) go head to head to determine who goes through to the heat final. Panic Attack sustained a lot of damage from Tough As Nails. Panic Attack's front lifting folks were ripped off and were useless. It was a tough battle and pushing power and the robot who had the best traction of the arena floor had an advantage. The pit was opened and it was a match to see who could get the other robot in the pit first. Tough As Nails won. The 8th seeds went out. The second Round 2 battle was won by Robochicken by flipping Mega Morg over and they could not self right from their. Mr Psycho came in with his hammer and a washing machine fell from the drop zone on to Mega Morg but it was the washing machine that went into the pit first! Robochicken were very pleased to win the battle and get through to the heat final - for the first time ever.

The heat final was a tough and intense one. Tough As Nails were being flipped all over the arena by the chicken but they were using a lot of gas in powering their flipper which eventually ran out. Tough As Nails came back into the battle as Robochicken were becoming very weak. Then it was push and more pushing as both robots tried to get the other into the pit first. Wheels were spinning but no robots were moving. Traction and pushing power were needed here. Time eventually ran out and it went to a judges decision. The crowd didn't like it but the judges decision is final and they went for Tough As Nails who go through to the semi finals leaving the chicken boys to cluck their way back to the farmyard!

"Tough As Nails finally catches the chicken in its jaws and gives them a one way ticket out of Robot Wars!" Craig Charles.

Notes: This heat had all the qualities that make a good Robot Wars show. It had action, comedy, carnage, tactics, skill, laughs and was enjoyable to watch. I'm sure that everyone who took part in it also had a great time. The show also had lots of FF (flipability factor) and it also had plenty of CF (crushability factor) which led to many FFFFs (flipping frenzy frolic fights)!

In Round 1, Chip is flipped out of the arena by Spawn Again, The Executioner goes out and so does NEATer Machine and the Dublin robot, Topbot went out too when they lost on a judges decision.

The special event of this show was a World Championship Qualifier. Terror Turtle from Canada drove on to Snake Bite from Switzerland who then proceeded in crushing the turtle and filling it with many holes before dumping it into the pit. The Swiss Snake Bite machine, bites back and is into the world championships.

In Round 2 of Heat N of the Seventh Wars, Spawn Again flips over the crushing robot of R.O.C.S. (Radio Operated Combat System) who is counted out by Refbot and Revenge of Trouble and Strife is pitted by Raging Knightmare who go on to fight the Spawn Again team in the heat final. In a very interesting heat final, Spawn Again has an explosion inside their robot blowing out the pneumatic system and is now unable to flip. In an attempt to open the pit they get stuck on to the arena side wall. Raging Knightmare then came in and flipped Spawn Again over who lands on top of the arena wall, perched there, just sitting there until another flip from the Knightmare causes Spawn Again to go out of the arena and out of the competition. They, for the first time ever do not make it to the series semi finals. The sixth seeds are out and Raging Knightmare go through to the semis.

Another great show which proved once again that it isn't just how good a fighting machine your robot is but also your driving skills and experience matter greatly in robotic combat and often the well driven robot with not such a good weapon can win against the poorly driven robot with a fantastic weapon. Other times it is just luck but skill, thinking ahead and tactics do come into it a lot. Also be prepared. Make sure your robot is fully charged and ready to fight!

Another amusing part of this show was when Mr Psycho lost his head - he became decapitated! Ha, never seen that before! Great stuff, especially for the kids. It just proved that Psycho has no brains!

"With all the cheers and all the uproars, Spawn Again gets the Knightmare on Robot Wars!" Another one of Craig's amusing sign off rhymes.

Robots in Heat: Bigger Brother, Unidentified Rotating Object, Typhoon 2, Colossus, Disconstrictor, Xenomorph, Hammerhead 2 & Iron-Awe 2.1

Notes: Round 1 sees the Men In Black Overalls robot URO (Unidentified Rotating Object) go out when they were counted out and pitted and so was Colossus. Disconstrictor drives into the pit by accident and so they go out and the judges decided to get rid of Xenomorph so they had to say goodbye as well.

The special event was a World Championship Qualifier to decide which Dutch robot will represent Holland in the world championships. Tough As Nails demonstrates excellent driving skills when they use their jaws to capture Scraptosaur and push them into the pit. Gravity, the wonderful flipper robot from Heat D tries to flip Tough As Nails but they can run both sides up and in the end they grab hold of Gravity and they are beaten as they go into the pit. Tough As Nails won the battle and will represent Holland in the World Championships.

Round 2 saw some of the most exciting battles of the series so far. The shock came when the 4th seeds Bigger Brother were flipped out the arena by Iron-Awe 2.1 Bigger Brother makes the first attack flipping Iron-Awe but they weren't close enough to the arena wall to go out. They self righted and then flipped Bigger Brother out. The second Round 2 battle saw the true potential of the amazing Typhoon 2 robot. Their main tactics (even though they are top secret, the air cadets say) are to stay away from the opponent until the top speed of their spinning machine is reached then they go in for the kill. Hammerhead 2 becomes extinct when Typhoon hit them at maximum speed. The robots come into contact then fly apart. Typhoon doesn't damage itself because of "secret parts" but does damage the other robot ripping armour and plates off of them. The link came out and they were immobilised. Typhoon then very sportingly stay away from the robot once they are immobilised, they don't go in and completely trash it because it would be very expensive to repair. Hammerhead got trashed, got flipped then got squished on the drop zone before they went into the pit.

The heat final was one of the best fights of the series so far. Typhoon took on Iron-Awe completely trashing them and letting the sparks fly. Whenever they come into contact, damage is caused to Iron-Awe and bits of robot come flying off. The flipper then stopped working on Iron-Awe and Typhoon kept on hitting them causing damage until they were dead and no longer moved. The energy of the impact of the two robots is enough to send Iron-Awe flying right across the arena. Iron-Awe dies and is left to the house robots to play with. An oven falls down from the drop zone and Typhoon have won the heat final and they fill the penultimate place in the series semi finals. Well done Typhoon who storm their way through!

Notes: Oh my God! What on earth was that? This was probably the best heat of the series and what a way to finish them and lead on to the semis. The final place of the series semi finals have now been filled and we await in suspense to see who will win the Seventh Wars. What a tremendous, action packed show it was! I was on the edge of my seat the whole way. I got a huge adrenaline rush just by watching it. It was adrenaline pumping action seeing kilos of heavy metal being flipped 10 or more feet into the air crashing down with debris going everywhere all over the arena. Explosions, damage, carnage and chaos it was. Robots which take months to build are destroyed in mere seconds!

Round 1, Fight 1: Five robots instead of four because Black & Blue was a cluster bot so double trouble but it also means they were lighter and had less damaging weapons because the cluster bot's total weight must weigh no more than the normal weight of a heavyweight (100kg) and once one cluster bot goes out, the rules say, they both go out and that's what happened when the amazing second seed, Firestorm pushed one of them into the pit but that was after some brilliant action with them being flipped right over the arena and Daisy-Cutter spinning around causing damage to any robot which came too close. (Phew, I need to catch my breath after saying all that!) As for the Dutch machine, Bamm Bamm, well, they never really got started as they were flipped by Firestorm, never self righted and were placed on to the pit which was then lowered and down they went.

Round 1, Fight 2: The awesome Ripper with a HUGE flipper made their first appearance here. I loved seeing Aggrobot being flipped everywhere, dancing across the arena and Zorro were flipped over and never self righted. They were then counted out, Psycho then dropped them on the drop zone but Zorro escaped, Psycho gave chase, caught them and then dropped them into the pit. Aggrobot was still dancing everywhere, mainly in the air. The judges decided that they should go out so Ripper and Reptirron The Second go through.

Time for a break from the Seventh Wars action for tonight's special event which was the Featherweight Final. Rampage 2 Vs Prince of Awe Vs Whipper Vs Bernard Vs Rip The Flip Vs DTK. I couldn't keep up with the manic out there. Baby Dantomkia (DTK) was very aggressive pushing both Prince of Awe and Bernard into the pit. Rip drove in the pit, oh dear. Rampage 2 then started just going round in circles and were counted out by Refbot before Sir Killalot picked them up and dumped them on the arena floor flipper. Rampage 2 was flipped miles! They went into orbit and then came down with snow on top! Well they would have done if the arena roof wasn't in the way! They were flipped right out of the arena. I love the featherweights! The two surviving robots at the end of the fight were DTK and Whipper and it went to the judges who decided DTK (probably because they were the more aggressive) to win the featherweight competition. Winners of the Seventh Wars Featherweight Tournament: DTK

Round 2, Fight 1: Reptirron The Second Vs Firestorm. No surprises here that the second seed one by flipping Reptirron over who then got caught on the arena side wall and couldn't self righted. Firestorm then backed up, aimed and drove in with speed successfully flipping Reptirron right out of the arena.

Round 2, Fight 2: Daisy Cutter Vs Ripper. It didn't take long for Ripper to win this. First flip and Daisy Cutter were over and couldn't self right. They were out. Ripper then got stuck in with the house robots flipping them everywhere. That was great entertainment for us but for them, it was very foolish. They suffered series and unnecessary damage from that for taking on the house robots when they should have been thinking about the heat final. Shunt went over after a few axe attacks and got stuck on the side of Sir K whose breast plate came off. He was mean, menacing and absolutely furious with Ripper for taking them on. He means evil and he showed them evil. Refbot then went over and bits came flying off him. Poor Refbot! What did he do to anyone? Sir K then pushed them into the pit and the audience cheered with excitement shouting for Ripper.

The Heat Final: Firestorm V Vs Ripper. Ripper was not in top form after some serious damage from the previous battle with their house robot encounter. Firestorm flipped Ripper over who couldn't self right. Firestorm thankfully flipped them back over again otherwise it would have been a very dull heat final. Ripper flipped but missed. Firestorm were too low to the ground and couldn't be flipped over. Firestorm's excellent driving skills and many years of experience paid off. They pushed Ripper to the side walls and flipped them. Ripper were pinned on to the arena wall and couldn't get down. Refbot then came in and counted them out, but forgetting how to count. 26, 27, 28, 29, 10!! Firestorm then flipped them out of the arena.

Notes: 8 robots through to the semis after winning their heats. 6 will be eliminated and 2 will go through to the grand final. They will then meet the other 2 robots through from next week's semi final to fight for the title of Grand Champion!

Round 1

Dantomkia Vs Gravity: The shortest battle in Robot Wars. All it took was 6 seconds for the Dutch machine to come in, get under Dantomkia and flip them high and far right out of the arena.

X-Terminator Vs St Agro: The awesome spinning disc on X-Terminator got in right away wrecking the other machine causing damage, destruction, chaos and carnage. Debris was flying all over the arena. St Agro were immobilised before being flipped on the arena flipper and pitted.

Bulldog Breed Vs Tough As Nails: A very good match indeed. Tactics, experience and driving skills all came into it. The usual tactic for Tough As Nails of opening the pit, catching their opponent in their claws and pushing them into the pit didn't work here. Bulldog Breed was far too strong. There was a real tug of war battle going on. Tough As Nails pushing and Bulldog Breed pulling. It was a terrific, long and intense fight. Tough As Nails were invertible and had giant wheels which stopped them going out the arena. In the end, it went to the judges, who decided Bulldog Breed to go through.

Tornado Vs Raging Knightmare: Raging Knightmare were strong at the start, they even had time to flip Shunt. Tornado came back into the fight and started to push the Knightmare robot all around the arena, slamming them into the walls. That's 100kg of metal hitting them at 10mph which certainly does cause damage and knocks out internal workings. Raging Knightmare were immobilised and couldn't self right. They were eventually pushed into the pit.

Round 2

Tornado Vs Gravity: The Gravity boys had underestimated the Tornado team. Tornado had the ramming weapon for this fight. Good driving skills were an advantage here. Tornado drove around the arena pushing Gravity everywhere, slamming them into the side walls with great speed and force. Gravity hardly ever got a chance to flip Tornado and they couldn't get under them to do so. Gravity then got a puncture and were driving much slower which wasn't helping. Tornado pushed Gravity on to the pit square, quickly hit the pit release button and down they went. Gravity tried to get off, but couldn't in time because of their flat tyre. They went out in a puff of smoke. Tornado are through to the Grand Final.

X-Terminator Vs Bulldog Breed: The spinning disc of the X-Terminator machine completely obliterated the bulldog. Bulldog Breed tried to get in on the side of X-Terminator to flip them but each time they did so, X-Terminator turned and wrecked Bulldog even more using their spinning disc. The flipper then got all buckled so there was no chance of them flipping X-Terminator any more. The spinning disc then came in totally wrecking their opponent. Damage, debris, chaos, carnage, havoc were all created here. If you like destruction then you would have loved this fight! Armour was being ripped off everywhere. In the end it looked like one of the Bulldog Breed boys was putting his hand up to call cease. They were finished, they couldn't do anything anymore and you knew they knew it by the looks on their faces. X-Terminator said they couldn't take any risk and had to finish them off completely so there was no chance of them using the flipper or something to turn the battle around and win. X-Terminator go through along with Tornado to the Grand Final which will be in two weeks time.

"X-Terminator has silenced Bulldog Breed's roars and have made the grand final on Robot Wars!" Craig Charles

Notes: Two more machines will go through to the grand final meeting the two robots already there from last week's terrific semi final.

Round 1

Firestorm V Vs Mute: The two flippers went head to head. Mute kept on driving over Firestorm who kept on flipping them. Mute's self righter kept flipping them too much flipping them over the wrong way up wasting previous CO2. In the end they were flipped over and couldn't self right and Firestorm came in and knocked them out of the arena. It was quite literally flipping fantastic!

Typhoon 2 Vs Thermidor II: Typhoon did their usual tactic of avoiding their opponent until they had spun up to speed and then went in for the kill. All it took was one slam into Thermidor 2 and the lobster was dead. They couldn't move no more. The house robots then came in and attacked Thermidor 2 which was flamed on the flame pit (mmm, roast lobster!) then flipped on the floor flipper before finally being squished by a washing machine on the drop zone. The Edinburgh air cadets spin their way through.

Storm II Vs The Grim Reaper: Storm 2 was always on top pushing The Grim Reaper all around the arena, into the angle grinders, into the CPZs where the house robots caused damage and then bashing them into the arena side walls. Storm 2 was the one gaining all the points. Grim Reaper could never get underneath Storm 2 to flip them. Time ran out and it went to the judges to decide who had some help from the dark shadow of the Grim Reaper. They decided Storm 2 to be the winners and they go through.

Atomic Vs M2: Lots of flips in this battle. It looked like M2 were going to win. They managed to flip Atomic on to its side in the CPZ but some how the tables turned and it was Atomic who made M2 fly right out of the arena.

Round 2

Firestorm V Vs Storm II: There was good driving from both teams. Firestorm never could get under Storm to flip them because of very low ground clearance on the Storm machine. The force of the storm increased as they were pushing the Firestorm all over the arena and eventually into the pit. The 16th seeds had beaten the 2nd seeds and they said that they can't wait to take on the 1st seeds!

Typhoon 2 Vs Atomic: Atomic managed to get Typhoon before they spun up and they flipped them but Typhoon didn't go over on to their side. They spun up a bit more and then were flipped again by Atomic as they tried to get Typhoon out of the arena. But a terrible thing happened as Atomic flipped Typhoon, they accidentally flipped themselves over and couldn't self right. Typhoon spun up to full speed and you could really hear the deafening whirring sound that the Typhoon was making. They came in and sparks flew as Atomic was hit by the whirling Typhoon. It struck again, causing damage to Atomic before they were counted out. Then it was time for some FFFF (Floor Flipper Flipability Factor) as the Atomic robot flew across the arena before eventually being pitted by Sir Killalot.

The Seventh Wars UK Champion will be crowned here. The 3 top bots also earn places in the World Championship to represent the UK.

We started with 128 but now there are only four robots left and only one can win!

The GRAND FINAL was fantastic. It was one of the best grand finals ever and also one of the best episodes of Robot Wars ever (in my opinion).

Eliminator 1: Tornado Vs Storm II

Storm 2 has the most horse power and is the fastest robot in Robot Wars with a top speed of 25mph. Can they beat the first seeds and last year's grand champion? Right from the start, Storm 2 were pushing Tornado all around the arena, shoving them everywhere and bashing them into the arena side walls. They managed to use their lifter once to flip Tornado over so they were less effective. Tornado kept being pushed into the arena walls at top speed and they bounced off the walls and went flying. The pit release button was activated by Refbot and Storm 2 were quick to push Tornado on to the pit square but Tornado managed to get off in time just before it lowered. Time ran out and it went to the judges who went for Storm 2 who go through to the grand final final!

Eliminator 2: Typhoon 2 Vs X-Terminator

Typhoon were quick off the mark to spin up to full speed, running away from X-Terminator to give them time to do so. X-Terminator missed their chance of getting Typhoon while they were still vulnerable. Typhoon then went in and caused damage to X-Terminator. Debris went flying everywhere as bits came off from X-Terminator. They got totally mangled and battered and then their disc stopped working. Then Typhoon shattered one of the bullet proof arena side walls just like glass and an emergency cease had to be called for safety reasons. This was very dangerous and safety is always number one priority. After the arena was repaired, the battle resumed with the remaining time left to fight. The judges allowed Typhoon to spin up to the speed they were at when the previous battle had to be called to a halt. It didn't take long because after one bash of Typhoon against their opponent, X-Terminator were immobilised. The house robots were then very nice by not giving X-Terminator any more damage and they just sent the battered robot down the pit as Typhoon 2 go spinning through.

Third and Fourth Place Playoff: Tornado Vs X-Terminator

This battle is where the two losing robots from the previous two battles fight to determine who is 3rd and 4th seed.

X-Terminator were at an immediate disadvantage because of all the damage they suffered from in their last battle. They did manage to fix most things, but didn't have time to repair everything.

Tornado didn't receive much damage at all from the spinning disc of X-Terminator who were pushed around the arena being bashed into walls receiving damage from both house robots and from the power of Tornado's pushing ability and speed impacting them into the arena walls. X-Terminator were eventually immobilised and were counted out.

Tornado then tried to push them into the pit but failed because they couldn't get any traction on the arena floor because their wheels were covered in hydraulic fluid which had leaked everywhere from clumsy old Sir Killalot. Tornado won the battle and they are 3rd and X-Terminator place fourth.

+++ The GRAND FINAL: Storm II Vs Typhoon 2 +++

This is the GRAND FINAL battle where the winning robots from the first two battles of this show fight and the winner of this is declared 7th Wars UK GRAND CHAMPION. They win money, a trophy and a lot of fame!

This was real intense, adrenaline pumping and edge of the seat stuff.

Typhoon spun up and went in for the kill but they just glanced off the amazing armour of the Storm machine. They just reflected off causing no damage. Typhoon then ran away to give themselves time to spin up to speed as Storm 2 gave chase, being the more aggressive robot. Storm 2 then lifted Typhoon and pushed them around for a bit as the clearly very excited Jayne Middlemiss watched from the edge of the arena shouting to the robots, cheering and putting her hands over her mouth. Everyone was enjoying it. Typhoon were not flipped over and managed to get away to spin up to full gyroscopic speed once more but then they hit one of the arena side walls which shattered again and cease had to be called. The arena was being wrecked and it wasn't safe to continue. While the arena was being repaired, Jayne talked to the judges who said, "Storm 2 are slightly more ahead but it could still go either way."

The battle resumed with the time remaining left and Typhoon being allowed to spin up to full speed again like before. Storm 2 pushed Typhoon around. Typhoon did manage to cause some damage to Storm by ripping off one of their front body panels and causing some debris on the arena floor.

Time ran out and still neither one of the robots could finish off the other. It went to the judges who looked very nervous. They inspected both of the robots very closely assessing all the damage sustained.

Storm 2 won on control and aggression. Typhoon 2 won on style and damage. In the judges points scoring system, damage carries the most points and is the most important and this helped them to decide. It was going to be a very controversial decision. The audience seemed to think Storm 2 had won it. Ooooooo, so very tense. I could hardly breath while waiting for the decision to come through. It went on Typhoon's side and they won the decision, the battle and the Seventh Wars. Typhoon 2 are the new UK supreme champions! They are first place and Storm 2 win second. The Storm team looked very gutted. Typhoon 2 were ecstatic. The beautiful Jayne Middlemiss then came on to award the Typhoon team with their trophy. They also win £5,000 in cash. They are the Seventh Wars grand champions!

"There's a new terror in the war zone. So cue the applause. We've got a brand new champion, on Robot Wars!" Craig Charles together with Jayne Middlemiss

Six robots fight together and one will be knocked out. Six down to five, then five down to four until only one is left - the annihilator champion!

*Fight 1*
Raging Knightmare Vs Robochicken Vs Ewe 2 Vs Kan-Opener Vs Ripper Vs Vs Flippa	Robochicken counted out and they are the first to go out. They were flipped over and couldn't self right.
*Fight 2*
Raging Knightmare Vs Ewe 2 Vs Kan-Opener Vs Ripper	The American robot Flippa never made it into the arena because it was suffereing from severe technical and electrical problems so Flippa goes out. In this battle, Ewe 2 were flipped on to their side and couldn't get back the right way up and was counted out. Raging Knightmare were saved by the skin of their teeth because they were being pushed into the pit as Refbot was counting Ewe 2 out and if Raging Knightmare had gone into the pit before Refbot finished his count, they would have gone out instead of Ewe 2! Ooo, so close!
*Fight 3*
Raging Knightmare Vs Kan-Opener Vs Ripper	Six down to three. Kan-Opener, the reigning Annihilator champions ganged up with Ripper against Raging Knightmare. Two against one, not fair. Life is never fair especially, Robot Wars! The Knightmare had no chance against this terrible team work. Ripper opened the pit and Kan-Opener pushed Raging Knightmare into it!
*Fight 4*
Kan-Opener Vs Ripper	No alliances in the final. It started off a good fight with high expectations but Ripper developed a fault. They lost drive and couldn't move forward. They were stuck, spinning in once spot and were counted out by Refbot. Kan-Opener was smoking at the end of the fight, but they are the victors.

Annihilator Champion:	Kan-Opener (for second time in a row)

The special event in this show was the house robot rebellion. Two robots are brave (or foolish) enough to take on the house robots. House robots Vs competitor robots? Hmmm, who do you think? Well actually, after seeing this battle, I'd say that the competitor robots won.

"Six robots came through the war zone doors but only one survived on Robot Wars!" Craig Charles

Robots from across the globe fight in this international contest to see who will be crowned Robot Wars WORLD champion!

Well, I sat down with my beer to watch the show, the last show in the series and quite possibly the last ever Robot Wars because it is very doubtful that they will make any more series of this great show.

Round 1 - Four three-way melees where only one robot goes through to the World Championship Semi-Finals.

Fight 1

Spartacus (USA) Vs Hard (Belgium) Vs Supernova (Sri Lanka)

Lots of damage to Spartacus from Supernova's spinning disc which ripped sides off from the USA machine and caused massive dents. Hard were immobilised and were counted out. Spartacus' spinning disc stopped working and then they were only working on one wheel and turning in circles. Supernova then became stuck and stopped moving. Refbot began to count out Supernova but they started moving and the count had to be stopped but then Supernova stopped moving. Meanwhile, Hard was placed on to the drop zone by Dead Metal. Refbot then counted out Spartacus who had not moved for a long time.

Winner: Supernova

Fight 2

Pulverizer (The Netherlands) Vs Snake Bite (Switzerland) Vs Crushtacean (South Africa)

Crushtacean hit the pit release and tried to push Pulverizer into the pit. Snake Bite never started moving, it just conked out and were counted out. The house robots then had their fun on it. Crushtacean kept on battering Pulverizer by ramming it into the arena wall. Snake Bite then started moving but it was too late because they had already been counted out. Crushtacean was still being extremely aggressive on Pulverizer. Snake Bite started attacking the other competing robots and Dead Metal had to stop them fighting, they had already been beaten! In the end, the judges went for Crushtacean leaving the Elvis dressed team of Pulverizer to leave the building!

Winner: Crushtacean

Fight 3

Ansgar 3 (Germany) Vs Storm II (United Kingdom) Vs Tornado (UK)

The UK teams took on the German machine, pushing it around and slamming the walker into the side walls. Ansgar then got stuck on the flame pit and internal workings got fried. Then, Storm pushed Tornado around. Then Tornado pushed Storm around. Torando pushed Storm who were pushing Ansgar who went into the pit. Storm 2 and Tornado were fighting each other now, pushing each other around the arena and bashing each into the side walls. It was a tough decision for the judges and in the end they went for Storm II.

Winner: Storm II

Fight 4

Typhoon 2 (UK) Vs Tough As Nails (Holland) Vs RawBot (Sweden)

First out were the UK Seventh Wars Grand Champions, Typhoon 2 because of technical problems so they withdrew before they got into the arena. So two robots left. Tough As Nail attacked Rawbot. The pit was opened and the Dutch robot attempted to push the Swiss machine down it and after a few tries, they do so. Tough As Nails goes though after this short fight.

Winner: Tough As Nails

Semi-Finals - The winning robots from Round 1 fight one on one and the winners go into the grand final.

Fight 1

Crushtacean Vs Supernova

Spinner Vs claws. The crab-like, Crushtacean, drove straight into the spinning disc of Supernova hoping to grab it before Supernova got a chance to spin up but the disc bashed Crushtacean which caused fatal damage to the South African robot. It could only move in circles. The Supernova then bashed their opponent for a second time which completely knocked it out and they were dead. Then it was time to see the crab fly on the arena flipper!

Winner: Supernova

Fight 2

Tough As Nails Vs Storm II

Storm 2 drove straight into the clutches of Tough As Nails. Storm's awesome power was able to push the Dutch machine around the arena. Tough As Nails were slammed into the arena side walls with great force. This caused one of their tyres to fall off. Te storm is too strong and it was blowing Tough As Nails around the arena with gale force power as Jonathan Pearce put it. Storm 2 then managed to push Tough As Nails into the pit but it was a close one because Storm 2 were very close to dropping in to it themselves but Tough As Nails went over and it was al over for the Dutch.

Winner: Storm II

The World Championship Grand Final - The Titanium Titans go into battle to determine the most feared robot on the planet!

Supernova (Sri Lanka) Vs Storm II (United Kingdom)

Storm 2 got in first. They got underneath Supernova then pushed it around the arena. The disc of Supernova caused no damage to the Storm, just a few sparks, that's all. Storm 2 pushed Supernova into the arena side wall lifting them and Supernova were on their side balanced on the arena wall and couldn't self right. Their disc was churning up the floor so typical old Refbot comes in and self-rights them. In the mean time, Shunt had pushed Storm 2 onto the grinders and they were on their side and couldn't self right. They finally managed to get down and started attacking Supernova again. Time then ran out as "Cease" was called. The judges said that Refbot should not have interfered and self righted Supernova. They also said Supernova were unable to move for longer than the period necessary to deem a robot "immobilised" and therefore and rightly so went for Storm 2. Storm II, the new World Champions were then awarded their trophy from Jayne Middlemiss.

WORLD CHAMPION: STORM II (UNITED KINGDOM)

"They came from all round the globe to fight for the cause and now we've got a new world champ on ROBOT WARS!" Craig Charles and Jayne Middlemiss

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