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Played by Aidan Cook, Voiced by Nicholas Briggs
“++ HOT METAL +++ DOCTOR +”
| First Regular Appearance |
| The Giggle |
Vlinkstatic X-Form Robo-Neuro-Actoform Designation Number 5576, better known as 'The Vlinx', is a recent addition to the UNIT staff. Unlike its colleagues, the Vlinx is a robot and, seemingly, one from another world. Wired into the UNIT ops room, it’s rumoured that the Vlinx joined UNIT after it was salvaged from a crashed spaceship. It can also fire lasers from its eyes!
Character Bio
When the Fourteenth Doctor arrived at UNIT Tower to help defend the Earth against the Toymaker, he was greeted by the Vlinx, a previously unseen member of the UNIT Team. With the ability to scan and diagnose pretty much anything, the Vlinx proved its mettle by inventing the Zeedex, a device that nullified the rage-inducing effect of the Toymaker’s Giggle.
The Vlinx later teamed-up with the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday when they dropped in to UNIT to investigate a mysterious woman who had been popping up across their recent adventures. Sadly, not even a hot metal upgrade could save the Vlinx from Sutekh’s dust of death and, seemingly, it died defending UNIT. However, the robot was resurrected when the Doctor defeated Sutekh. The Vlinx then helped reunite Ruby with her birth mother by retrieving her DNA.
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Actor information
Aidan Cook made his Doctor Who debut as the Mummy in 2013’s The Rings of Akhaten. Since then, he has played the Crooked Man (Hide) as well as Cybermen and Zygons in numerous stories since then. He is also known for playing a variety of alien creatures in various Star Wars media since 2015.
Nicholas Briggs is perhaps best known as the voice of the Daleks, Cybermen, Judoon, as well as a whole host of other creatures across Doctor Who and its spinoffs since 2005. He also appeared in an onscreen role as Deputy Prime Minister Rick Yates in 2009’s Torchwood: Children of Earth.