The film which is a science fiction film about robots in a post-apocalyptic world was released the same year as another science fiction film which is about a robot from a post-apocalyptic future whom travels back through time to kill a young woman - The Terminator (1984).
In Matthew Waterhouse's BBC science fiction TV series Doctor Who (1963) (TV Series), the title protagonist The Doctor (Played by Peter Davison) fought evil robots The Daleks and The Cybermen. In Matthew Waterhouse's final appearance in the series as The Doctor's companion Adric. Waterhouse's character is killed when a space freighter he is aboard, which has been hijacked by the Cybermen, crashes on prehistoric Earth.
Matthew Waterhouse's first acting job following his departure from Doctor Who (1963) (TV Series) and it was also his only feature film.