Mission: 2110
Mission: 2110 is a UK sci-fi themed TV game show for children, starring Stuart Goldsmith and Lindsay Duncan. The first series aired on CBBC during summer 2010 with the second series running October–December of the same year. The show is set in the year 2110, where mankind is all but extinct and earth has been taken over by an armada of robots known as the Roboidz. Caleb (Stuart Goldsmith), the last human alive, enlists the help of children from 100 years ago to help fight back against the Roboidz. The recruits compete in various physical and  mental challenges and the winner is declared the "Ultimate Recruit". Setting. In 2030, scientists Laura Gant and Simon Lansing created the Roboidz – robot machines intended for the benefit of mankind, both on and beyond. However, the Roboidz ultimately ended up turning evil after a revolt in Gamma FI4, lead by the Roboid leader Arkon, and returned to Earth with the intent of destroying mankind. In the resulting war of 2067, mankind was all but wiped out after an army of a million human soldiers all fell in battle. In the year 2110, Caleb (as far as he knows) is the  only survivor of the war and the last human alive. He is part human, part machine and has no memory of his past life. He is the only hope for humanity so he enlists the help of young recruits from 100 years in the past (2010), training them to battle the Roboidz and become the ultimate recruit to help rid the world of the Roboidz and their leader Neuros. Along the way, Caleb attempts find out about his past, the origins of the Roboidz and also desperately tries to make contact with any potential fellow survivors of the war. He  often consults his only other ally Cybele, an AI that knows about some of Caleb's past and the Roboidz, for answers, with Cybele often having to tell Caleb to instead focus on his mission. It's eventually revealed that Cybele is the consciousness of Laura Gant, Caleb's mother and co-creator of the Robiodz, and it's heavily hinted that Neuros is the brain of Laura, thus being Caleb's true mother. At the end of series 1, Caleb seemingly succeeds in stopping the Roboidz by defeating the Roboidz Arkon, but it's shown post-credits that he  survived and re-powered up the Roboidz. The series 2 finale had Caleb come face to face with Neuros for the first time. Enraged over her suggestion that she is his true mother, Caleb smashes her on the ground, seemingly killing her, though the post-credit sequence suggested that she may be still alive. Format. The episodes all have the same format. The same group of recruits are present for three episodes, during which they are gradually reduced to one. The same challenges are undertaken by all 16 recruits. When the four elite recruits have been found they undertake four  more harder and different challenges across just one day. After the second and third challenges, two recruits are transported home. The remaining two recruits then face the final challenge in N-Lab, 'The Neuros Web'. Whoever wins the challenge is the crowned the ultimate recruit while the loser is vaporised. The ultimate recruit is then transported home. Award nominations. In August 2010, "Mission 2110" was nominated for a Royal Television Society award for special effects, but lost to "Misfits".