Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 used metal spiders to take over the mainframe of Platform One. (TV: The End of the World [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
In an interview hosted by Mickey on his website in early 2006, Henry Van Statten stated that "as fun as configuring mainframes [was]", he claimed to have a child-like interest in aliens. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)