They are repair androids from the SS Madame de pompadour, in the story, The Girl in the Fireplace. The ship was caught in an ion storm, and in trying to repair the ship, they harvested the human crew ...
The Clockwork Robots were Androids that served the SS Madame de Pompadour. Their ship was damaged, so they stalked Madame de Pompadour through her life in attempt to kill her and use her brain to ...