The Mummies encountered by the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith at the home of noted Egyptologist Marcus Scarman were, in fact, Osiran Service Robots. Chemically-impregnated protective wrappings covered a sturdy metal skeleton and basic circuitry. Their operator used a special ring to control them via a triangular crystal relay at the base of the spine.
When the ancient Egyptians witnessed these robots in action, it inspired them to embalm their dead as they looked like reanimated corpses.
The Mummies at Scarman's home were servants of the Osiran Sutekh, obeying his human puppet - Scarman himself. Their task was to seal off and guard the immediate area, then construct a missile which Sutekh intended be fired at a pyramid on the planet Mars. This housed the source of a forcefield which was keeping him immobilised on Earth. A single Mummy could kill with a blow from its arm, or strangle its victim, whilst a pair of the robots could co-ordinate to crush a man to death between them - as happened to the local poacher Ernie Clements.
One of the Mummies was destroyed by an electrical overload. The Doctor used the wrappings from it to disguise himself in order to plant explosives on the missile.
Sutekh's brother Horus had service robots of his own - distinguished by gold bands on their wrappings.
These were used to guard the pyramid and prevent Sutekh's escape.
Played by: Nick Burnell, Melvyn Bedford and Kevin Selway. Appearances: Pyramids of Mars (1975).
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