As a supercomputer constructed by leading 'Tomorrow Person' John (Nicholas Young), with the help of the Galactic Federation, TIM has the role of assisting the homo superiors in this fight from their secret base — appropriately called the 'lab' — in a disused tunnel of the London Underground.

Does he get drunk much?

The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

Consider the wagging tail, the most basic semaphore in dog/human communication.