"Although one of the greatest computers in the Universe and able to count all the atoms in a star in a millisecond, it is just an abacus in comparison to Deep Thought, the second greatest computer in the Universe. Milliways, also known as The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, can only be visited practically by time travel, as it exists at the end of time and matter. Marvin the Paranoid Android is one character who manages to reach Milliways without the use of time travel, merely by being very patient. One of the restaurant's major attractions is that"
"currently resides in an apartment located over a gay bar in Astro City. This results in isolation from male admirers with romantic notions, which is perfectly fine with her – she was not designed to be anatomically correct, plus her skin is rigid ferrostyrene on an omnitanium frame. Over the course of her heroic career, she has been destroyed twice, once by the Living Nightmare, and once by The Silver Brain's sledgehamsters. Each time, she has been rebuilt. She is a friend of The Tourist. Beautie is a powerful android with a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence. She has a high"
"Awesome Android The Awesome Android (also briefly known as Awesome Andy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ""Fantastic Four"" #15 (June 1963) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has made appearances in Marvel titles for over four decades, and also appeared in Marvel-related products including animated television series and trading cards. The Awesome Android debuted in ""Fantastic Four"" #15 (June 1963) as the creation of the Mad Thinker, and ""since then,"
"near danger. WX-78 is an android that nonetheless needs to eat, sleep, and stay mentally stimulated, but does not become ill from spoiled food, can increase its maximum health, hunger, and sanity with gears (reset to the original maximum after dying and respawning; the corpse leaves behind a portion of the used ones), and takes damage from rain. WX-78 also attracts lightning, being made of conductible material, that makes it surrounded by a glow that gradually dies down as time passes, that refills health, and that lowers sanity. The game's antagonist is Maxwell. Maxwell is described as a puppet master"
"blasts of gale-force wind from its mouth. The Android is given one weakness by the Thinker: a collection of nerve ganglia underneath the left armpit that if struck will cause the Android to shut down. In the Ultimate Marvel imprint, a version of the character named Bobby Burchill appears in ""Ultimate Fantastic Four"". The character is the younger brother and slave of Rhona Burchill (the Ultimate Marvel version of Mad Thinker). In the last issue of ""JLA/Avengers"", the Awesome Android is among the enthralled villains defending Krona's stronghold, and is defeated by Superman. Awesome Android The Awesome Android (also briefly"
"PANIC on the dashboard display and carried amongst other items a copy of the novel and a towel. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of five books in the ""Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" comedy science fiction ""trilogy"" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams' radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the"
"David Learner David Francis Somerville Learner (born 23 August 1955 in Hammersmith, London) is a British actor who is best known for playing Marvin the Paranoid Android in ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" and Pickle in the CITV adventure game show ""Knightmare"". He studied at RADA alongside Alan Rickman and Trevor Eve and has appeared in numerous stage plays and radio productions. He played Marvin for two national tours of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy including the Rainbow Theatre in 1980 and at the opening of the Drum Theatre, Plymouth in 1982. He also appeared in the 1981"
"the automatons that were originally intended to serve humankind. However, the first android, BK-1, was struck by lightning and went out of control. Despite great efforts to stop it, BK-1 used its great strength to escape from the castle. After some time, it renamed itself Buraiking Boss (often mistranslated in English as ""Black King Boss""; the name is derived from 無頼 or ""burai,"" meaning ""rogue"" or ""brute,"" using the symbols for ""trust"" and ""nothing,"" but phonetically ""Bu Rai"" can mean ""Lightning Man"" or ""Lightning Warrior,"" so the name fits with his background). The Buraiking Boss then built a robot army"
"interrupted their alone time and stayed with them. That night, Sayaka's dog, Luey, hears a strange noise coming from outside which makes Sayaka to go search for Luey as he ran out of her bedroom. She found Linea, to her surprise, but Linea fainted. She takes her back to the research center. In her unconscious state, she has nightmares of people experimenting her. When she came to, she told Sayaka and Misuzu who she was and that she had no memory what so ever. They found out that she was an android and decided to keep her around for experimentation"
"tracks at 6:23. The unconventional structure was inspired by the Beatles' ""Happiness Is a Warm Gun"" and Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which also eschew a traditional verse-chorus-verse structure. Its musical style was also inspired by the music of the Pixies. The song was written by Yorke after an unpleasant night at a Los Angeles bar, where he saw a woman react violently after someone spilled a drink on her. Its title and lyrics are a reference to Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adams's ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" series. The use of electric keyboards in ""Subterranean Homesick Alien"" is"
"are overtaxed. Eventually, it finds its way to Earth, where temporary member Mister Fantastic devises a means of reversing the growing process, causing the android to shrink from sight. The Growing Man is found and reactivated by the subversive organization HYDRA. The leader of HYDRA, Baron Strucker, orders the android to attack New York as part of a ploy to destroy the formative team the Thunderbolts. The heroes manage to defeat the android and also activate a beacon in its circuitry that will warn the ancestors of the original aliens of Kang's coming. Kang discovers the android when attempting to"
"Zaphod Beeblebrox Zaphod Beeblebrox () is a fictional character in the various versions of the humorous science fiction story ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" by Douglas Adams. He is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a ""semi-half-cousin"" of Ford Prefect, with whom he ""shares three of the same mothers"". Because of ""an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine"", his direct ancestors from his father are also his direct descendants (see Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth). This character is described across all versions as having two heads and three arms, though explanations of how he"
"title. Revealed to be stored at Avengers Mansion, the android is found by the Fixer when a group of supervillains storm Avengers Mansion, overpowering and changing places with Fixer. The Adaptoid disguises himself as Fixer while the real Fixer was in the android's former confinement tube at Avengers Island. The Adaptoid then replicates Mentallo's powers. Uniting a team of artificial beings (Awesome Android, Machine Man, Sentry 459 and TESS-One), the Adaptoid directs them against the Avengers. While the heroes are distracted, the Adaptoid summons the entity Kubik to Earth, so that the character can copy the sentient's powers and become"
"Quicksilver was once missing and presumed dead. The origin of this version of the Zodiac is revealed in the second volume of the title ""West Coast Avengers"". Scorpio is resurrected in android form by the Zodiac Key once again, and summons the remainder of the human Zodiac to a meeting at which they are slaughtered by another android version of the entire group. Taurus escapes, and seeks the protection of the ""West Coast Avengers"", who have a series of skirmishes with the androids until the false Zodiac are transported to the Ankh dimension, where they are deactivated. Taurus, who had"
"hijacked by Norman, an android posing as a starfleet lieutenant. Norman seals off engineering and redirects the ship to an unknown planet, warning that any attempt to undo his tampering will destroy the ship. When the crew arrives at the planet, Captain Kirk discovers that Harry Mudd, an outlaw whom Kirk has encountered previously, is the ""ruler"" of the androids who populate the planet. Mudd, or ""Mudd the First"", as he calls himself, informs Kirk that he and the ""Enterprise"" crew can expect to spend the rest of their lives there. Mudd then recounts his recent adventures. Having broken out"
"talent and animal traits. Acquiring sentience, the Android rebels against the Thinker and seeks legal aid from law firm Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway (the firm that employs Jennifer Walters, the alter ego of heroine She-Hulk). The Android is legally emancipated from the Thinker, with a court recognizing the being as a male with a new name, ""Awesome Andy."" Andy becomes a general office worker for the firm; lacking speech, he communicates via hand-gestures, body language, and a message board around his neck. The board, originally depicted as a chalk board, was retconned into a digital display screen with a"
"developed, and the island Republic formed, isolating citizens completely from outside contact. All living on the island were consequently safe but not free. Adam Forde is the first to act against the extensive security measures. He spots a young girl in a small battered boat that narrowly avoids the explosives placed in the surrounding ocean and, in an act of compassion, rescues and protects her against assassination. He is consequently thrown in prison and is sentenced to participate in an experiment involving artificial intelligence developed by a respected leader of the Republic, Philosopher William. William wished that the android’s education"
"in a far corner of the universe by a wormhole, compares himself to characters from ""Star Trek"", characters from comics, Dorothy from ""The Wizard of Oz"", and finally to Arthur Dent. Arthur Dent Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character and the hapless protagonist of the comic science fiction series ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" by Douglas Adams. In the radio, LP and television versions of the story, Arthur is played by Simon Jones (not to be confused with Peter Jones, the voice of the Guide). In Ken Campbell's stage production from 1979, Chris Langham took the part. In"
"(an android powered by three animals instead of men) to aid in his revenge against the Maggia. He failed. When the Marauder next appeared, he had somehow become Big M, the leader of the Nefaria ""family"" of the Maggia. In battle with Spider-Man and Daredevil, he ""permanently"" blinded the web-slinger and threatened New York with his ""bombdroid"", a Tri-Man carrying a nuclear device. As a blinded Spider-Man succeeded in defusing the bomb, Daredevil defeated the Marauder. The Marauder, along with a number of low-level super-villains, was attending a viewing/funeral/bar room brawl for the Stilt-Man (killed by the Punisher), when the"
"line so they can communicate. At the end of the book, Homer, Jake's dog, drops the Pemalite crystal into the ocean. The android Erek King is named after an ""Animorphs"" fan who won an online competition to have their name used in an ""Animorphs"" book. The Android (novel) The Android is the tenth book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Marco. While sneaking into a concert in dog morph, Jake and Marco discover that they are unable to detect a smell from their friend Erek King, something impossible, as all living things smell (Marco"
"The Future Eve The Future Eve (also translated as Tomorrow's Eve and The Eve of the Future; ) is a symbolist science fiction novel by the French author Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Begun in 1878 and originally published in 1886, the novel is known for popularizing the term ""android"". Villiers opens the novel with his main character, a fictionalized Thomas Edison, contemplating the effects of his inventions on the world and the tragedy that they were not available until he invented them. Interrupted in his reverie, Edison receives a message from his friend Lord Ewald, who saved his life some"
"obsession with power and which the Solaric Empire fought and won a war against (the defeated machines were imprisoned in a vault on Kyros, the anomaly investigated earlier by the Challenger crew). He plans for his own security and future dominance over the mission by ensuring that the space ferry which he brings to and docks within the Challenger as personal transport is heavily armed. He also smuggles on board a fearsome warrior android called Fagor. Unknown to the crew, he strikes a deal with the Angels to share power over the Earth once it is found. However, the Angels"
"The Android's Dream The Android's Dream is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi. The title is a reference to Philip K. Dick's ""Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"". The story covers the journey of ex-soldier and State Department employee Harry Creek in his work to acquire a sheep of the Android's Dream breed for the coronation ceremony of an alien race known as the Nidu. The Nidu assert that unless a satisfactory sheep can be provided, the political and diplomatic fallout will cause the Nidu to declare war on Earth—a war Earth will lose badly. The genetically"
"The Android (novel) The Android is the tenth book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Marco. While sneaking into a concert in dog morph, Jake and Marco discover that they are unable to detect a smell from their friend Erek King, something impossible, as all living things smell (Marco describes Erek as a ""black hole of smell""). They then realize that he is also a member of The Sharing. When the Animorphs investigate further, they find out that he is really an android with a hologram projected around him, after he is hit by"
"the Estate. Following instructions in case of such an accident, the Sector Controller sends a message to the Reigners, the five people who rule the galaxy. In a wood, an amnesiac boy meets an android. The android, who is called Yam, tells him that his name is Hume, because he is a human. In a small village near London, a teenage girl, Ann Stavely, recovers from a serious fever. While ill, she talks with the four voices in her head: The King, The Prisoner, The Boy, and The Slave. Through her window, she witnesses some mysterious comings and goings at"
"by numerous hostile alien beings. Just before the collision, Conrad is visited by the android Mia, who asks him why he is against synthetics (the name for androids in the game) and saves him from a piece of debris, from the ghost ship, that pierces Conrad's room when the collision occurs. Mia then sends Conrad to restart the ""Leopold's"" engines to avert both ships from crashing into the unnamed planet below. Conrad discovers that the engines are too badly damaged and boards the ghost ship to attempt to restart its engines. He discovers that the ship is controlled by an"
"Trillian Featuring Sandra Dickinson as Trillian Featuring Zooey Deschanel as Trillian Trillian (character) Tricia Marie McMillan, also known as Trillian Astra, is a fictional character from Douglas Adams' series ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". She is most commonly referred to simply as ""Trillian"", a modification of her birth name, which she adopted because it sounded more ""space-like"". According to the movie version, her middle name is Marie. Physically, she is described as ""a slim, darkish humanoid, with long waves of black hair, a full mouth, an odd little knob of a nose and ridiculously brown eyes,"" looking ""vaguely Arabic."""
"but the computer will not let them do so. Again, the other three head off to the sauna, leaving Arthur to figure out how to fix this. This requires Arthur to reach Marvin the Paranoid Android's closet on the ship as to get the final tools needed to fix the computer and get it to land. The game ends as Arthur and the others are about to set foot on Magrathea. ""The Hitchhiker's Guide"" is a text adventure game, where the player, in the role of Arthur Dent, solves a number of puzzles to complete various objectives to win the"
"six Nexus-6 androids that violently went rogue after their creation by the Rosen Association and fled Mars for Earth. Deckard visits the Rosen headquarters in Seattle to confirm the validity of a question-and-answer empathy test: the typical method for identifying any androids posing as humans. Deckard is greeted by Rachael Rosen, who quickly fails his test. Rachael herself attempts to bribe Deckard into silence, but he verifies that she is indeed a Nexus-6 model used by Rosen to attempt to discredit the test. Deckard soon meets a Soviet police contact who turns out to be one of the Nexus-6 renegades"
"a wandering storyteller who encounters Ibis. He has the mindset that all robots are a threat to humanity and must be fought against for survival. He attacks the robot Ibis, not aware of who she is, as a result of his mindset. Ibis tells the storyteller that she is far more proficient in battle. During the battle the storyteller becomes injured and Ibis takes him to an android hospital to care for him. While he is recovering Ibis offers to tell him stories. While originally skeptical he agrees after Ibis makes it clear that the stories are not taboo. The"
"android version of the Zodiac later appeared, led by Scorpio in a new android body, massacred the human Zodiac, and took over their criminal operations. An android Sagittarius was a Life Model Decoy created by Scorpio (Jacob Fury) in his ""Theatre Of Genetics"" to be part of his Zodiac crime organization. Scorpio went after his brother, Nick Fury, with his new group, but was defeated by Defenders and Moon Knight. The androids Libra and Sagittarius employed costumed criminals posing as the Defenders to create chaos in New York City. The Zodiac LMD's were recruited by Quicksilver during his bout with"
"comedy also explores the Pygmalion syndrome and competing desires for autonomy and certainty. Idealistic young writer Adam Trainsmith meets Chandler Tate, a former director of classic comedies, who makes a living by directing a never-ending soap opera. The leading-role android makes a series of mistakes. Supporting role android JC-F31-333, spots his lapses and laughs. Later on, while Adam is watching old slapstick comedy, JC-F31-333 laughs again. She is afraid that the sense of humour is a production fault. Adam sees it as an advantage. He nicknames his favourite android Jacie and persuades Chandler that they should make a comedy for"
"can choose whether or not to shoot Markus during a speech. Kara, a housekeeper android for Todd Williams and his daughter Alice, escapes with her after he attacks them and leaves Kara a deviant. The two travel across Detroit, intending to make it to Canada, which has no specific laws involving androids and where they will be safe. Kara and Alice befriend another android named Luther along the way, who joins them on their journey. They seek the aid of an android sympathiser, who points them to Jericho to obtain passports. They get caught up in the attack there, which"