The Best Scifi Doctors and Scientists
Video Snapshot: Star Trek: TOS – Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
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Apple’s iPhone is evolving into a fusion of the Starfleet Communicator and Starfleet Tricorder.
The Regulation Starfleet Klingon Language Suite is now available for the iPhone.
Standard issue for cadets at Starfleet academy, the Klingon language suite is an integral part of any officer’s electronic reference library and has even been adopted by the Klingon fleet for use by officers interacting with Federation forces.
The Emergencies section can help you save a life!
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Dr. Helen Bryce is able to draw blood from a weakened Superman after he was exposed to meteor-irradiated spores. [Season 2, episode 16 of Smallville].
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Frankenstein (1931)
Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) pieces together a creature using human body parts and revives it using electricity.
Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan) is his old medical professor.
Video: Frankenstein movie trailer
Posted in Movie.
RoboCop (1987)
Detroit policeman Alex J. Murphy (Peter Weller) is killed in the line of duty and and his body is used to create a half-human, half-robot cyborg called RoboCop.
Video: RoboCop movie trailer
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The Andromeda Strain movie (1971) is based on the 1969 novel by Michael Crichton.
Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Dr. Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Dr. Mark Hall (James Olson) and Dr. Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid) investigate a deadly disease caused by an alien organism. They must discover why an infant and an alcoholic man are unaffected before the disease threatens all life on Earth.
The Andromeda strain virus causes death by coagulating the blood and it has the ability to mutate.
Video: The Andromeda Strain – a research monkey is exposed to the virus…
Comment: If an infectious organism in a population is 100% lethal then it will kill itself off unless it mutates into a less virulent form.
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The Dead Zone (1983) movie is based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel and it is in the horror-suspense genre.
Johnny has visions of the past and future after an accidental brain injury activates the dormant “dead zone” in his brain.
Video: Dead Zone movie clip
Dr. Weizak wants to treat Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken)
The Dead Zone TV series (2002 to 2007) starring Anthony Michael Hall is a sci-fi show.
Video: Dead Zone Extended 2 minute Intro
Does the human brain have a hidden untapped potential for greater mental abilities?
Dr. Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) is the Scottish chief medical doctor on Stargate Atlantis.
Video SnapShot: That’s My Ass, Isn’t It! – Dr. Carson Beckett with Dr. Weir and Dr. McCay.
“You have an arrow, Rodney, in your gluteus maximus.”
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Posted in Medical Doctor.
The Dune novel was written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965.
The movie Dune (1984) was written and directed by David Lynch.
This version strays from the novel’s story and has been criticized for its weirdness.
Suk Imperial Conditioning was used to train Dr. Wellington Yueh so that he could be trusted to treat his ruler.
Dr. Wellington Yueh (Dean Stockwell) is seen with Dr. Liet-Kines in this deleted scene.
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Cocoon (1985)
Aliens in human form come to Earth in an attempt to recover underwater cocoons. These cocoons of extraterrestrial origin end up rejuvenating old people going for a swim.
Video: Cocoon movie trailer
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Dr. Leonard H. McCoy is chief medical officer on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk.
I’m a doctor! and the McCoyism collection.
Episode – The Devil In The Dark
“I’m a doctor, not a …. bricklayer!”
Comments:
Lyrics of tribute song by S.P.O.C.K.
Senior ship’s surgeon since ‘66
Multitalented, knows all the tricks
Been almost everywhere in the galaxy
Traveled time and changed history
Has a running feud with a green-blooded man
Takes every opportunity to argue if he can
He’s one of a kind, says what’s on his mind
You might think he’s complaining when you here him sayingHe’s a doctor – not an escalator
He’s a doctor – not a bricklayer
He’s a doctor – not a shuttle-conductor
And everybody knows him as Dr McCoy
He’s a doctor – not an engineer
He’s a doctor – and not a magician
He’s a doctor – not a psychiatrist
And you know that I’m talking about Dr McCoyDoesn’t like transporters at all
Prefers a shuttle if possible
Suffered once from Xenopolycytemia
Married twice, has a daughter, Joanna
Charged with murder of Klingon Chancellor
Managed to escape with a fellow officer
Doesn’t make house calls, had a katra in his head
Cures a rainy day and wakes up the dead
He’s a doctor – not an escalator…
See the new Doctor McCoy in this trailer for the Star Trek 2009 movie; I’m Leonard McCoy.
Sticky post. Updated 2009/03/28.
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Posted in Medical Doctor.
Video – Bullet-Time from The Matrix (Copyright Warner Bros.)
Capturing the Action: Bullet-Time Photography.
Super slow motion would be relied on heavily in the stylization of the action scenes in “The Matrix,” but certain moments in the script called for something special. These scenes required dynamic camera movement around slow-motion events that approached 12,000 frames per second. The Wachowskis called it “bullet-time photography.”
In The Matrix, hero Neo wins his battles when time slows in the simulated world. In the real world, accident victims often report a similar slowing as they slide unavoidably into disaster. But can humans really experience events in slow motion?
Laboratory for Perception and Action.
The long range goal of our lab is to understand how the brain constructs perception, how different brains do so differently, and how this matters for society. Our three main prongs involve time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw.
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Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) is a sentient chimpanzee in Planet of the Apes (1968), where humans are the animals. She is an animal psychologist and veterinarian. She formulated the theory of the evolution of apes from man.
PLANET OF THE APES – Trailer (1968)
Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) is a compassionate vampire in Twilight (2008).
Video SnapShot: Doctor, Doctor – Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Comments:
He is a 300 year-old vegetarian.
“A lot of the nurses at the hospital have a hard time concentrating on their work with him around.”
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Dr. Sherman Cottle (Donnelly Rhodes) is the Battlestar Galactica’s chief medical officer. He is portrayed as a heavy smoker.
From Battlestar Galactica (2004):
Doctor Cottle: You are obviously an intelligent, well-educated young woman. Would you mind explaining to me why you waited five years in-between breast exams?
President Laura Roslin: Yes, I would mind. It’s none of your business. I was busy.
Doctor Cottle: And now here you are. [lighting a cigarette]
President Laura Roslin: Yes, here we are…would you mind? [indicating displeasure at his smoking]
Doctor Cottle: I do, actually. [continuing to smoke]
Video SnapShot: Under Pressure
Comments:
“You’ve done much more than that. You’ve taken a patient who should’ve died years ago, and you’ve given her a chance. Despite cancer and the Cylons, and her own obstinate nature…You have my heartfelt gratitude and my thanks.”
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Posted in Medical Doctor.
Dr. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is an FBI agent in The X-Files.
In The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), she is a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Is she a pediatric surgeon too?
Comments:
She can’t die!
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Posted in Medical Doctor, TV.
A real doctor in outer space…
Robert Thirsk — doctor to the stars – Parkhurst Exchange.
The first Canadian to live in outer space will be a physician… on bisphosphonates.
This month, Dr. Robert Thirsk will begin a six-month stay on the International Space Station when he takes off on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on May 27.
Dr. Robert Thirsk – Canadian Space Agency.
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And now for some satire…
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
Long time fans of the Star Trek franchise say JJ Abrams’ enjoyable, engaging prequal betrays what Star Trek is all about.
I just want to know…where was nurse Chapel?
Over at Metacritic.com the score is 84/100.
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The alien Dr. Zoidberg is a staff doctor at the Futurama Planet Express.
Comments:
“Although he claims expertise in human medicine, particularly internal medicine, his knowledge of human anatomy and physiology is negligible.”
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“Weird Science” One Size Fits All (1994)
Lisa gives Wyatt a muscle suit that gives him big muscles.
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