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[[Professor]] '''Jeremiah P. Kettlewell''', ([[PROSE]]: | [[Professor]] '''Jeremiah P. Kettlewell''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)}}) often called simply '''J. P. Kettlewell''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}) was a [[human]] scientist and member of the [[Scientific Reform Society]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Kettlewell specialised in [[robot]]ics. | Kettlewell specialised in [[robot]]ics. | ||
In [[November]] [[1969]], [[James Stevens]] interviewed | In [[November]] [[1969]], [[James Stevens]] interviewed Kettlewell for the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. Stevens believed that people thought that Kettlewell was a mad scientist because he looked just like one. However, he considered him to be "a fascinating speaker, once he got over his own nervousness". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | ||
[[Tobias Vaughn]] funded Kettlewell's research into robotics. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Tobias Vaughn]] funded Kettlewell's research into robotics. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}) | ||
Kettlewell created a robot called "[[K1|Experimental Prototype Robot K1]]". He was affiliated with the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]], but at some point he turned against conventional science and left the institute to work on | Kettlewell created a robot called "[[K1|Experimental Prototype Robot K1]]". He was affiliated with the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]], but at some point he turned against conventional science and left the institute to work on an alternative energy facility. He allied himself with [[Hilda Winters]] in order to have K1 made more powerful. However, he later changed his mind and was killed by the [[disintegrator gun]] wielded by his creation. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}) | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Kettlewell did not file the [[patent]]s for K1's [[CPU]], which was modelled on human neural pathways, or the living metal from which the robot was constructed prior to his death. His direct descendants included a [[27th century]] failed writer and historian named [[Ethan Kalwell]] and his daughter [[Elise Kalwell|Elise]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | Kettlewell did not file the [[patent]]s for K1's [[CPU]], which was modelled on human neural pathways, or the living metal from which the robot was constructed prior to his death. His direct descendants included a [[27th century]] failed writer and historian named [[Ethan Kalwell]] and his daughter [[Elise Kalwell|Elise]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)}}) | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
Kettlewell was short, tubby and bewhiskered. ([[PROSE]]: | Kettlewell was short, tubby and bewhiskered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)}}) | ||
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