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'''Replicant''' is a generalized term which refers more to the original Kapek visualization than the current accepted nomenclature. As in ''[[Blade Runner]]'', "replicant" will often reference a bio-mechanical, or engineered biologic, creature designed to carry out the same tasks as a conventional robot. This harkens back to [[R.U.R.]], where the robots created by Rossum's company were of biologic origins. | |||
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|''_android_ (an'droid) n, Gk. humanoid automation. more at robot./ 1. early version utilized for work too boring, dangerous or unpleasant for humans. 2. second generation bio-engineered. Electronic relay units and positronic brains. Used in space to explore inhospitable environments. 3. third generation synthogenetic. REPLICANT, constructed of skin/flesh culture. Selected enogenic transfer conversion. Capable of self perpetuating thought. Paraphysical abilities. Developed for emigration program.<br> | |||
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Quoted from ''Blade Runner'' by David Webb Peoples & Hampton Fancher (1982) | |||
==Female replicants in fiction== | |||
*Blade Runner | |||
**Pris | |||
**Zhora | |||
**Rachael | |||
*Battlestar Galactica | |||
**Number Six | |||
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Revision as of 01:31, 29 June 2009
Replicant is a generalized term which refers more to the original Kapek visualization than the current accepted nomenclature. As in Blade Runner, "replicant" will often reference a bio-mechanical, or engineered biologic, creature designed to carry out the same tasks as a conventional robot. This harkens back to R.U.R., where the robots created by Rossum's company were of biologic origins.
Definition
_android_ (an'droid) n, Gk. humanoid automation. more at robot./ 1. early version utilized for work too boring, dangerous or unpleasant for humans. 2. second generation bio-engineered. Electronic relay units and positronic brains. Used in space to explore inhospitable environments. 3. third generation synthogenetic. REPLICANT, constructed of skin/flesh culture. Selected enogenic transfer conversion. Capable of self perpetuating thought. Paraphysical abilities. Developed for emigration program.
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Quoted from Blade Runner by David Webb Peoples & Hampton Fancher (1982)
Female replicants in fiction
- Blade Runner
- Pris
- Zhora
- Rachael
- Battlestar Galactica
- Number Six
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