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Best sci-fi character of all time

  • 26-05-2020 9:02pm
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    Archeron
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    So who would you nominate as the best sci-fi character of all time and why? From Dr Who to Dr zoidberg and anybody in between? I guess a lot of favorites will be potentially not well known but would be good to get to know some of the favorite characters. TV, cartoons, comics, games, whatever you're having yourself.

    For me, a possibly not well known one, but Pree from red dwarrf series ten. Cold, calculated, oddly attractive but logical to a complete fault. Brilliant character and she didn't once blink! She created a great storyline.

    Who's your favourite?


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  • #2
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Buzz lightyear


  • #3
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Rick Sanchez (the one from dimension C-137, NOT Doofus Rick who eats poop).


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    Central Services
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Central Services


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    [Deleted User]
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    Mr. Spock. A fount of knowledge.


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    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,844 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Spock. Because his character is so tied up into scifi setting.

    Kirk is a great character but he could be a hero on earth or space.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #7
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    Sci-fi is a huge genre but a few characters off the top of my head:

    Aiken Drum - The Saga of the Exiles
    James Bolivar DiGriz - The Stainless Steel Rat
    Adam Reith - Planet of Adventure
    Judge Dredd
    Louis Wu - Ringworld
    Han Solo - Star Wars


  • #8
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,844 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Also considered...
    Deckard from Bladerunner.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Ripley


  • #10
    Central Services
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    Angus Thermopyle.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Ming the Merciless, simple as.


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  • #12
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Darth Vadar


  • #13
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Han Solo.


  • #14
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,844 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    As it is scifi, thinking outside the box... the narrator in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #15
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Conall Cernach wrote: »
    Sci-fi is a huge genre but a few characters off the top of my head:

    Aiken Drum - The Saga of the Exiles
    James Bolivar DiGriz - The Stainless Steel Rat
    Adam Reith - Planet of Adventure
    Judge Dredd
    Louis Wu - Ringworld
    Han Solo - Star Wars




    Blake of Blakes Seven
    Avon of same
    Aiken Drumm of the Many Coloured Land
    Kirk and Spock of Star Trek


    Goebbels, Sir Richard Burton and lothar von ricthofen from the Riverworld books.


  • #16
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,276 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Raylee Loose Stockyard wrote: »
    Ming the Merciless, simple as.

    This is Sci-Fi characters, not politicians.

    Anyway:

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    Vader as a second place.


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    Lyan
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭Lyan


    Data from TNG. He has the sci-fi look by being an android, more character depth than most humans in the genre, and his rationality and lack of emotions brings an interesting viewpoint to many situations. He is quirkier, funnier, and more likable than the Vulcans, including Spock (and ironically less robotic and boring).


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    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    The terminator, the first one


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    TuringBot47
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    G'Kar, Londo, Kosh, Bester (who also played Chekov in original star Trek) from Babylon 5 so many from B5

    Picard from Star Trek next gen

    Garek and Dukat from Star Trek Ds9

    Avon from Blake's 7


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    KHAN!!!!!


  • #21
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    The Martians from mars attack


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    [Deleted User]
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    Chiark-Gevantsa Jernau Morat Gurgeh dam Hassease from Iain M Banks’ The Player of Games


  • #23
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mod:

    Folks I think this might get more traction in the TV forum. Thread moved and just a reminder to read the charter here before posting.


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    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,731 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Central Services wrote: »
    Angus Thermopyle.

    with the involuntary upgrades, yeah, absolute badass! Pity he was a rapist though :D


  • #25
    Unearthly
    Registered Users Posts: 7,981 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Colonel Tigh - probably my favourite character from one of my favourite ever shows


  • #26
    arcticmonkeys
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭arcticmonkeys


    Don't know how popular Mass Effect is outside of the gaming world but Garrus Vakarian holds the top spot for me and probably Quark from Star Trek DS9.


  • #27
    Retro.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭Retro.


    Jesus


  • #28
    Troyaferd
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭Troyaferd


    Spike.


  • #29
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,954 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Mal Reynolds
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #30
    racersedge
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    John Crichton from Farscape.

    “I am not Kirk, Spock, Luke, Buck, Flash or Arthur frelling Dent. I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas.”

    While I’m at it, Scorpius from the same show. For myself when I was younger on the first watch, was the first real example of a multi layered villain in a show.


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  • #31
    Relikk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Relikk


    Central Services wrote: »
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    Scarlett Moffatt would be more suited to horror, IMO.


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