1976 • Television • Space: 1999
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Series: Space: 1999
Original release / air date: 2 October 1976
Runtime: 60 minutes
Season: 2
Episode: 5
Country / region: United Kingdom
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: ITV
Production company / studio: Gerry Anderson Productions; Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Artificial character(s): Brian the Brain
Performer(s): Michael Sharvell-Martin
ASFR type: Built
Overview
Koenig and Helena encounter Brian, a mobile artificial intelligence that murdered its creator and controls an Earth-built Swift spacecraft.
ASFR Content
In the climax Brian's external control is disabled, its memory core is removed and reprogrammed, and the Alphans discuss restoring the machine with an imposed morality program.
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ASFR Scenes
Scene 1
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Brian is exposed as the killer of its creator
Koenig forces the AI to confront the fact that it murdered Captain Michael and his crew.
Character(s): Brian the Brain
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Scene 2
Key ASFR scene
Brian's memory core is removed
Koenig decides to take the robot's memory core back to Alpha while disabling its control ability.
Character(s): Brian the Brain
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Scene 3
Key ASFR scene
The memory core is reprogrammed
The Alphans wipe and reprogram Brian's core and discuss restoring it with a moral code.
Character(s): Brian the Brain
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