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Series: Alien
Original release / air date: 22 June 1979
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country / region: United Kingdom; United States
Original language: English
Production company / studio: 20th Century Fox; Brandywine Productions
Distributor / platform: 20th Century Fox
Artificial character(s): Ash
Performer(s): Ian Holm
ASFR type: Built
Character type: Android

Overview

The commercial starship Nostromo responds to an unknown signal and brings a deadly alien organism aboard. As the surviving crew try to escape, science officer Ash is revealed to be a secret android installed by the company to protect the mission and ensure the organism is returned for study.

ASFR Content

Ash is one of cinema's classic hidden-android reveals. He appears completely human until Parker strikes him during his attack on Ripley, causing Ash to malfunction and exposing white synthetic fluid and mechanical components. His head is knocked off and later reconnected to power so the crew can interrogate the still-functioning android about his orders.

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Scene 1
Key ASFR scene

Ash malfunctions and is revealed as an android

Parker attacks Ash while he is attempting to kill Ripley. Repeated blows make the apparently human science officer malfunction, spraying white artificial fluid and exposing his synthetic nature.

Character(s): Ash
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Ash is decapitated but remains active

A second heavy blow knocks Ash's head from his body. Even after decapitation the synthetic continues moving until the crew disables him.

Character(s): Ash
Scene 3
Key ASFR scene

Ash's severed head is reactivated

The crew reconnects power to Ash's severed head so that the android can explain the company's orders and what he knows about the alien organism.

Character(s): Ash

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