Satan's Robot
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 Satan's Robot | |
| Species: | Hologram |
| Appearance: | Robot |
| Holoprogram: | The Adventures of Captain Proton |
| Creator: | Tom Paris |
| Occupation: | Minion |
| Played by: | Tarik Ergin |
Satan's Robot is a fictional character in the holographic sci-fi serials The Adventures of Captain Proton, written by Tom Paris. Characters and events in the holonovel are inspired by 1950s American culture, and the robot is typical of the period. It was part of Doctor Chaotica's evil forces, described by Chaotica as "the most evil force in the galaxy." The final chapter of the program was entitled "Satan's Robot Conquers the World."
In early 2375, Tom Paris began playing the program aboard the USS Voyager. He invited Seven of Nine to take the part of Constance Goodheart, who was taken captive by Satan's Robot. Rather than go along with the program's story, Seven unceremoniously opened an access hatch on the robot and pulled out several electronic components, deactivating it. (VOY: "Night")
Later in that year, Voyager encountered several photonic lifeforms while trapped on a subspace sandbar. They interpreted the Captain Proton program as an actual environment, and Doctor Chaotica began to wage war on the lifeforms, who claimed they were from the "fifth dimension." Satan's Robot was damaged by the aliens, but repaired by Tom Paris and Tuvok. It told them of the conflict between Chaotica and the lifeforms, and tried to help the crew to stop Chaotica from using his holographic weaponry on the lifeforms and to free Voyager in the process. Paris, who was under stress due to the situation, swore that once he restore holodeck controls he was going to delete the robot. (VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!")
Satan's Robot was part of the Captain Proton simulation visited by Chakotay and Captain Janeway while Voyager was fractured into several different time periods. (VOY: "Shattered")
[edit] Background
The robot was included as part of the Virtual Voyager simulation in the Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force expansion pack and as a character model in the multiplayer scenario.
The holo-character is based on the Volkite robot which Republic Pictures would recycle for several film serials beginning with 1936's Undersea Kingdom, much like the character of Robby the Robot. The name assigned to it in The Adventures of Captain Proton is an historic reference to the 1940 picture Mysterious Doctor Satan therein referred to as Dr. Satan's Man of Steel (according to Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement by Jack Mathis this feature film was re-released to television in 1966 under the title Doctor Satan's Robot).