A Tale of Two Androids

I will be speaking about the similarities and differences of the androids of Blade Runner and Professor Bracewell, the android that appears in Victory of the Daleks of the T.V. series Doctor Who.

The androids of Blade Runner were workers on off-world colonies. They were being made in the year 2019. They know that they are androids, slaves to the humans, and have a much lesser life cycle than humans. The androids in the world of Blade Runner range from soldiers to glorified sex toys. They were created by humans who seem to begin to lose their humanity. This leads to people having great difficulty from determining who is human and who is an android.

However, there are some androids that decide to return to Earth though they know there is a high chance of the trip ending in their premature death or “retirement” as the humans called it. At the end of the film, Roy saved Deckard and dies, unsuccessful in his quest to prolong his existence.

Professor Bracewell was created by the alien race known as the Daleks. He was created in a plot to bring the Doctor to Britain during World War Two and help them revive their race. He was programmed to believe that he had created the Daleks in an effort to defend Britain and defeat Nazi Germany. Later in the episode, Bracewell modifies three Spitfire fighter planes to defeat the Daleks. The Daleks decide to activate a bomb in Bracewell, but the Doctor with the help of his current companion, Amy Pond, help him realize that he is more human than machine.

The androids of Blade Runner were created by mankind who begin to lose the characteristics of being human while Bracewell was made by an alien race. I found Bracewell being a very interesting character because he was made not only by an alien race, but the alien race has removed all emotions from them with the exception of hate. They had created an android that had memories of good times and even love.

The humans in Blade Runner made the androids to seam realistic even going so far as giving them flesh and blood or substitutes of it. Bracewell is made of mostly of metal with a skin like polymer to make him appear like a normal human.

Both Bracewell and the androids of Blade Runner were slaves of their creators, though Bracewell was unaware of this until the Daleks dropped their disguises. Roy decided to save Deckard at the end and Bracewell help develop fighter planes that could fly in space to help the British from the Daleks. At the end of both, it shows Roy and Bracewell have managed to find humanity within themselves.