A-Z

Abdul Ben-Hassan

Movie/Game/Character

Movie

A fez-hatted artificial/replicant snake manufacturer, identified by "XB71." He directs Deckard to the "Fourth Sector, Chinatown" to a nightclub named The Snake Pit, owned and run by Taffey Lewis. The dialogue between Abdul and Deckard is different between the Workprint and Final Release. For more information visit the BladeZone feature A Blade Runner Work Print companion.

The name of the actor who played Abdul-Ben Hassan was A. Ben Astar

Born: 15 June 1909, Palestine [now Israel]

Died: 20 October 1988, Tarzana, California, USA.

Game

Referred to as Hasan, he owns a shop in Animoid Row. This very defensive character is only found along Animoid Row's northeast corner.

Voice by Stephen Sorrentino.

Accelerated Decrepitude

Movie/Phrase

JF Sebastian's condition as described by Pris in the movie.

See: Methuselah Syndrome.

Ajax

Book

A model of lead codpiece.

See: Lead Codpiece

Android

Book

Wikipedia Definition: "An artificially created being that resembles a human being. The word derives from Greek Andr- 'man, human' and the suffix -eides used to mean 'of the species, kind, alike' (from eidos 'species')."

Prevalent in DADoES. Slang use of the term used in the book is "andy(s)". In original screenplay for the movie "android" was the term used, before changing it to "Replicant".

External References: http://www.androidworld.com/

Andy

Book

A slang use of the term "android" as used in the book DADoES.

See: Android

Animoid

Book/Movie/Game

Animal replicants were developed first for use as pets and beasts of burden after most real animals became extinct. Term not used in book, nor movie. In the book, they were referred to as "electric animals", "artificial animals", and "false-animals".

However, the term was used in an early version of the movie script (07/24/1980) describing JF Sebastian's (then J.R. Sebastian) apartment contents "...shelved along the walls and hung from the ceiling is a menagerie of animoids."

Also, JF appears to be more of a free-lancer in this early script (with Tyrell as his landlord) and drives a vehicle with lettering on the side that reads "J.R. SEBASTIAN - ANIMOID EXPRESS."

Animoid Row

Game

A marketplace housing the "FISH LADY", DRAGONFLY BOOTH, and ABDUL BEN-HASAN'S SNAKE SHOP.

"Animoid Row, just one of the markets for artificial animals for hard cash."

Movie

Where expensive, artificial animals are sold and where Deckard goes with the "snake scale" he's found in Leon's apartment.

Book

In the book (and in the movie script) it was referred to as "Animal Row". (Script 02/23/1981)

Baker

Game/Character

Baker interrogates Ray McCoy in Act Three as he is strapped to the LPD Soothsayer. He is an ex-blade runner. Ray commented to Baker that his, "...breath smells like he wiped his ass with his teeth".

He was a S.I.D. expert on Course of Technique. He was fired from the police force in 2017

Baker only appears in a cinematic feature.

Baker is voiced by actor Mark Worden.

Barbour, Bill

Book

Bill Barbour, Rick’s neighbor, joins him on the roof of the apartment building. Bill owns a Percheron horse and Rick is quite jealous of the animal. He tells Rick that the horse is expecting a colt and Rick offers to buy it, telling Bill that it is immoral to have more than one animal. Rick insists that it “violates the whole basic theological and moral structure of Mercerism” for Bill to own two animals. Rick reveals that his animal is, in fact, electric and Bill feels pit for him, offering to not tell any of his neighbors this fact. Rick greatly wants a real animal and thinks about how many “andys” he would need to “retire” before he would be able to afford on.*

*Source: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary and Analysis

Baty/Batty, Roy

Book/Movie

Book

Roy Baty, along with his wife Irmgard, are two of the six androids on the run. It is thought that he was a pharmacist on Mars, although Deckard feels that may have been a cover. In the poop sheet, Roy is described as having an "...aggressive, assertive air of ersatz authority. Given to mystical preoccupations, this android proposed the group escape attempt, underwriting it ideologically with a pretentious fiction as to the sacredness of so-called android "life." " 1

Roy, the leader of the rogue androids, does not force a murderous confrontation with his creator in the book. He remains holed up in Isidore's apartment until Rick hunts him down.

The Roy Baty character does not have as prominent role in DADoES as does the Roy Batty in Blade Runner.

1. DADoES, by PKD Chapter sixteen, page 161

Movie

An advanced combat model Nexus 6 Replicant. He is the leader of a group of escaped Replicants from Off-world, on the quest for a longer lifespan.

Roy Batty's serial number: N6MAA1816

1st. digit: Model. N stands for "Nexus"

2nd. digit: Series. 6

3rd. Digit: Sex. M = "Male"

3rd: digit: Physical Grade. A

4th digit: Mental Grade. A

5-6 digits: Incept date. January 8, 2016.

As described by Fancher and Peoples, "[...] BATTY resembles a tradition, the gym instructor, short, cropped hair with the body of a drill sergeant but the eyes are gray and chilling. Roy Batty is a presence of force with a lazy, but acute sense of what goes on around him."

Roy Batty has the most memorable lines in the movie. His most notable lines are:

"...if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."

"I want more life, fucker! (some versions have: I want more life, father!)"

"You'd better get it up, or I'm gonna have to kill you!"

"That's the spirit!"

"Gosh, you've really got some nice toys here."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Time to die."

Bear

Movie/Game Character

The Bear is a creation of J. F. Sebastian, a "genetic designer" for the Tyrell Corporation, who produces realistic toys. To combat his own loneliness he created automated, humanistic playful 'dolls' that provide him with companionship. J.F. Sebastian is greeted by two of his doll-toys, a miniature, three-foot-high, long-nosed Kaiser Wilhelm dressed in a military uniform, and a teddy bear dressed like Napoleon. They march up to him after he enters the apartment and say: "Home again, home again, jiggety jig."

Role performed by actor Kevin Thompson (II).

Black Hole Weapons

Movie

The gun Leon Kowalski used against RepDetective Dave Holden at the beginning of Blade Runner was a Black Hole weapon. The gun was designed for knockdown power as well as being deadly. Another effect the weapon has is the way it attacks the target, absorbing whatever light is in its path, increasing its power, then completely and fusing the opening and exit wounds. The weapon is made of an undetectable material used only for Off-World combat.

More about Black Hole Weapons can be read here.

Blade Runner

[1] Movie directed by Ridley Scott. Released in 1982, originally a box-office financial failure, however, it has become an enduring cult classic.

Awards:

*Best Art Direction (nom) David Snyder 1982 Academy

*Best Art Direction (nom) Linda de Scenna 1982 Academy

*Best Art Direction (nom) Lawrence G. Paull 1982 Academy

*Best Visual Effects (nom) Douglas Trumbull 1982 Academy

*Best Visual Effects (nom) David Dryer 1982 Academy

*Best Visual Effects (nom) Richard Yuricich 1982 Academy

*Best Cinematography (win) Jordan S. Cronenweth 1982 British Academy Awards

*Best Costume Design (win) Michael Kaplan 1982 British Academy Awards

*Best Costume Design (win) Charles Knode 1982 British Academy Awards

*Best Production Design/Art Direction (win) Lawrence G. Paull 1982 British Academy Awards

*Best Cinematography (win) Jordan S. Cronenweth 1982 L.A. Film Critics Association

*Best Cinematography Jordan S. Cronenweth 1982 New York Film Critics Circle

*Competing Film Ridley Scott 1982 Venice Film Festival

*Best Dramatic Presentation 1983 Hugo Award

*Special Achievement Award Lawrence G. Paull, Douglas Trumbull, Syd Mead - For their visual concept (technical prize) 1983 London Critics Circle Film Awards -

*U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1993 Library of Congress

The script was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Based on the PKD book "DADoES". Music score by Vangelis. Stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, and M. Emmet Walsh.

[2] The term "Blade Runner," used in this film as a designation for people of Deckard's profession, comes originally from a 1974 novel by Alan E. Nourse, "The Bladerunner", the protagonist of which is a smuggler of black-market surgical implements. Nourse's book inspired William S. Burroughs' book, "Bladerunner, A Movie", a script treatment in the form of a novel. Neither Nourse's novel nor Burroughs' had any influence on Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner", except that Hampton Fancher happened upon a copy of "Bladerunner, A Movie" while Scott was looking for a snappier title for his film. Scott liked the term and obtained the rights to the title (but not any aspect of the plot). Some editions of Burroughs' book use the spacing "Blade Runner". (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[3] CRL Group PLC computer game, for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, released in 1985.

[4] Westwood Studios game, based on both the book DADoES and the movie. Advertised as "The First Real-Time 3D Adventure" Released in 1997, it featured the reprise of some of the original cast from the movie, namely, Sean Young, Brion James, James Hong, Joe Turkel, and William Sanderson. (More here )

Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine

Movie/Merchandise

Published in 1982 by Ira Friedman, Inc., the Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine includes 150 photos and art combined with an overview of the movie. It's divided up into 7 different "sectors", including interviews with Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott, Doug Trumbull & Syd Mead, and an in-depth look at the making of the film.

See also:

DNA Row

Eye Works

Tyrell Corporation

Westwood game

China Bar

Game/Location

The China Bar is located at "Hawker's Circle". The bar provides, depending on gameplay, (besides a quick libation for Ray) a security camera recording and "dat drink" for a homeless guy.

The China Bar represents the bar in Chinatown where Deckard, in the movie, purchases a bottle of Tsing Tao after retiring Zhora, and where Gaff and Bryant meet up to inform him to add Rachael to the list of Retirees.

The similarities between the movie and the Westwood game are the bartenders appearance, i.e. the eye-patch and physique (Although in the game the character is male, whilst in the movie a female), and the background music (Though not the same but the games' is representative of Vangelis' tune-"One more kiss, dear") .

The actor who does the voice of the Bartender is Jeff Garlin. (Also does the voice of Lieutenant Guzza)

Screenshot of the China Bar.

Chinatown

Movie/Game/Location

Movie

The Chinatown of Los Angeles 2019 is the setting of some of the most unforgettable images associated with the movie Blade Runner. Chinatown brings forth images of the advertising blimp, the noodle bar, bicycle riders, neon dragon sign, futuristic cars, lighted umbrellas, traffic lights instructing pedestrians to either "Walk now" or "Don't walk", and artificial ostriches, among the most diverse individuals i.e. Hari Krishnas, nuns, punks, midgets, Asians, Africans, Caucasians, Hispanics, and what-have-you.

According to an article in the Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine (Released 1982), "Three quarters of the extras on the streets are Chinese. The audience may simply think a certain part of this film takes place in the Chinatown district and never question it. In fact, Ridley's argument at the time was that the Oriental population, with as much of a numerical advantage as they already have, would have even more weight of numbers forty years in the future."

The only mention of Chinatown in the script is when Deckard is interrogating Abdul Hassan. Hassan's reply to who he sold the snake in question to is: "Taffy Lewis's, down in First Sector, Chinatown."

Game

In the Westwood game, Chinatown is the region where Howie Lee's is. The LAPD are regular patrons. Various clues will lead you to Howie Lee's. Besides Howie Lee himself, Gordo and Zuben are other characters that may be there to interact with.

The Yukon Hotel is also located in Chinatown. The characters you'll meet there are the Yukon desk clerk and Leon.

Cityspeak

Movie/Game

The language used in the movie. The collage of languages represented are Japanese, Hungarian, English, Spanish, Korean, German, and French.

Famously introduced in the first scene with Deckard, at the Noodle Bar, first with the Sushi Master then with Gaff.

It is heard spoken throughout the film and the Westwood game in the background.

An example from the movie:

Policeman: Hey, idi-wa. [Korean: "Hey, come here."]

Gaff: Monsieur, azonnal kövessen engem bitte. [French-Hungarian-German: "Sir, follow me immediately please!" (Hungarian:- "azonnal" - means immediately; "kövessen" - means follow imperative; "engem" - means me. And of course "Monsieur" is French for Sir and "bitte" is German for please.)]

Sushi Master: He say you under arrest, Mr. Deckard.

Deckard: You got the wrong guy, pal.

Gaff: Lófaszt, nehogy már. Te vagy a Blade ... Blade Runner. [Hungarian: "Horsedick, no way! You are the Blade ... Blade Runner."]

Sushi Master: He say you 'Brade Runner'.

Deckard: Tell him I'm eating.

There was also a Blade Runner fanzine by the name of CITYSPEAK, created by Sara Campbell in 1982. More about it here.

Clovis

Game/Character

A Nexus-6 Replicant in Westwood's Blade Runner game. He is philosophical and pretentious.

Clovis' role is similar to that of Roy Batty's in the book and movie in that they both are in leadership positions in their "group", are philosophical, recite a verse of poetry, and have the same demeanor.

Clovis is seen in the cinematic features at first. Ray will have the first glimpse of him in video footage from a surveillance camera and photos. He'll meet him when you are close to solving the case.

The actor who does the voice of Clovis is Mark Rolston. He also does the voice of a transient.

Crazylegs Larry

Game/Character

Larry Hersh, better known as "Crazylegs Larry", is the owner of a used car lot in Hysteria Hall in Westwood's Blade Runner game. He's not the most helpful bloke at first. However, depending on gameplay, he may be able to help Ray get out of a jam in the end. He is only found at Larry's Used Cars.

The actor doing the voice of Crazylegs Larry is Joe Kucan.

Crazylegs Larry's Used Cars

Game

A used car dealership in Hysteria Hall, owned by Crazylegs Larry. There Ray will converse with Larry in Act 3. Ray may also be in need of a car in future Acts, this will be the place to go.

Crystal Steele

Game/Character

A character in the Westwood Blade Runner computer game. License number BR6134. She is a Rep Detect who ultimately sticks to the departments' attitude towards replicants, cold-blooded and ruthless. She works alone and is adamant about that.

Ray McCoy encounters her at the beginning of the game. Crystal's nickname for Ray is "Slim". Their cases overlap one another which may either help or hinder Ray. Depending on your gameplay you may either remain indifferent to her, earn her respect, be killed by her, or walk off together into the slum-set.

The actor who does the voice of Crystal Steele is Lisa Edelstein.

BladeZone features an exclusive interview with Lisa Edelstein.

Iran Deckard

Book

In the book, DADoES Iran is Rick Deckard's wife.

"PKD has created a world of contrasts where the people are valuable only as mechanisms to be manipulated, but any real meaning to their lives has been stripped away. In the first pages of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, Iran Deckard is peevishly determined to feel her own feelings and seems almost immature compared to Rick Deckard’s cheerful optimism. As the story continues Iran’s action seems almost a heroic rebellion against the regime of controlling forces. Later Iran’s dependence on the other mechanical means* of avoidance reveals that she is not heroic after all."1

*Referring to the empathy box.

1. "What Makes a Human", by Deb Cutler

Rick Deckard

Book/Movie

Book

The main character of DADoES, Rick Deckard, is a bounty hunter for the San Francisco Police Department. The opening of the story introduces the reader to Rick and his wife Iran.

At the police station Deckard learns that the department's chief bounty hunter, Dave Holden, has been incapacitated by a Nexus-6. Deckard asks to take over his caseload to track and hunt the six remaining Nexus-6 models.

Midway through the book, while Deckard is trying to decide if Phil Resch was an android, Deckard questioned his own humanity. Deckard had Resch conduct the Voigt-Kampff test on him to ensure he wasn't an android. He passed

There are a number musical references that Deckard makes throughout the book. Almost all of those refer to roles in Mozart's operas, "The Magic Flute" and "Don Giovanni". PKD plants the love of music in characters he tends to like or approve of; in this case, he seems to suggest a connection between love of music and the capacity for empathy, which would weigh in on the side of Deckard being human.

Movie

Rick Deckard is the central character of the film. He is a retired Blade Runner. He is called back to the department and given the assignment of tracking down and "retiring" four Replicants.

There have been lengthy debates on whether Deckard is human or a Replicant. The "Deck-a-Rep" debates can be found throughout the net. The consensus is he is a Replicant.

FYI

Although he wasn't in Westwood's Blade Runner game, references are made to Deckard.
Harrison Ford plays the role of Deckard in Blade Runner.

Dektora

Game/Character

Dektora is a character in the Westwood game. She may be either human or replicant, depending on your gameplay. She is a dancer at Early Q's at Nightclub Row. The only way to determine if she's a rep or not is to test her with the Voigt-Kampff machine.

One of the game endings has Ray McCoy with Dektora together escaping in a car, depending on your gameplay.

Dektora is voiced by actor Signy Coleman

Dermo Design

Game/Location

From the Westwood game, Dermo Design is located at DNA Row. Moraji is the engineer there under contract with the Tyrell Corporation. He builds skin for Replicants.

On the second floor of Dermo Design is Luther and Lance's apartment.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Book by Philip K. Dick

Often abbreviated DADoES.

Originally published in 1968

The basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner

Plot Summary:

By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built humans.

Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak, the government banned them from Earth. But when androids didn't want to be identified, they just blended in.

Rick Deckard was an officially sanctioned bounty hunter whose job was to find rogue androids, and to retire them. But cornered, androids tended to fight back, with deadly results.

Taken from the

Philip K. Dick Official Site with permission.

-1968 - Nebula Award Best Novel (nominee)

-1998 - Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Place: 51)

Footnote: Post-1982 editions of the novel have been published under the title Blade Runner (Sub-titled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"), and changed the year it takes place from 1992 to 2021.

Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick is the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (DADoES), the book Blade Runner is based on.

Often known by his initials PKD, he was born December 16, 1928. His works are characterized by an eroding sense of reality, with protagonists often discovering that those close to them (or even they themselves) are secretly androids, aliens, supernatural beings, brainwashed spies, hallucinations, dead, from another time or a combination of these. These characteristic themes and the atmosphere of paranoia they generate are sometimes described as "Dickian" or "Phildickian." Fans of Philip K. Dick's work are referred to as "Dick-Heads".

PKD published 44 novels, 121 short stories, and numerous essays and poetry.

Hugo Awards

Best Novel

1963 - The Man in the High Castle (winner)

1975 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (nominee)

Best Novelette

1968 - Faith of Our Fathers (nominee)

Nebula Awards

Best Novel

1965 - Dr. Bloodmoney (nominee)

1965 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (nominee)

1968 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (nominee)

1974 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (nominee)

1982 - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (nominee)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award

Best Novel

1975 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (winner)

Dick died on March 2, 1982, the result of a combination of recurrent strokes accompanied by heart failure. In a 1981 entry in his Exegesis ( His journal "In the Pursuit of VALIS: Selections from the Exegesis") PKD wrote as focused a self-assessment of his aims and talents as a writer as can be found in any of his journals, letters, essays, and interviews:

"I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist; my novel & story-writing ability is employed as a means to formulate my perception. The core of my writing is not art but truth. Thus what I tell is the truth, yet I can do nothing to alleviate it, either by deed or explanation. Yet this seems somehow to help a certain kind of sensitive troubled person, for whom I speak. I think I understand the common ingredient in those whom my writing helps: they cannot or will not blunt their own intimations about the irrational, mysterious nature of reality, &, for them, my corpus is one long ratiocination regarding this inexplicable reality, an integration & presentation, analysis & response & personal history."

Official PKD Website: http://www.philipkdick.com/index.html

Philip K. Dick Fan Site: http://www.philipkdickfans.com/main.htm

Motion Pictures based on PKD's books/short stories:

Blade Runner (1982)

Based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Total Recall (1990)

Based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"

Confessions d'un Barjo (French, 1992)

Based on "Confessions of a Crap Artist"

Screamers (1995)

Based on "Second Variety"

Impostor (2001)

Based on "Impostor."

Minority Report (2002)

Based on "The Minority Report."

Paycheck (December 25, 2003)

Based on "Paycheck."

A Scanner Darkly (July 7, 2006)

Based on "A Scanner Darkly"

Next (2007)

Based on "The Golden Man"

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

Based on "The Adjustment Team"

Radio Free Albemuth (2012)

Based on "Radio Free Albemuth"

Total Recall (2012)

(A remake of the 1990 movie of the same title.)

Based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (TBD)

Based on "Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said"

The Man in the High Castle (TBD)

Based on "The Man in the High Castle"

Director's Cut

This is a version of Blade Runner said to be more true to Ridley Scott's initial vision than the Domestic Cut. Released on September 11, 1992, to fifty-eight theaters around the U.S. and later on video, laserdisc, and on DVD, it replaced the Domestic Cut for theatrical and television showings, as well as DVD releases.

This version has 4 major differences.

>Deckard's narration is removed.

>The extra violence seen in the International Cut was cut from this version.

>No happy ending scene

>Features a unicorn vision while Deckard is drunk & playing the piano. This is not found in any other version.

For more information on the different versions click here.

See also:

>Domestic Cut

>International Cut

>The Final Cut

Domestic Cut

This version opened nationwide in 1,290 theaters on June 25th, 1982. Also referred to as the Original Version" (OV), it contains the voice-over narration and the "Ride-off-into-the-sunset" happy Hollywood-ending.

For more information on the different versions click here.

See also:

>Director's Cut

>International Cut

DNA Row

Game/Location

In the Westwood game, DNA Row is the section containing Dermo Design and Eye Works. There you will meet Moraji, Chew, and possibly run into Gaff. You will also learn of Luther and Lance, and how to get to the Bradbury Hotel, amongst other clues.

Dragonfly

Game

The Dragonfly is a theme that runs throughout the story in the Westwood game.

Dragonfly anklet: A clue in Act 1 at the Runciter crime scene from the surveillance camera disc. Zoom in to Lucy's ankle.

Dragonfly earring: A clue found in Act 2 at the Tyrell Corporation Grav Test control room, at the scene of the Eisenduller crime scene on the floor. Also can be seen worn by Sadik in the Tyrell security camera footage.

Dektora's Dragonfly dance: In Act 3 at Early Q's Dektora has a dance scene where she is dressed as a dragonfly (If you click on her while she is dancing you will be thrown out of the club!). After her dance, have Ray interview her in her dressing room. There, Ray will find she has a dragonfly belt.

Dragonfly collection: Depending on gameplay, in Act 3 Ray may be able to get into Early Q's Lair where he will find the receipt for the collection, containing an earring, belt, and anklet.

See also:

>Dragonfly

>Insect Dealer

Dystopia

From: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Main Entry: dys·to·pia

Pronunciation: dis-'tO-pE-&

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from dys- + -topia (as in utopia)

1 : an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.

Dystopia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

THE DYSTOPIAN DEPTH

Early Q

Game

Owner of Early Qs' Nightclub. Only found at Early Q's Club, along Nightclub Row.

The actor who did the voice of Early is Stephen Root.

See also:

Early Q's Club

Nightclub Row

Westwood game

Early Q's Club

Game

Early Q's club is located at Nightclub Row. Ray makes a visit here in Act 3. This is where Ray meets Early Q and Dektora, as well as finding some more clues.

See also:

Early Q

Dektora

Ray McCoy

Nightclub Row

Westwood game

Marcus Eisenduller

Game

Marcus Eisenduller is only seen (alive) in a cinematic feature. Dr. Eisenduller worked in the Grav Test Lab in the Tyrell Building. Ray is called on the scene to investigate the murder. Clues will be found both in the lab and outside the lab, near the large computer terminal.

Michael McShane does the voice of Marcus Eisenduller.

Empathy

Book/Movie/Game

Empathy (from the Greek εμπάθεια, "to make suffer") is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly experientially feel the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively define another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance. 1.

External Links:

http://www.empathysymbol.com/

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

http://thinman.com/empathy/

http://www.highlysensitivesouls.com/articles/empathy.htm

Empathy Box

Book

One requires a black empathy box for "fusion" with Mercer. By clutching its handles you are taken into a "virtual reality" world. Used in the religion referred to as Mercerism, this device allows humans to connect with each other in order to ease the haunting burdens of loneliness and despair. “

See also:

Chew

Leon

Roy

Ray

DNA Row

Tyrell Corporation

J.F. Sebastian

Moraji

Lance and Luther

Final Cut

Blade Runner: The Final Cut.

Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. Its theatrical debut was in Venice, Italy, September 2007. It has been shown in select theatres around the world starting in November 2007 through to 2008. Home viewing released December 2007. Formats available: five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD, four-disc Collector's Edition DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition HD DVD, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition HD DVD.

Fish Dealer

Game/Character

If you make Ray bring the scale from Leon's bathtub to Fish Lady on Animoid Row, she'll tell you the same thing she told Deckard in the movie: "This not fish scale. This SNAKE scale!"

Also referred to as "Fish Lady".

Voice by Karen Maruyama

See definition: "Cambodian lady"

Future Noir

Movie/Reference

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon

It is referred to as the "Blade Runner Bible". It was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry. Packed with names, places, dates, fascinating facts, and a trivia cornucopia it makes for an excellent resource and reference tool.

The book has 441 pages in 18 chapters, with nine appendices containing interviews, production details, the cast list, etc. Published by Harper Paperbacks.

See also:

Westwood game

Bryant

Hanoi

Game

The bouncer at Early Q's who refuses Ray to let him see Early.

Only seen at Early Q's.

Bill Wade does the voice of Hanoi.

Hawkers Circle

Game

Ray will visit Hawker's Circle in Act 2. The Green Pawn, China Bar, Kingston Kitchens and Bullet Bob's are all at Hawker's Circle. Ray will want to return several times to gather up clues and locate the entrances to the sewers.

Dave Holden

Movie/Book/Character

Book

Holden is the department's chief bounty hunter. He is first mentioned in the book under similar circumstances as in the movie, "...in Mount Zion Hospital with a laser track through his spine." The android that shot Holden is similar to the Replicant from the movie (worked in "waste disposal" and Max "appeared" to be on the low-end of the intelligence scale.) only in the book his name was Max Polokov. As a result of Holden's hospitalization, Deckard takes on his assignments.

Movie

Holden, a Blade Runner, was sent to the Tyrell Corporation to test new employees under the premise that there might be Replicants amongst them. While administering the Voigt-Kampff test on Leon Kowalski, Holden was shot before the test was through. There were to be two other scenes in the movie where Deckard visits Holden in the hospital, but they were dropped.
Mentions in the Westwood game:

>Ray finds Holden's badge in Leon's hotel room.

>At Bullet Bob's, Bob mentioned to Ray that he was "kinda friends' with Davy Holden."

Morgan Paull played the role of Dave Holden in the movie.

An exclusive BladeZone interview can be read here.

Morgan Paull Bio

Official Website

Howie Lee

Game/Character

Howie Lee runs the sushi bar in Chinatown in Westwood's Blade Runner game. He is only found there and welcomes Ray's patronage.

The actor who does the voice of Howie Lee is Toru Nagai. He was also the character model for the Howie Lee character.

Howie Lee's

Game/Location

Howie Lee's is a sushi bar located in Chinatown in Westwood's Blade Runner game. You are led there by a clue you found at Runciter's (Chopstick wrapper). You can speak with Howie Lee and ask about his chef, Zuben. And you can interview Zuben. You'll also run into a customer of Lee's named Gordo.

Howie Lee's represents the noodle bar in the movie Blade Runner where we first meet Deckard.

Hysteria Hall

Game

Ray will visit Hysteria Hall in Act 3. The first folks Ray will encounter are Mia and Murray, they own the lichen dog stand in front of Hysteria Hall. They offer up a clue.

Then there is Hysteria Hall arcade, where Ray may run into Lucy.

Next door to the arcade is the used car dealership Crazylegs Larry. There Ray will converse with Larry. Ray may also be in need of a car in future Acts, this will be the place to go.

Insect Dealer

Game

Also referred to as the Peruvian Lady, she runs the Dragonfly booth in Animoid Row. Ray will be referred to her from the Fish Lady (a.k.a Fish Dealer). The Peruvian Lady will offer insight on the dragonfly jewelry.

Myriam Tupert did the voice of Insect Dealer.

See also:

>Domestic Cut

>Director's Cut

>Final Cut

J. R. Isidore

Book/Character

From the book DADoES, John Isidore is an artificial animal hospital van driver. Isidore is almost constantly called, or referred to as, a chickenhead.

J. R. Isidore is not un-like J.F. Sebastian from the movie. A very likable character that befriends the androids/Replicants and takes them in his home.

In the book, it is only a coincidence that Baty and the other androids find him and use his apartment as a hide-out. In the film, J.F. is an employee of the Tyrell Corporation, and Batty uses him to get to the head of the corporation (Tyrell) in a last desperate attempt to expand his expected lifespan. In this way, the J.F. Sebastian character is much better integrated into the story, much more pivotal to its outcome.

See also:

Android

Roy Batty

Chickenhead

J. F. Sebastian

Replicant

Eldon Tyrell

Izo

Game

Izo is a shifty character. He owns the Green Pawn pawn shop, in Hawker's Circle. Ray will meet him in Act 2. He may or may not be a Replicant depending on your gameplay. Ray may also visit him in lock-up, and he may be seen in a photograph.

Timothy Dang does the voice of Izo.

Kaiser

Movie/Game/Character

The Kaiser is a creation of J. F. Sebastian's', a "genetic designer" for the Tyrell Corporation, who produces realistic toys. To combat his own loneliness he created automated, humanistic playful 'dolls' that provide him with companionship. J.F. Sebastian is greeted by two of his doll-toys, a miniature, three-foot-high, but long-nosed Kaiser Wilhelm dressed in a military uniform, and a teddy bear dressed like Napoleon. They march up to him after he enters the apartment and says:

"Home again, home again, jiggety jig" (taken from a Mother Goose rhyme).

He is also featured in the Westwood game marching about in JF's apartment.

Role performed by actor John Edward Allen

See also:

Bear

J. F. Sebastian

Tyrell Corporation

Kingston Kitchens

Game/Location

Located in Hawker's Circle in Westwood's Blade Runner game. Mama Isabelle runs the takeaway delicatessen. Ray McCoy will find a clue that will lead him there (a "Kingston Kitchen take-out box"). You'll want to have Ray stop by a couple times throughout the game. Although she doesn't provide any clues she can identify someone in a photograph and point you to another lead.

Kipple

Book/Game/Term

[1] - Kipple, as described in the book (DADoES), are "unwanted or useless objects that tend to reproduce itself". The first law of Kipple is...Kipple drives out nonkipple. Other forms of the word; Kipple-ized, kipple-factor, and kippleization. People can turn into "living kipple". An apartment can become "kipple-infested". Buster Friendly liked to declare, Earth would die under a layer--not of radioactive dust--but of kipple. These and other descriptions in the book suggests an analogy to entropy.

External References: Wikipedia: Entropy

[2] - In the Westwood Game, also describes the city outer limits, uninhabitable to ordinary Man.

Philip K. Dick liked the catchy term so much used it in some of his other books as well.

1.) Kipple is also mentioned in "Galactic Pot-Healer". Joe Fernwright is on the shore of Mare Nostrum, where Glimmung is submerged and possibly dead. Phrases idly run through Joe's head: "Do you like Yeats?" "I don't know, I've never had any." "Do you like Kipling?" "I don't know, I've never kippled."

2.) And in "A Maze of Death":

"I'll pile her stuff outside and then get mine aboard. I'm under no mandate to load her kipple".

3.) And again in "Now Wait for Last Year". Here Dr. Eric Sweetscent is also under a pile of kipple, especially in relation to his wife and his employer.

Dino Klien

Game

He runs the lab at police headquarters.

Only found at the LAPD lab, 3rd floor.

Martin Azarow does the voice of Dino.

Leon Kowalski

Movie/Game

Movie

One four Nexus 6 Replicants reported seen on Earth. We are first introduced to Leon in the opening scene at Tyrell Corporation being tested on the Voight-Kampf machine by Holden.

Despite Leons' brevity in the film he had some memorable quotes;

* "Wake up! Time to die."

* "Fearful to live in fear, isn't?"

* "Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never

scratch."

Replicant (M) Des: LEON

NEXUS-6 N6MAC41717

Incept Date: 10 APRIL, 2017

Func: Combat/Loader (Nuc. Fiss)

Phys: LEV. A

Mental: LEV. C

Brion James

performed the role of Leon.

BladeZone's Exclusive Interview with Brion James

Official Brion James website

Game

First encountered in Act 3, in the cinematic feature at the Yukon Hotel threatening the hotel clerk. Ray can ask Leon questions. The interaction is more of a nostalgic trip than anything else.

Brion James reprised his role as Leon for the game.

LAPD Headquarters

Movie/Game

Movie

Location of Bryant's office. The actual shooting location was the Los

Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

Game

Location of Bryant's office, the Mainframe, Combat Shooting Course, Lock-up, and the Lab.

lead codpiece

Book

The remaining male occupants of Earth protect their testicles by wearing a "lead codpiece". However, this is only a temporary measure, they must emigrate to another planet or accept the risk of becoming a "special".

See also: "AJAX".

Howie Lee

Game/Character

Howie Lee runs the sushi bar in Chinatown in Westwood's Blade Runner game. He is only found there and welcomes Ray's patronage.

The actor who does the voice of Howie Lee is Toru Nagai. He was also the character model for the Howie Lee character.

Howie Lee's

Game/Location

Howie Lee's represents the noodle bar in the movie Blade Runner where we first meet Deckard.

Leon

Movie

See Leon Kowalski

Taffey Lewis

Movie

Taffey Lewis is the owner of "The Snake Pit".

Famous for his line, "Louie. The man is dry."

The actor who played the role of Taffy Lewis is Hy Pyke.

Taffy Lewis' Bar

Game

Nightclub in Nightclub Row owned by Taffy Lewis. The club is supposed to represent "The Snake Pit" from the movie. In the game, the marquee simply reading "Taffy Lewis". (Note the spelling of "Taffey" from the movie verses "Taffy" from the game.)

In Act 3 Ray may encounter Gordo sitting at the bar. You'll recognize him from meeting him at Howie Lee's in Act 1.

Lucy

Game

Lucy Devlin is the 14-year-old, pink-haired girl who works at Runciter's. We meet her in the opening cinematic feature. She refers to Clovis as her father and Dektora her mother.

Depending on your gameplay Ray may escape with Lucy. She may or may not be a Replicant.

Pauley Perrette does the voice of Lucy.

Luft, Luba

Book

Luba Luft ‘posed’ as an opera singer. She was performing at the "War Memorial Opera House" when both Deckard and Resch were hunting her down. Deckard had trouble justifying retiring her.

Note: The scene when Deckard first meets and VK's Luba Luft is similar to the Dektora scene at the nightclub in the Westwood game. They called a "harness bull" to take him away.

Luther And Lance

Game

These two are brothers, Siamese twins. They use to work for the Tyrell Corporation in the Genetic Research lab until Tyrell fired them. They live in an apartment above Dermo Design in DNA Row.

In Act 4 talk to the Twins about Replicants, work, lifespans, Clovis, Runciter, and Guzza. They will offer you a trade if you retrieve something from Tyrell's for them.

They may or may not be Replicants, depending on your gameplay.

Jason Cottle does the voices of Luther and Lance.

Mama Isabella

Character/Westwood game

Mama Isabella runs the Kingston Kitchens in Westwood's Blade Runner game. Her stew is her specialty and she prides herself on that fact. She boasts of a secret ingredient. Very outgoing and friendly. You'll want Ray to stop by a few times throughout the game. She may prove useful in identifying someone in a photo or pointing Ray to another lead.

The actor who does the voice of Mama Isabella is Rosalyn Sidewater.

Ray McCoy

Game

The player takes on the role of a rookie cop, Blade Runner Ray McCoy. Armed with a blaster your task is to look for clues and to hunt Replicants. You start with the investigation of an animal murder, and the game quickly introduces you to picking up clues and interviewing people. What you do from here on in basically depends on you! He lives with his dog - Maggie.

McCoy's name may have been partly inspired by the expression "the real McCoy", especially in relation to the game's question of whether Ray is human or a replicant.

Mark Benninghoffen does the voice of Ray McCoy.

McCoy's Apartment

Game

Ray McCoy's apartment located on the 88th floor. The apartment is eerily like Deckard's from the movie, i.e. similar lit advert sign seen through the window, similar sofa, the Esper machine, the Frank Lloyd Wright style textured concrete block pattern, and balcony, etc.

Ray has a dog, Maggie, only seen in his apartment. Remember to feed her and give her love and affection!

You'll want to have Ray hang-out at the apartment at times. There he can use the Esper machine. Ray may want to watch t.v., check the answering machine, use the lavatory and, of course, sleep..."Portrait of the sleep deprived."

Mercerism

Book

A theological and moral structure. A religion.

One requires a black empathy box in order for "fusion" with Mercer. By clutching it's handles you are taken into a "virtual reality" world where, as described in book of Isidore's experience: "The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky. One single figure, more or less human in form, toiled its way up the hillside: an elderly man wearing a dull, featureless robe, covering as meager as if it had been snatched from the hostile emptiness of the sky. The man, Wilbur Mercer, plodded ahead, and, as he clutched the handles, John Isidore gradually experienced a waning of the living room in which he stood; the dilapidated furniture and walls ebbed out and he ceased to experience them at all. He found himself, instead, as always before, entering into the landscape of drab hill, drab sky. And at the same time, he no longer witnessed the climb of the elderly man. His own feet now scraped, sought purchase, among the familiar loose stones; he felt the same old painful, irregular roughness beneath his feet and once again smelled the acrid haze of the sky -not Earth's sky but that of some place alien, distant, and yet, by means of the empathy box, instantly available."

More on Mercer from the book: "Rule of life laid down by Mercer. You shall kill only the killers, Mercer had told them the year empathy boxes first appeared on Earth. And in Mercerism, as it evolved into a full theology, the concept of The Killers had grown insidiously. In Mercerism, an absolute evil plucked at the threadbare cloak of the tottering, ascending old man, but it was never clear who or what this evil presence was. A Mercerite sensed evil without understanding it. Put another way, a Mercerite was

free to locate the nebulous presence of The Killers wherever he saw fit."

An excellent essay on this can be found at Androids Essay and Analysis Critique.

Here is a little from that blog; "The religion allows humans to connect with each other in order to ease the haunting burdens of loneliness and despair. “You have to be with other people…[i]n order to live at all” (204). This connection is maintained by the use of the infamous empathy box, as the character in the novel explains, “…it’s the way you touch other humans, it’s the way you stop being alone” (66). It encourages the joining of humans to share their experiences, happiness, and grief, the goal being the “fusion of their mentalities orient[ing] their attention on…the need to ascend…[s]tep by step…” (22,173). By having a common belief and contributing to the mutual effort of climbing the eternal hill, life regains meaning and hope is forged to lift up humanity. Breaking through the shackles that bind them and slowly ascending to a better place, the united human race can once again thrive. This religion provides a means by which the isolated populations can interact and promotes needed unification. Mercerism and its eternal spokesman, Wilbur Mercer, inspire hope by allowing the humans to rely on each other."

Methuselah Syndrome

Movie/Term

Definition:

Human genetic disorder leading to an accelerated aging process as described by J.F. Sebastian who suffers from it.

Movie Dialogue:

Pris: "How old are you?"

JF: "Twenty-five."

Pris: "What's your problem?"

JF: "Methuselah Syndrome."

Pris: "What's that?"

JF: "My glands, they grow old too fast."

Humans with genetic disorders are not allowed to go Off-World.

Speculation:

Did Tyrell somehow alter JF's DNA to keep him on Earth?

Did Tyrell use JF's DNA to create a limited life-span for the Nexus-6 Replicants?

See: Accelerated Decrepitude.

Moraji

Game

Moraji is a genetic engineer who builds skin for Replicants for the Tyrell Corporation. He works at Dermo Design at DNA Row. Ray will encounter Moraji under dire circumstances. Attempt to save him and comfort the dying Moraji and he will tell you a couple things.

Iqbal Theba does the voice of Moraji.

Nexus 6

Book/Movie/Game

The NEXUS 6 Replicants are a model manufactured by the Tyrell Corporation. They are nearly indistinguishable from humans. The major factor differentiating a Nexus 6 from humans is their lack of empathy.

As presented in the opening of the movie Blade Runner:

LOS ANGELES,NOVEMBER, 2019

Early in the 21st Century, THE TYRELL

CORPORATION advanced Robot evolution

into the NEXUS phase -- a being virtually

identical to a human -- known as a replicant.

The NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior

in strength and agility, and at least equal

in intelligence, to the genetic engineers

who created them.

Replicants were used Off-world as

slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and

colonization of other planets.

After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6

combat team in an Off-world colony,

Replicants were declared illegal

on earth -- under penalty of death.

Special police squads -- BLADE RUNNER

UNITS -- had orders to shoot to kill, upon

detection, any trespassing Replicants.

This was not called execution.

It was called retirement.

In Blade Runner, the Replicants' eyes glow (even those of an artificial owl). This is a cinematic technique used by Ridley Scott only seen by the audience.

The engineers noticed that Replicants had started to develop their own emotional responses to various stimuli. As a result, the Nexus 6 Replicants have a fail-safe mechanism, namely a four-year lifespan. In the book, DADoES, the androids live a maximum of roughly four years because their cells cannot be replaced as they deteriorate.

In DADoES the Nexus-6 androids are verified with a bone marrow test. Also, the androids tend to "give up" when confronted by the inevitable, the film versions are much more retaliatory.

Nightclub Row

Game/Location

In the Westwood game, Nightclub Row is where Early Q and Taffy Lewis' bar is located.

Noodle Bar

Movie/Game

Movie

Formally known as the White Dragon Noodle Bar, it is located in the heart of LA's China Town and offers the finest in fast, affordable, and delicious contemporary Asian food. This is the setting where we first meet Deckard.

Excerpt from: Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine - Official Collector's Edition

"The idea for this noodle bar, where we first see Deckard, was like a McDonalds of the future in a way. The way I translated it, I thought of it as like a place called White Castle I used to go to as a kid. White Castles were originally built in the 1940's. All the surfaces were all curved and tiled. Based on that, but making it an outdoor place, we made our noodle bar. We took the attitude that it's a chain. There's one downtown when we first see Deckard and there's another one when Sebastian drives up to his apartment."

- LAWRENCE G. PAULL

Game

In the game, the Noodle Bar is referred to as "Howie Lee's" and is a sushi bar located in Chinatown.

See: Howie Lee's

Off-world

Movie/Westwood Game/Book

Space colonization outside planet Earth.

In the movie the Blimp floats over the city constantly advertising the benefits of Off-world colonization, stating:

"A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure. New climate, recreational facilities.....absolutely free. Use your new friend as a personal body servant or a tireless field hand--the custom tailored genetically engineered humanoid replicant designed especially for your needs. So come on America, let's put our team up there...." Added for BRDC: "This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World."

"...the Earth has become so polluted and congested, that the populace is encouraged to migrate to "off-world colonies". The reasons for this pollution are not really explained in the film, but in the novel, the radioactive dust and pollution was caused by "World War Terminus", also referred to as "W.W.T.". "

(excerpt from Do Androids Dream of Blade Running? by Mark Casey)

In order to migrate to the "Off-world Colonies", one must pass the minimum mental faculties test, and physical.

In DADoES, it is referred to as the"colony world" and it is insinuated that there are three planets that make up this colonization. However, only Mars is mentioned. New America is a U.S. settlement on Mars.

Origami

Movie/Game

This is open to debate. Some interpretations and speculations follow below:

Chicken- 1.) Insinuating that Deckard lacks the courage to accept the job, willingly.

2.) It could be viewed as an unconscious motivator for Deckard to take the job.

3.) Or, that Gaff would be the better choice for the job.

Stick Man- 1.) Suggesting Deckard may let his feelings for Rachael get in the way of the investigation.

2.) A "sign" that Gaff knew Leon was in hiding in the bathroom. The rationale behind this, as seen in the "Final Cut": You first see Gaff enter the bathroom. He looks around. Then he appears to use the toilet (urinate). He notices a scrap of paper on the sink which he then transforms throughout the scene into the Stickman. When Gaff places it on the table top Deckard doesn't appear to actually "see" it. But...after they leave the room, Leon comes out of the bathroom. He sees the Stickman. It was meant for him. Gaff, apparently, knew Leon was there...but let him go. This also makes sense in context with the unicorn Gaff leaves Deckard/Rachel at the end of the movie. He knows that, either Rachel is there under Deckard's protection OR that Deckard is a Replicant, and lets them go.

Unicorn - Refer here.

The Number 3 and Three Origami Creations.

Along with the Christain themes throughout Blade Runner, three represents The Holy Trinity in Christian doctrine (or trinity in general), is God both a single entity and three entities, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

Bad luck is often said to "come in threes".

The phrase "Third time's a charm" usually means the third time a person attempts something, they will succeed.

Fairy Tales have a prominent pattern in the number Three (i.e. 3 bears, 3 pigs, 3 Billy goats gruff, 3 notes to the Pied Piper, 3 kittens, Cinderella and her 2 sisters, 3 wishes, 3 characters, 3 tasks to be performed, travel to the third bend in the road, 3 blind mice, etc.).

William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, the number three emerges most frequently, (The Three Witches, Macbeth approaches the witches and asks three questions, The witches tell Macbeth three predictions, etc.). The three Norns (Urd {That which has become}, Verdandi {That which is becoming} and Skuld {That which shall come} ).

In the Westwood game, depending on your gameplay, Ray may encounter an origami.

Also see: Gaff

Penfield mood organ

Book

Commonly referred to as a "Penfield".

An artificial brain stimulator. It is a device that one "dials". It has many settings. There is a "schedule" that is preset by the individual for being in the ideal mood for whatever the occasion calls for.

Some examples mentioned in the book are:

C=Brighten into optimism

A481=VERY optimistic

888=The desire to watch tv, no matter what's on it.

3=creates the desire to "dial".

I04=ecstatic sexual bliss

594=Pleased acknowledgment of husband's superior wisdom in all matters.

Excerpt from book: "At his console, he hesitated between dialing for a thalamic suppressant (which would abolish his mood of rage) or a thalamic stimulant (which would make him irked enough to win the argument)."

Deckard's wife, Iran, discovered a setting to bring-about depression (382=comotose).

The Penfield can also be used as a non-lethal weapon. In Deckard's weapons kit, he has a nondirectional Penfield wave transmitter which he can select "catalepsy", as he did in one case, which renders both humans and androids helpless.

It is also associated with an intruder alarm which Roy Baty put together during their stay in Isidore's building. As Roy described in Chapter 14: "When the alarm has been triggered it radiates a mood of panic to the - intruder. Unless he acts very fast, which he may. Enormous panic; I have the gain turned all the way up. No human being can remain in the vicinity more than a matter of seconds."

FYI

The name Penfield was probably inspired by the real-life surgeon, Wilder Penfield. Penfield was a groundbreaking researcher and highly original surgeon.

In the 1950s, Penfield was trying to treat patients with intractable epilepsy. Before an epileptic seizure, he knew, patients experience an "aura," a warning that the seizure is about to occur. Penfield thought if he could provoke this aura with a mild electric current on the brain, then he would have located the source of the seizure activity and could remove or destroy that bit of tissue. While patients were fully conscious, though anesthetized, he opened their skulls and tried to pinpoint the source of their epilepsy.

His technique was often successful, but his experimental surgery led him to an even more dramatic discovery. Stimulation anywhere on the cerebral cortex could bring responses of one kind or another, but he found that only by stimulating the temporal lobes (the lower parts of the brain on each side) could he elicit meaningful, integrated responses such as memory, including sound, movement, and color. These memories were much more distinct than usual memory, and were often about things unremembered under ordinary circumstances. Yet if Penfield stimulated the same area again, the exact same memory popped up -- a certain song, the view from a childhood window -- each time. It seemed he had found a physical basis for memory, an "engram." 1

More about Wilder Penfield:

1 People and Discoveries

Wilder Penfield, from Wikipedia

Pris

Book/Movie

Book

We are first introduced to Pris Stratton in chapter six. She moved into the same apartment building as Isidore, thinking it was completely vacant. Although Isidore is attracted and cares for Pris, she is outright mean to him.

Pris Stratton is described as looking exactly the same as Rachel Rosen.

Movie

Pris is one of the renegade Replicants who escaped Off-World. She is the "pleasure model", created for entertainment. "The standard item for military clubs in the outer colonies." Pris has an incept date of February 14 - St. Valentine's Day.

Pris is the girlfriend of fellow Replicant, Roy Batty.

Our first glimpse of Pris is seeing her walking the kipple-filled streets on her way to the Bradbury. She befriends "JF" in order for Roy to meet with Eldon Tyrell.

Replicant (F) Des: PRIS

NEXUS-6 N6FAB21416

Incept Date: 14 FEB., 2016

Func: Military/Leisure

Phys: LEV. A

Mental: LEV. B

FYI

In PKD's novel "We Can Build You" the character Pris Rock is identical to Blade Runner's Pris. She is described as having blonde hair, with a little sharp face and dark eyes. She also is described as wearing "raccoon-like" makeup, with black around the eyes, at one point. "We Can Build You" is set in the same universe as Blade Runner, only twenty years earlier.

Role performed by Daryl Hannah

Rachael

Book/Movie/Game

Book

Rachael Rosen is the 18-year-old niece of Eldon Rosen, of Rosen Association. She is described as having a heavy mass of dark hair, and "...because of her diminutive breasts her body assumed a lank, almost childlike stance. But her great eyes, with their elaborate lashes, could only be those of a grown woman; there the resemblance to adolescence ended...Rachael had been modeled on the Celtic type of build, anachronistic and attractive." 1

As in the movie, Rachael is selected to test the Voigt-Kampff scale which reveals she is an android. Deckard is attracted to her. But that is as far as the similarities go between the Rachael Rosen of the book and the Rachael Tyrell in the movie.

Rachael Rosen persuaded Deckard to have sex, only later to reveal that she had done the same with nine other bounty hunters in order to stop them from bounty hunting. Deckard threatened to retire her but then opted to let her live, rationalizing that she only has two years of life remaining.

Movie

When we first meet Rachel, she appears to be a fairly high-ranking member of the Tyrell Corporation staff; Tyrell's personal assistant. She also appears very human. However, it soon becomes clear that she is not what she appears, or even what she believes herself to be. She has implanted memories of Tyrell's niece and is led to believe that she is human.

When Deckard is sent to Tyrell's to try out the Voigt-Kampff test on the new Nexus-6 models, Eldon Tyrell submitted Rachael to try it.

The news that she is actually a replicant has a very bad effect on her. However, Deckard takes an interest in her, and feels sorry for her after she finds out that her memories are false. It soon becomes clear that Rachel actually has an emotional connection with him too since he took her in when she had nowhere else to go.

Game

The character of Rachael Tyrell is reprised in the Westwood's Blade Runner game.

Sean Young

acted in both the role and voice of Rachel Tyrell in the movie and game. Official website.

1. DADoES, by P.K. Dick, Chapter Sixteen, page 164

Replicant

Movie/Game

"A genetically engineered creature composed entirely of organic substance. Animal replicants (animoids) were developed first for use as pets and beasts of burden after most real animals became extinct. Later, humanoid replicants were created for military purposes and for the exploration and colonization of space. The Tyrell Corp. recently introduced the Nexus 6, the supreme replicant -- much stronger and faster than, and virtually indistinguishable from, real human beings. Earth law forbids replicants on the planet, except in the huge industrial complex where they are created. The law does not consider replicants human and therefore accords them no rights nor protection."

-Taken from the 1982 Presskit Definition of a Replicant

"LOS ANGELES,NOVEMBER, 2019

Early in the 21st Century, THE TYRELL

CORPORATION advanced Robot evolution

into the NEXUS phase -- a being virtually

identical to a human -- known as a replicant.

The NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior

in strength and agility, and at least equal

in intelligence, to the genetic engineers

who created them.

Replicants were used Off-world as

slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and

colonization of other planets.

After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6

combat team in an Off-world colony,

Replicants were declared illegal

on earth -- under penalty of death.

Special police squads -- BLADE RUNNER

UNITS -- had orders to shoot to kill, upon

detection, any trespassing Replicants.

This was not called execution.

It was called retirement."

-As presented in the opening of the movie Blade Runner

The major factor differentiating a Nexus 6 from humans is their lack of empathy. As a result, a Replicant can only be detected by its lack of emotional responses and empathy to questions posed in the Voight-Kampff test.

A derogatory term for Replicant is "skin-job."

FYI

The term replicant in the film Blade Runner got its name from screenwriter David Peoples' daughter, who suggested the term "replicating."

Resch, Phil

Book

Phil Resch is a bounty hunter in the book DADoES. He is introduced to Deckard in Chapter Ten, when Deckard is brought to the 'andy' Hall of Justice on Mission Street by a "harness bull". Resch hadn't realized it, but he had been working with androids for three years. Resch is not an android.

He is described as being a tall, fleshless man with hard-etched features, wearing horn-rim glasses and a fuzzy Vandyke beard.

Resch and Deckard debate amongst one another over whether they are androids are not. They both have tests they give to one another. Deckard uses the Voigt-Kampff test, whilst Resch uses his Boneli Reflex-Arc Test.

Resch and Deckard hunt down Luba Luft together. Deckard comes to the conclusion that Resch is a good bounty hunter. Deckard starts to doubt his own abilities. They part ways after Resch retired Luba Luft.

Retirement

Book/Movie/Game

Meaning to terminate or exterminate a "replicant".

As stated at the beginning of Blade Runner: "BLADE RUNNER UNITS -- had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicants. This was not called execution. It was called retirement."

Runciter

Game

Merchant of Runciter's Animals. The opening of the game starts at Runciter's Animals with a cinematic feature setting the tone, "30 counts of animal murder and one count of aggravated assault." Ray McCoy is called to the crime scene and has the opportunity to find clues and interview Runciter.

Lucy Devlin was employed at Runciter's.

Runciter is seen only at Runciter's Animals.

FYI

The name Runciter was a character from the PKD book "UBIK", Glen Runciter (However the characters do not share similar traits nor profession.).

Warren Burton does the voice of Runciter.

Sadik

Game

He's the guy with dreadlocks and an attitude. His weapon of choice is explosives. He is friends with Clovis. Ray first encounters Sadik in Act 2.

Depending on your gameplay Sadik may be either a Replicant or human.

Alexander Mervin does the voice of Sadik.

Salander 3

Book

Eldon Rosen claimed that Rachael was born and spent the first fourteen of her 18 years living aboard the Salander 3. The ship was bound for Proxima with a crew of nine adults. The ship returned to Earth a sixth of the way there.

Salander 3 was also used in K.W. Jeter's Blade Runner sequel books, "Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human" and "Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night".

J F Sebastian

Movie/Game/Character

J. F. Sebastian is a genetic designer for the Tyrell Corporation. He lives in the Bradbury Hotel. He has remained on Earth due to a condition fictionally called "Methuselah syndrome" (a case of progeria).

In his spare time he "makes friends", android companions. The two featured creations are Napoleon Bear and the Kaiser. Chess is his other known interest.

J. F. Sebastian is not unlike J.R. Isidore from the book DADoES. Very likable characters that befriend the androids/Replicants and take them into his home.

The actor playing the role of J. S. Sebastian is William Sanderson.

Mr. Sanderson reprises this role for the Westwood game.

See:

Accelerated Decrepitude

Bear

DADoES

J. R. Isidore

Methuselah Syndrome

Kaiser

Shimago-Domínguez Corporation

Movie

A fictitious corporation that sponsors immigration to the Off-world colonies, as advertised with the blimp.

In an earlier draft of the Blade Runner screenplay, by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples––dated February 23, 1981-– the Dominguez-Shimata colony was used, before later changing to the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation.

As a result, the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation and the Shimata-Dominguez Corporation have been used interchangeably in the Blade Runner community. You can read more about that in the article, "A Blimp Is Born: From Concept to Screen to Fandom".

The complete announcement and sponsor tag and slogan, from the Workprint, is as follows:

Announcement: "A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure. New climate, recreational facilities, easy advancement, great pay. Plus, a loyal trouble-free companion, given to you upon arrival, absolutely free. Use your new friend as a personal body servant or a tireless field hand. The custom tailored genetically engineered humanoid replicant––designed especially for your needs. So, come on America! Let's put our team up there. Give this country another chance. Let's go to the colonies!"

Sponsor tag and slogan: "This announcement has been brought to you by Shimago-Domínguez Corporation. Helping America into the new world."

Snake Pit, The

Movie

The Snake Pit is Taffey Lewis' nightclub in the 1st Sector of Chinatown. Based on a lead, Deckard stops by there. There he is in search of Zhora Salome, a Replicant working as an exotic dancer at the club.

The club is inspired by the Wiltern Art Deco design.

In the game, it is referred to as Taffy Lewis' bar, with the marquee simply reading "Taffy Lewis". (Note the spelling of "Taffey" from the movie verses "Taffy" from the game.)

Specials

Book/Game

"Specials", as opposed to "regulars", are those who fail to pass the minimum mental faculties test in order to emigrate OffWorld.

Excerpt from book: "Once pegged as special, a citizen, even if accepting sterilization, dropped out of history. He ceased, in effect, to be part of mankind."

The cause of this deterioration is the radioactive dust in the air left over from "World War Terminus". Although the dust is weaker at the point in time of the story (those who survived had become somewhat immune) it still can cause deranged minds and modify genetic properties. It can be monitored by medical checkups and psychiatric tests. The only prevention for this is to emigrate. Protection used while on Earth is a lead codpiece (refer to AJAX), for men.

A "nice" way of referring to a person with a deficient intelligence. See also "Chickenhead".

Spinner

Movie/Game

The Spinner is a vehicle that can both fly and can drive as a ground car. It takes-off vertically, hovers and cruises using jet propulsion. It was designed by Syd Mead. Mead has described the spinner as an aerodyne – a vehicle which directs air downward to create lift, though press kit for the film stated that the spinner was propelled by three engines: "conventional internal combustion, jet, and anti-gravity".

BladeZone interview with Gene Winfield, builder of the full-sized spinners.

BRmovie.com – Spinner collectibles

(Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Spinner - from BladeZone.

Crystal Steele

Game/Character

The actor who does the voice of Crystal Steele is Lisa Edelstein.

BladeZone features an exclusive interview with Lisa Edelstein.

Synthetic Freedom Fighter

Book

As described in the book: "Humanoid robot - strictly speaking, the organic android - had become the mobile donkey engine of the colonization program. Under U.N. law each emigrant automatically received possession of an android subtype of his choice...

That had been the ultimate incentive of emigration: the android servant as a carrot, the radioactive fallout as a stick. The U.N. had made it easy to emigrate, difficult if not impossible to stay."

Tanhauser gate

Movie

A line from movie spoken by Roy Batty:

From Wikipedia: The Tannhauser Gate is a location referred to in dialogue in the 1982 film Blade Runner. Roy Batty, played by Rutger Hauer, refers to it while recounting his experiences as a soldier. Given the fact that Earth has off-world colonies in Blade Runner, and the typical functions of devices incorporating the word "gate" in science fiction, it is reasonable to assume that the Tannhauser Gate is a stargate-type construct providing faster-than-light travel between star systems, perhaps located near or in orbit of a colony named Tannhauser.

A term also used in the movie 'Soldier' with Kurt Russel (script by David Peoples), mentioned in the Anime 'Gunbuster', and the computer games Homeworld, and Heavy Gear 2.

Tannhauser Gate was also a game developer.

Traditionally found in Wagner's 'Tannhäuser', based on a German legend, an opera about the Knight Tannhäuser, who is in lust with the goddess Venus, and in Love with the human Elizabeth. He lives deep in the mountain of Venusberg, but is magically sent back to the earth's surface through a portal when he wishes to be reunited with Elizabeth.

In Robert A. Heinlein's book 'Podkayne of Mars' (1962), he had the "Hilton Tannhäuser" as a one-line throwaway for the name of a Hotel in the town of Venusburg, Venus.

Tsing Tao

Movie

This is a brand of vodka that Deckard drinks.

We are first introduced to this mythical drink after Deckard kills Zhora. He buys a bottle of Tsing Tao.

Afterward, Deckard brings Rachael back to his apartment. He suffers from the "shakes", and drinks a shot glass of Tsing-Tao. Blood flows from his wounded lip, mixing swirling red blood into his shot glass of vodka.

FYI:

In the shooting draft of the screenplay, after Deckard reveals to Rachael the memory implants he offers her a drink. He goes into the kitchen to clean a glass.

"Deckard opens the refrigerator. The contents aren't messy so much as unusual. He opens the freezer compartment and pulls out a bottle of Tsing Tao vodka and

eyes it. Half-empty." 1

1 Screenplay by HAMPTON FANCHER and DAVID PEOPLES February 23, 1981

Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Movie/Game/Character

Book

In the book, DADoES, the character is Eldon Rosen. He is the CEO of Rosen Association, located in Seattle, Washington. Rosen is the source and center from which power emanates.

Movie

Dr. Eldon Tyrell is CEO of Tyrell Corporation. the makers of the Nexus series Replicant. He is presented as a kind of deity figure in the movie, a major component to one of the underlying themes found in the movie.

Game

Tyrell is only found at the Tyrell Corporation. You can only talk to him during Act 2.

Joe Turkel performs the role of Eldon Tyrell in the movie and does the voice in the Westwood game.

See also:

DADoES

Tyrell Corporation

Westwood game

Tyrell Corporation

Movie/Game

The top Replicant manufacturer based in Los Angeles. The Tyrell Corporation is named after its founder Dr. Eldon Tyrell. Their motto is "More human than human". The headquarters are constructed of Mayan-inspired pyramids.

Their most recent Nexus 6 model are nearly indistinguishable from humans.

Speculation:

There has been debate over how powerful (possibly corrupt) a company the Tyrell Corporation is. The Tyrell Corporation represents the attempt to control through vision, using a theme consistent throughout the film, namely "eye symbolism". They not only implant Replicants with memories, but as part of the information and media industry, they create a sense of reality.

Unicorn

Movie/Game

Movie

A. The daydream sequence Deckard has as he is sitting at the piano is of a unicorn galloping in slow motion. The scene is only in the Director's Cut and The Final Cut.

B. The unicorn is the last of three origami figures that Gaff crafted throughout the movie. It appears at the end of the film when Deckard leaves his apartment with Rachael. She knocks over an origami unicorn as she walks towards the elevator. Deckard sees it in the corner of his eye, and picks it up nodding his head.

One interpretation is that the unicorn was simply a message to Deckard to say he knows he's with Rachael and will let her live. Another interpretation is that the unicorn is Gaff's challenge to hunt them both down.

An interesting article regarding this theme can be found here.

FYI:

Sebastian's apartment is full of bastardized creatures, part man, part machine, and part animal. There is a stuffed unicorn on Sebastian's work table (screen right, as the mice scurry over scattered paraphernalia while Sebastian sleeps).

Speculative question:

When Deckard dreams of the unicorn it should be a private dream, yet Gaff, by leaving an origami unicorn on the landing hints that he knows about the dream. How could this be unless Gaff has seen the data implanted in Deckard's mind?

Game

Gaff leaves his infamous calling card for Ray in the game. Depending on your gameplay, Ray will either find the origami on the Moonbus floor or on the ground outside the Moonbus.

Vangelis

Vangelis is a famous Greek composer and keyboardist. He composes and performs mainly instrumental music and film scores. During his career, he has flirted with many genres and has proved to be very hard to categorize. His music has been filed as "synthesizer music", "new age", "progressive rock", "Symphonic rock", "Space music", "electronic music", etc. etc. None of those terms is spot on and his output is too varied to catch in one word.

He was born as "Evanghelos Odyssey Papathanassiou" on March 29, 1943, in a small town near Volos, Greece. He started playing the piano at the age of 4 and gave his first public performance of his own compositions at the age of 6.

Most legendary soundtracks are perhaps the Oscar-winning score to "Chariots of Fire" and the ever-popular score to Ridley Scott's landmark cult film "Blade Runner".

Source:

ELSEWHERE -- Independent VANGELIS Web-site

Vid-phōn

Book/Movie/Game

The primary method of communication allowing people to communicate audibly and visually with one another.

Book

Referred to as a "vidphone", it is used throughout the book.

Movie

Referred to as a "vid-phōn".

Examples when used:

• Roy Batty is introduced exiting a vid-phōn booth.

• Rachael appears on the telephone vid-screen when Deckard calls her from "The Snake Pit".

• Deckard uses one from his spinner receiving an update from Captain Bryant and to call J.F. Sebastian.

Game

It is specified as a Zenith Vidphone in the game. You frequently want to check the vidphone in Ray's apartment. There is also one at Taffy's bar and in Luther and Lance's place above Moraji's Dermo Design.

Voigt-Kampff

General/Concept/Equipment

Description - Voigt-Kampff refers to the Voigt-Kampff test as well as the Voigt-Kampff machine. The Voigt-Kampff test is the empathy test used to determine if a person is a human or a replicant. The Voigt-Kampff machine is a briefcase-sized device, that measures involuntary contractions of the iris muscle, capillary dilation of the human skin blush response, and the presence of airborne particles emitted from the body (presumably sweat, pheromones, etc.). The Voigt-Kampff machine is used primarily by blade runners to determine if a suspect is human by measuring the degree of his empathic response through carefully worded questions.

According to DADoES, the name Voigt-Kampff refers to the two Leningrad scientists specializing in android science and psychology, Dr. Voigt and Dr. Lurie Kampff, who invented and enhanced the reaction scales.

Rick Deckard with the Voight-Kampff machine.

Book

"I'm not a peace officer," Rick said. "I'm a bounty hunter." From his opened briefcase he fished out the Voight-Kampff apparatus, seated himself at a nearby rosewood coffee table, and began to assemble the rather simple polygraphic instruments..."This" - he held up the flat adhesive disk with its trailing wires - "measures capillary dilation in the facial area. We know this to be a primary autonomic response... This records fluctuations of tension within the eye muscles."

Movie

Two replicants are given the test; Leon and Rachael.
Deckard tells Tyrell that it usually takes 20 to 30 cross-referenced questions to distinguish a replicant. With Rachael, it took more than a hundred.
Description from the original 1982 Blade Runner press-kit:

A very advanced form of lie detector that measures contractions of the iris muscle and the presence of invisible airborne particles emitted from the body. The bellows were designed for the latter function and give the machine the menacing air of a sinister insect. The VK is used primarily by Blade Runners to determine if a suspect is truly human by measuring the degree of his empathic response through carefully worded questions and statements.

Slang: V-K is Slang for the Voigt-Kampff test, or for conducting such a test.

Dialog #1 (Holden and Deckard from an early script)

Quote:

DECKARD

You Voight-Kampff him?

(Holden's eyes flutter a moment. Deckard waits. The breathing changes rhythm.)

HOLDEN

Yeah! I thought maybe I was getting something......

Maybe it doesn't work on these ones, Deck.

Dialog #2 (Deckard and Bryant from the film)

Quote:

BRYANT: Now there's a Nexus 6 over at the Tyrell Corporation. I want you to go put the machine on it.

DECKARD: And if the machine doesn't work?

Note: In DADoES it is spelled "Voigt-Kampff", however in the film subtitles, and in the movie scripts it is spelled "Voight-Kampf".

Additional Notes: From the "Final Cut" release of Blade Runner, there came extra footage to marvel over. Among them were additional narration. It included the following, pertaining to the Voight-Kampff test. Among the titled "series" of questions named were:

Omega Series

Coleman Series

Cummings' Cross-reference

See: Empathy Test

Amanda Werner

Book

A perpetual guest on Buster Friendly and His Friendly friends show. She's described as being beautiful, elegant and conically breasted. Taken from the book; "Women like Amanda Werner never made movies, never appeared in plays; they lived out their queer, beautiful lives as guests on Buster's unending show... Amanda's hair glowed, eyes glinted, her teeth shone; she never ran down, never became tired, never found herself at a loss as to a clever retort to Buster's bang-bang string of quips, jokes, and sharp observations."

Westwood game

Referring to the Westwood Studios' Blade Runner game.

Westwood Studios was a computer and video games developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1992, the company was renamed Westwood Studios and sold to Virgin Interactive.

Westwood's greatest commercial success came in 1995, with the release of real-time strategy game Command & Conquer.

In 1998, Westwood was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). In March of 2003, Westwood Studios was closed by EA.

Their top games include:

*Blade Runner (1997)

*Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1993)

*Eye of the Beholder (1990)

*World Games (1986)

*Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000)

*Nox (2000)

*Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate, The (1993)

*Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)

*Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge, The (1994)

*Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001)

World War Terminus

Book/Concept

In the pre-history of DADoES, World War Terminus left the earth devastated and nearly uninhabitable with radioactivity. Whoever could afford it (and pass the minimum mental faculties test) migrated to Mars. It was a gradual decay.

Excerpts from the book:

"The legacy of World War Terminus had diminished in potency; those who could not survive the dust had passed into oblivion years ago, and the dust, weaker now and confronting the strong survivors, only deranged minds and genetic properties."

"...owls had fallen from the sky...species after species had become extinct...read in the animal obits... fox one morning, badgers the next."

"...ads {would read} 'Emigrate or degenerate! The choice is yours!' "

This event is the backdrop for the book and heavily influenced, and carried over, to the movie.

See also:

Ajax

Chickenhead

Lead Codpiece

Off-World

Off-World Colonization

Specials

Workprint

Shown the night of March 5, 1982, at the Continental Theater in Denver & also shown the following evening, March 6, at the Northpark Cinema in Dallas. Resurfaced in 1990 at the Fairfax Theater in Los Angeles, during a spring classic film festival. It was also shown in 1991 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences theater, at an event called the UCLA Los Angeles Perspectives Film Festival, plus shown at the NuArt in L.A. and the Castro Theater in San Francisco that same year.

For more information on the different versions click here.

See also:

>Director's Cut

>International Cut

>Domestic Cut

>Final Cut

Yukon Hotel

Movie/Game Location

Movie

This is the hotel Leon is staying at. It is on "1187 Hunterwasser" Street. Deckard traced the hotel address from Holden's VK on Leon at the Tyrell Corporation.

The Yukon Hotel was filmed at the Pan-Am building, South Broadway (opposite the Bradbury Building).

Game

In Act 3, Ray wakes tied to a chair in a room at the Yukon Hotel. Free Ray from the entanglement, investigate the room, then check out the lobby. There Ray will meet Leon and the Yukon Hotel clerk.

Yukon Hotel Desk Clerk

Game

He is first seen in Act 3, being threatened by Leon. Other than that, his role in the game is not significant.

Richard Kimmel does the voice of the Desk Clerk.

Zhora

Movie

Zhora, as introduced to us by "The Snake Pit" club announcer:

"Ladies and Gentleman, Taffey Lewis presents Miss Salome and the snake. Watch her take the pleasure from the serpent that once corrupted man."

Zhora Salome is one of the renegade Replicants who escaped Off-World. She has a snake tattoo on the side of her face, down her neck. She was trained for an Off-world kick-murder squad. As Bryant described her, "Talk about beauty and the beast, she's both."

She is shot to her death in a dramatic display of 'windowpane crashing' turbulence by Deckard amongst shop window mannequins.

Gender Female

Designation Zhora

Model NEXUS-6 N6FAB61216

Incept date June 12, 2016

Function Retrained (9 Feb., 2018) Polit. homicide

Physical level A

Mental level B

The role of Zhora is played by Joanna Cassidy

Zuben

Game

Zuben is the new chef at Howie Lee's. Ray will have the opportunity to meet Zuben in Act 1.

Zuben can be found at Howie Lee's, in the alley, then the warehouse. Depending on your gameplay he may also be found on the rooftop of Ray's apartment building.

Gerald Okamura does the voice of Zuben.