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==Radio== ===1970s=== * '''[[List of minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Eddie|Eddie]]''', the shipboard computer of the starship ''Heart of Gold'', from [[Douglas Adams]]'s ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1978) * '''[[Marvin the Paranoid Android|Marvin]]''', from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1978), was programmed with Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's ''GPP'' (Genuine People Personalities) technology. Although his GPP is that of severe [[Clinical depression|depression]] and [[boredom]], his computational prowess is typically summed up as possessing "a brain the size of a planet",<ref>[[q:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Chapter 11|On Wikiquote]]</ref> to which elicits little fanfare from his human companions. ===1980s=== * '''ANGEL 1''' and '''ANGEL 2''', (Ancillary Guardians of Environment and Life), shipboard "Freewill" computers from [[James Follett]]'s ''[[Earthsearch]]'' series. Also '''Solaria D''', '''Custodian''', '''Sentinel''', and '''Earthvoice''' (1980β1982) * '''Hab''', a parody of [[HAL 9000]] and precursor to [[Red Dwarf characters#Holly|Holly]], appearing in the ''[[Son of ClichΓ©]]'' radio series segments ''[[Dave Hollins: Space Cadet]]'' written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]] (1983β1984) * '''Alarm Clock''', an artificially intelligent alarm clock from ''[[Nineteen Ninety-Four]]'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner. Other domestic appliances thus imbued also include '''Refrigerator''' and '''Television''' (1985) * '''Executive''' and '''Dreamer''', paired AIs running on The Mainframe; Dreamer's purpose was to come up with product and policy ideas, and Executive's function was to implement them, from ''[[Nineteen Ninety-Four]]'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner (1985) * '''The Mainframe''', an overarching computer system to support the super-department of The Environment, in the [[BBC]] comedy satire ''[[Nineteen Ninety-Four]]'' by William Osborne and Richard Turner (1985) ===2000s=== * '''''[[Alpha and Omega (radio plays)|Alpha]]''''', from [[Mike Walker (radio dramatist)|Mike Walker]]'s BBC [[radio play]] of the [[Alpha and Omega (radio plays)|same name]] (2001) * '''System''', from the [[Doctor Who]] audio adventure ''[[The Harvest (Doctor Who audio)|The Harvest]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]] is a sophisticated administration computer for a hospital in the future. (2004) * '''Gemini''', the AI of KENT from ''[[Nebulous]]'' (2005)
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