The Questor Tapes is a 1974 television movie about an android (portrayed by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose. Conceived by and executive produced by Gene Roddenberry, the script is credited to Roddenberry and fellow Star Trek alumnus Gene L. Coon.
A novelization, written by D. C. Fontana (another Star Trek alumna), was dedicated to Coon, who died before the program was broadcast.
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The Questor Tapes is a 1974 television movie about an android (portrayed by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose. Conceived by and executive produced by Gene Roddenberry, the script is credited to Roddenberry and fellow Star Trek alumnus Gene L. Coon.
A novelization, written by D. C. Fontana (another Star Trek alumna), was dedicated to Coon, who died before the program was broadcast.
Project Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Emil Vaslovik: He developed plans to build a superhuman android. A team of the world's foremost experts is able to build the android, even though they do not understand the components that they are working with — they are only able to follow the instructions and install parts left by Vaslovik, who has disappeared. Attempts to decode the programming tape were not only unsuccessful, approximately half of the tape was erased. They decide to substitute their own programming, over the objections of...
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