In three days I will cease to exist, my friend. I must now leave to prepare for that event. You must consider me a device which has failed its programmed function, merely that. I wish I'd learnt more of human kind. Your own concept of your creator. I've seen much to criticise of mankind, but I believe there's even more to admire. Had I more time, I might have even learnt to understand humanity's greatest of all achievements: the ability to feel love for one another. And I thank you for teaching me the meaning, at least, of the word friendship.
THE QUESTOR TAPES (1974)
DIR. RICHARD A. COLLA
If you want to see Mike Farrell have a homoerotically-charged friendship with an android and run around in 1970s fashion, I’m highly recommending The Questor Tapes (from the creator of Star Trek)
Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles
Emil Hamilton
Professor Emil Hamilton had been the director and head scientist at STAR Labs of Metropolis. On the forefront of scientific discovery and experimentation, Hamilton became found himself as a close alley to Superman in the hero’s early years as the protector of Metropolis. The pair worked together on numerous occasions. Hamilton surmised the origins of Kryptonite and why the substance so weakened the Man of Steel. He additionally built a lead-lined suit that would protect Superman from Kryptonite.
Superman brought Hamilton the remains of the spacecraft that had originally brought him to earth and Hamilton and his team were able to repair it so that it was space-worthy again. The scientist additionally helped to fix the Phantom Zone projector.
Having come to know Superman so well, Hamilton was aware of what a dire threat to the world the hero could be if he ever were to go rogue. As such Hamilton was quite shaken when Superman was temporarily mind controlled by Darkseid. On another occasion, a desperate Superman snapped at Hamilton, demanding he provide emergency medical care for his cousin Supergirl.
These experiences left an indelible mark on Hamilton. When Amanda Waller approached him with a request that he join Project Cadmus, the professor quickly agreed. Cadmus was oriented toward creating contingency plans to neutralize those with superhuman powers were they ever to become a threat to national interests.
As a part of Cadmus, Hamilton worked on the creation of Doomsday, The Ulti-Men and the close of Supergirl known as Galatea. Hamilton came to regret his decision to work for Cadmus and his lack of trust in his old friend Superman. Whatever become of the professor following the dissolution of Project Cadmus remains unknown.
Actors Victor Brandt and Robert Foxworth each provided the voice for Professor Hamilton, with the misguided scientist first appearing in the fifth episode of the first season of Superman: The Animated Series, ‘A Little Piece of Home.’