Dave Bowman

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Dave Bowman is the astronaut protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," known for his confrontation with the HAL 9000 computer and his enigmatic transformation into the Star Child.

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Dr. Bowman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronaut
fictional character
protagonist
affiliation United States space program NERFINISHED
antagonist HAL 9000 NERFINISHED
appearsIn 2001: A Space Odyssey NERFINISHED
2010 (film) NERFINISHED
2010: Odyssey Two NERFINISHED
2061: Odyssey Three NERFINISHED
3001: The Final Odyssey NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jupiter monolith NERFINISHED
Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 (TMA-1) NERFINISHED
basedOn short story The Sentinel
characterArc from human astronaut to post-human entity
characterType heroic
colleague Frank Poole NERFINISHED
HAL 9000 NERFINISHED
createdInYear 1968
creator Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED
Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED
fate evolves into a higher form of life
firstAppearance film 2001: A Space Odyssey NERFINISHED
novel 2001: A Space Odyssey NERFINISHED
gender male
genre science fiction
hasGivenName David NERFINISHED
hasSurname Bowman NERFINISHED
literarySeries Space Odyssey series NERFINISHED
medium film
literature
mission Discovery One mission to Jupiter
Discovery One mission to Saturn
nationality American
notableAction reenters Discovery One through emergency airlock without helmet
notableEvent disconnected HAL 9000
transformed into the Star Child
traveled through the Star Gate
notableScene "Open the pod bay doors, HAL" sequence
occupation astronaut
portrayedBy Keir Dullea NERFINISHED
Keir Dullea in 2010 (film)
role commanding officer of Discovery One
mission commander
spacecraft Discovery One NERFINISHED
speciesAfterTransformation Star Child NERFINISHED
themeAssociation first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
human evolution
man versus machine

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Bad Words hasCharacter Dave Bowman
this entity surface form: Dr. Bowman
Keir Dullea notableCharacter Dave Bowman