Talk:Mobile Virtual Presence Device/@comment-3125805-20150112204214

Anyone who has seen the "Red Dwarf" episode "Queeg" will spot a big Shout-Out here.

In Queeg,  the ship's computer Holly is forcibly demoted from authority by an emergency back-up personality, a computer identity with all the charm of the drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket.

Holly is demoted to night watchman and ship's janitor. As this is a British sci-fi show that eschews the glamour and glitz of Star Trek or Babylon Five, Holly's mobile persona becomes a computer monitor on long spindly legs with a motor tacked on. It looks identical to the Shelbot in every respect. I tend to the suspicion this is not accidental.