Science Fiction Trivia

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OK, we've done doctors and engineers, let's have lawyers, which might be a little harder!

Five SF characters who are lawyers - which field of law is up to you. Usual rules - only one character from any given canon, e.g. if an answer used Lilah Morgan from Angel (yes, I know Angel isn't SF as such, it's an example!) you couldn't subsequently use any other lawyer from Angel or Buffy canon. Canon which is in multiple formats (e.g. comics, TV, books) still counts as a single canon.

I'd suggest starting by thinking of SF stories with court cases, it's probably easiest...

[Disembodied]

Maybe the Valeyard, from the Doctor Who season Trial of a Time Lord?

"John Locke", the AI representing the law firm Locke Provisos in Ken MacLeod's The Corporation Wars trilogy.

And (I admit I had to look this one up: he doesn't seem to have a name) the Hyper-Chicken from Futurama.

[spud42]

my favorite jack of all trades.... Lazarus( Woodrow Wilson Smith) Long. states he practised law several times.

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Maybe the Valeyard, from the Doctor Who season Trial of a Time Lord?

"John Locke", the AI representing the law firm Locke Provisos in Ken MacLeod's The Corporation Wars trilogy.

And (I admit I had to look this one up: he doesn't seem to have a name) the Hyper-Chicken from Futurama.

Yes to all three.

my favorite jack of all trades.... Lazarus( Woodrow Wilson Smith) Long. states he practised law several times.

And again yes, though he's such an annoying bastard I suspect he won very few cases...

One to go!

[spud42]

ok, another from left field. Judge Dredd ??

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ok, another from left field. Judge Dredd ??

I think I'd have to go with a No on that one - while he's often shown enforcing the law, he never seems to be involved in the legal processes that create it, never appears in court except occasionally as a witness, etc.

Hint - there are several lawyers in comics canon. One of them is a very colourful character.

[Commander_X]

ok, another from left field. Judge Dredd ??

I think I'd have to go with a No on that one [...]

... for crying out loud !

[Disembodied]

Jorj X. McKie, from Frank Herbert's The Dosadi Experiment - he's the only human qualified to practice as a lawyer on Gowachin …

[spud42]

ok, another from left field. Judge Dredd ??

I think I'd have to go with a No on that one - while he's often shown enforcing the law, he never seems to be involved in the legal processes that create it, never appears in court except occasionally as a witness, etc.

Hint - there are several lawyers in comics canon. One of them is a very colourful character.

his court is his bike his Law Giver

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Jorj X. McKie, from Frank Herbert's The Dosadi Experiment - he's the only human qualified to practice as a lawyer on Gowachin …

Yes, that one works - making five, and leaving you holding the poisoned gavel...

Really surprised nobody went with any of the lawyers in Marvel comics, all of whom have superpowers etc. in an SF universe. Especially Jennifer Walters AKA She-Hulk, the colourful character I mentioned...

[Disembodied]

That's very true … Daredevil would be another lawyer-superhero.

OK: five SF stories, novels, films, series etc. that are substantially or wholly set on or under an ocean, either on Earth or elsewhere. No individual TV episodes, though - so e.g. "Doctor Who and the Sea Devils" wouldn't count.

[Cody]

The Watch Below by James White.

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City Under the Sea by Ken Bulmer
Stingray (TV series)

[phkb]

Can SF games count? If so, Subnautica.

[Commander_X]

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne?