And of course we have to have a mad scientist character! In the proud tradition of Doc Brown, Doctor Strange and Doctor Who I give unto thee- Doc Terry! D.T. for short. Named after three Terry’s that had a huge impact on my life: Terry Pratchet, Terry Gilliam and Terrance McKenna. He’s a bit of a party animal. But then- aren’t all scientists?
Oh and in case you’re wondering, his brain being outside of a body is part of his recovery from being a “Loose”.
A Loose is condition related to the installation of technology that allows you to directly change your appearance in any way you want by thought alone. Someone who has changed their appearance too much can loose control of the ability resulting in a constantly shifting appearance. In extreme cases the person looses all control and even shifts in and out of reality or moves spontaneously forward or backwards in time. Once it gets that far there’s no coming back but D.T. caught it early. You see the tech merges completely with your body and the condition is the result of a feedback loop as you might guess. The only cure is to remove your brain from your body forcing it to reestablish a stable connection with reality. Once you do that you can easily get a new body but D.T. is in no rush. There’s a variety of psychedelics that only work when your brain is outside the body and he’s having fun.
He’ll be voiced by my very good friend Eric Giles who will bring his own brand of dry wit to my mystical meanderings.