R.U.R. · Character

Dr. Gall

The physiologist who secretly reshaped Robot bodies toward human irritability, he turns a factory of machines into a laboratory of dangerous sympathy.

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Also known as Doctor Gall, Gall

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Dr. Gall runs the physiology department at Rossum's, the man who decides what a Robot's body can feel and endure. Acting on Helena's plea to make the Robots 'more like us,' he quietly alters their irritability for his own satisfaction, a secret he carries while the others boast of their foresight. His experiment is the hinge on which the factory's confidence turns: what he did in private becomes the question everyone must answer when the world outside stops sending letters.

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Character Web

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Friendship
Professional

Character groups

Corporate and Scientific Founders
Protagonist
Human Survivors and Emotional Robots

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Relationships

Helena Glory
friendship · positive
Harry Domin
professional · ambivalent
Busman
professional · ambivalent
Alquist
professional · positive
Sulla
professional · ambivalent

Helena Glory
Dr. Gall is a sympathetic ally to Helena, often confiding in her and supporting her humanitarian concerns.
Harry Domin
Dr. Gall works as a scientist under Domin's leadership at the robot factory, with some tension over robot modifications.
Busman
Busman and Dr. Gall work together at the factory, with Busman often mocking Gall's scientific idealism.
Alquist
Alquist and Dr. Gall are colleagues who share a cautious, philosophical approach to robot development.
Sulla
Dr. Gall created Sulla and treats her as an experiment, though he shows some scientific curiosity about her emotions.

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