# Dr. Gall — R.U.R. character guide

> Dr. Gall in R.U.R. by Karel Čapek.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Doctor Gall, Gall

**First appearance:** 0001-r-u-r

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Helena Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/r_u_r_se/characters/helena_glory)

_friendship_

Dr. Gall is a sympathetic ally to Helena, often confiding in her and supporting her humanitarian concerns.

### [Harry Domin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/r_u_r_se/characters/harry_domin)

_professional_

Dr. Gall works as a scientist under Domin's leadership at the robot factory, with some tension over robot modifications.

### [Busman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/r_u_r_se/characters/busman)

_professional_

Busman and Dr. Gall work together at the factory, with Busman often mocking Gall's scientific idealism.

### [Alquist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/r_u_r_se/characters/alquist)

_professional_

Alquist and Dr. Gall are colleagues who share a cautious, philosophical approach to robot development.

### [Sulla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/r_u_r_se/characters/sulla)

_professional_

Dr. Gall created Sulla and treats her as an experiment, though he shows some scientific curiosity about her emotions.

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