I agree with your statement RedRobin. I myself was and am still nicknamed by some as "Mr. Spock" as well (doesn't help when I wear the blue Trek uniform).
Now I can easily dismiss or accept my robot character as autistic... but I think I'll do neither. As he is physically a robot I'm allotted the luxury of leaving his/her identification unknown. It is my hope that in this way I can make the character more socially accessible... and thus more marketable (maybe I'm a sell out)
I might consider either making this a book or possibly even a low budget TV miniseries since I'm a filmmaker. They both sound like fun ideas.
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