The name Dr. Clayton Forrester has two connotations in popular culture: the name of the chief protagonist of the 1953 film The War of the Worlds, and one of the mad scientists from the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. The War of the Worlds DVD The War of the Worlds (1953) was produced by George Pál (the second of three H.G. Wells science fiction stories to be filmed by Pál) and directed by Byron Haskin from a script by Barré Lyndon, and starred Gene Barry, Les... From left to right, Crow T. Robot, Joel Robinson, and Tom Servo (the latter dressed as a candystriper). ...

The War of the Worlds

In 1953, H.G. Wells's science fiction novel The War of the Worlds was made into a film, with its location and characters moved to an American setting, much as in the infamous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast version. The movie version starred Gene Barry as Dr. Clayton Forrester, a scientist on a fishing holiday who gets caught up in an invasion from Mars. The film is considered a classic of early science fiction cinema. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Herbert George Wells Martian war machines loom over the Thames, in an illustration from War of the Worlds as printed in Pearsons Magazine, 1897 Spoiler warning: An early science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells, describes the fictional turn of the nineteenth century... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... Gene Barry (born June 14, 1921) is an American actor. ... This article is about the profession. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Mars, with polar ice caps visible. ...

Mystery Science Theater 3000

From left to right, Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV's Frank.

The creators of the comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show that pokes fun at B-movies and the occasional sci-fi classic, chose the name Dr. Clayton Forrester for their head mad scientist, paying homage to the famous 1953 film. Forrester was played by Trace Beaulieu. Working initially with fellow "mad" Dr. Laurence Erhardt (later with TV's Frank) in the bowels of Deep 13, he kidnapped janitor Joel Robinson and shot him into space on board the Satellite of Love. This is a shot of Dr. Clayton Forrester and TVs Frank from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series. ... This is a shot of Dr. Clayton Forrester and TVs Frank from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series. ... From left to right, Dr. Clayton Forrester and TVs Frank. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... From left to right, Trace Beaulieu as Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank Conniff as TVs Frank in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... From left to right, Dr. Clayton Forrester and TVs Frank. ... Joel and the bots. ...

Forrester and his assistants sent Robinson cheesy movies, the worst they could find, and forced him to watch them all, so that they could monitor his mind. In response, Joel built several robot friends to keep him company, and keep himself from being driven mad. An unfortunate side effect of this was that he could not control where the movies began and ended. Robinson, Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo endlessly mocked the movies they were forced to watch. During Joel's time on MST3K, Forrester participated in Invention Exchanges with Joel and the 'bots. He would show his invention, then Joel would show his invention. Crow and friends. ... Tom Servo and his friends. ...

At the end of the sixth season, Frank was assumed into Second Banana Heaven by the angel Torgo. In the seventh season, Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl) joined her son Clayton to help him out. When Trace Beaulieu left the series, she took over as the head mad, and continued sending bad movies to hapless temp Mike Nelson (played by Michael J. Nelson, who had replaced Joel halfway through the 5th season) and the 'bots. John Reynolds as Torgo. ... Pearl Forrester was a character on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series. ... Mary Jo Pehl as Pearl Forrester, Kevin Wagner Murphy as Professor Bobo (right), and Bill Corbett as Brain Guy (left). ... In the comedic television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike Nelson (portrayed by actor/head writer Michael J. Nelson) is a doofy, slightly dim Minnesotan temp worker who comes to work for Dr. Clayton Forrester and TVs Frank in Deep 13 while they prepare for an evil scientist audit... Mystery Science Theater 3000s Mike Nelson (left) and Kevin Wagner Murphy, at Exoticon 1 convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November, 1998. ...

Clayton's last appearance was Laserblast, where he was told Deep 13's funding would be cut off. In the end of that episode, a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey was shown, where an old Clayton was trying to reach the "monolith" (a video tape). In the next scene, he was reborn as a star child, where his last words in the series was "Oh, Poopie.". A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ...

External links

• IMDb: The War of the Worlds (1953)
• IMDb: Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)