I don't use Skype but if I did, I'd want to telecast an image with a little more panache than me sitting in my underwear in front of a computer. Magnificent sight though that may be, I don't feel the need to transmit my half naked picture any more than I feel the need to put my pants on when sitting in front of the computer.

Enter the Great and Powerful Oz avatar. Your voice, after going through a voice changer to knock it down an octave, would animate the classic Wizard of Oz face to match your speech while flames billowed and exploded between sentences. You'd also have a soundboard to allow you to bellow and shout without all the work of actually talking. Keys would include:

"SILENCE!"

"HEAR ME NOW FOOLISH MORTAL!"

"DO NOT QUESTION THE GREAT AND POWERFUL DOCTOR REMULAC 3!" (Or insert your internet handle as appropriate)

"I HAVE SPOKEN!"

Perhaps most important, the feature of all future "great and powerful" entities as we've leared from Star Trek, the annoying habbit of repeating who you are every 3 or 4 sentences in case the lowly humans forget who they're talking to.

"I - AM - DOCTOR REMULAC 3!"

You could also press keys to shoot additional flames, play minor chord orchestral stings or thunder claps, make the face even angrier looking etc.

I'd still never use Skype, but I'd like to know I had the option.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012

Like so http://www.actressa...-great-and-powerful
[doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012]

Doctor Remulac One http://www.youtube....watch?v=X7IjMJu8Gm4
Sounds like a real lady's man. [doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012]

What I found when I did a search for "Kangaroo mayhem" http://www.youtube....watch?v=GPdm3uy1xkc
Not what I expected. [doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012]

Might I humbly inquire as to what happened to the first two doctors?
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 03 2012


Best not to. Statute of limitations issues in play.

But seriously, curious about that myself. Just needed a log in name for some political or science blog or something way back in the day, tried "Doctorremulac" (from some nutcase who called the Howard Stern radio show and just said: "I am Doctor Remulac, I am Doctor Remulac..." over and over.) and it was taken. Ok, Doctorremulac1. Nope. 2? You're kidding! But Dr Rem3 was available and here I am.

Exciting story.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012


Maybe they regenerate inside a police box?
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 03 2012


will there be kangaroos?
-- methinksnot, Apr 03 2012


You mean like pushing a button to unleash kangaroo fueled mayhem when they least expect it?

"DO NOT MAKE ME RELEASE THE KANGAROOS!"

Sure, why not.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012


\\insert your internet handle: "DO NOT QUESTION THE GREAT AND POWERFUL mouseposture. I HAVE SPOKEN!"\\

No, it doesn't quite work, does it.
-- mouseposture, Apr 03 2012


Street it up a bit by shortening it to "M.P." If they ask what M.P. stands for hit the "SILENCE!" button and throw in a few thunderclaps.

Or say it in German. Everything sounds mean in German: Mauskörperhaltung

Nobody would dare mess with Mauskörperhaltung.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 03 2012


If it you could get it do the Mickie Mouse voice, I'd be in.
-- not_morrison_rm, Apr 04 2012


<Clears throats>

"WE ARE THE BORG. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. FREEDOM IS IRRELEVANT, SELF DETERMINATION IS IRRELEVANT. WE WISH TO IMPROVE OURSELVES. WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. YOU MUST COMPLY. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE".

Hmmm, not bad. Can we have one on sale or return, to try out ?
-- 8th of 7, Apr 04 2012


I thought you'd want one of these 8. Customized to your specifications of course.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 04 2012


If it had a Elmer Fudd voice plug-in, I might go for it.
-- not_morrison_rm, Apr 04 2012


For you, we thought maybe more Bugs Bunny ...
-- 8th of 7, Apr 04 2012


To be honest, I was thinking of Stephen Hawking's voice, so I could make lots of crank calls to physics institutes around the world, but it seemed a bit unsporting.
-- not_morrison_rm, Apr 05 2012


How do we know that's really Steven Hawking running that speech synthesizer?
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 06 2012


You don't. "And we'd have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you pesky kids ...."
-- 8th of 7, Apr 06 2012



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