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Walter One, commonly known as Walter, is a fictional character featured in the ''
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'' franchise, portrayed by Michael Fassbender. He is the counterpart to the android
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, also played by Fassbender. He appeared in '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), its novelization, and multiple accompanying promotional videos.


Background

Unlike each preceding android in the ''Alien'' franchise, who had been named in ascending alphabetical order (
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David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
), director Ridley Scott named the new character Walter after ''
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'' producer Walter Hill. The character was given an American accent to differentiate him from the British-accented David. The character was featured in a feature, stylized as an advertisement for the fictional Weyland-Yutani corporation, released in March 2017. Included in the promotional was a link to "MeetWalter.com", which provided in-universe information about the character.


Fictional biography


''Alien: Covenant (2017)''

Walter One is engineered as a reformed synthetic, after the
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model was "too human". He has "AMD's Ryzen and Radeon Instinct technology", which allows him to become personalized for each customer. Walter is assigned to monitor and maintain the Covenant, a colonial vessel carrying couples in suspended animation to Origae-6. When a neutrino-burst damages the ship, Walter reanimates his 14 human crewmates. The crew receives a distress call from a seemingly habitable, and much closer, planet and decides to land. On the planet, several of the crewmates are attacked by neomorphs. as they were saved by
David 8 David, commonly known as David, is a fictional character featured in the '' Alien'' franchise, portrayed by Michael Fassbender. Introduced in the first prequel film, '' Prometheus'' (2012), David is an android serving as a butler, maintenance ma ...
, who brings them to an Engineer temple. In the temple, as Walter would later discovers Elizabeth Shaw's dissected corpse, used by David as material for his evolving creature designs. When Walter confronts David, he is attacked and his spine is removed. However, unlike the earlier model David, Walter's advanced systems allow him to heal. He catches up with David as he was attacking Daniels. She is able to escape as the two synthetics fight. Ultimately, David wins and assumes Walter's identity. It is unclear if Walter is permanently damaged or will be able to recover. Regardless, he is left on the planet as David leaves on the Covenant.


''Alien: Awakening''

It is unclear if Walter will return in the next ''Alien'' film.


Reception

Fassbender's performance as Walter, and David, was widely praised. Cinema Blend's Gregory Wakeman said "Michael Fassbender who once again steals the show in his dual roles as Walter and David. What we see is far from conventional, yet still always verges on eye-catching. The interactions between the two androids, whose disparate personalities are pitch-perfectly portrayed by the Irishman, are genuinely bizarre, in both a good and bad way." Aaron Couch of the ''
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'' pointed to the interactions between David and Walter as possibly homoerotic. Others described their relationship as "exclusively gay".
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, writing for '' RogerEbert.com'', noted that "the David-Walter relationship differentiates 'Covenant' from all other 'Alien' films."


Appearances

* ''Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter'' (2017) * '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017) * ''Alien: Covenant'' (novel) (2017)


References


External links


MeetWalter.com, archived
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