So many of us who are fans of science and reality got our start by absorbing science fiction

and fantasy.

From these worlds, arose our most inspirational characters, the household names who exist

only in fictional universes, but who made science eternally cool.

Today, we're going to list the ten very most famous.

That's coming right up UnSkeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Top 10 Pro Science Fictional Characters

Here on Skeptoid, we've listed the best pro science celebrities, the worst anti-science

celebrities, unsung women of science, and even the scientists who took one for the team

by experimenting on themselves.

Today we're going to look at a group that we haven't before, science superheroes from

the realm of fiction, including TV, movies, books, and even comic books.

Fiction has given us some truly enduring characters who have become household names,

and fiction has given us some great scientists who made the pursuit of knowledge their core

character trait.

Today we're going to have a look at where these two groups intersect.

The most famous characters who are also the best inspirations for the cause of scientific

truth.

First an explanatory note about the criteria to be included in this episode.

There are many, many characters throughout the world of entertainment who are engineers

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