Dr. Chandra - Differences Between The Novel and The Film

Differences Between The Novel and The Film

Dr. Chandra is played by Bob Balaban in the film 2010. The film version of the novel drops his Indian heritage and changes his institutional affiliation to the University of Chicago but retains his emotional ties with HAL. Balaban's performance is mostly cold and unemotional, as in the novel, although Chandra's more abrasive character traits are not explored.


The Space Odyssey series
The Original Project of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Films
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • 2010 (1984)
Books
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • 2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
  • 2061: Odyssey Three (1987)
  • 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)
  • The Lost Worlds of 2001 (1972)
Comics
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1976)
Short stories
  • "The Sentinel" (written 1948, first published 1951 as "Sentinel of Eternity")
  • "Encounter in the Dawn" (first published 1953)
Characters
  • HAL 9000
  • David Bowman
  • Dr. Chandra
  • Walter Curnow
  • Heywood Floyd
  • Frank Poole
Vehicles
  • Discovery One
  • List of spacecraft
Locations
  • Earth
  • Moon
  • Clavius Base
  • Tycho
  • Jupiter
  • Europa
  • Io
  • Ganymede
  • Ganymede City
  • Saturn
  • Iapetus
Related
  • Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack
  • Alex North's 2001: A Space Odyssey score
  • Monoliths
  • Poole – HAL 9000
  • Machine Man

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