Dr. Benn

Dr. Benn
Full Name	Dr. Benn Robinson
Homeworld	Earth
Gender	Male
Age	42 (born 2957)
Status	Deceased
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
Affiliation(s)	Earth Defence Forces
Known Relatives	Lamia (surrogate daughter)
First Appearance	Scramble X-Bomber
Last Appearance	F-01 Assassination Plot
Voice Actor(s)	JP: Mikio Terashima EN: Peter Marinker

Dr. Benn Robinson (ドクトル・ベン) (2957-2999) was commander of Moonbase and Commander of X-Bomber. He was one of the top scientists in the solar system and the man in charge of the X-Project after disappearance of Professor Saburo Hagen, he possesses the widest knowledge of mechanical science, also becoming Lamia's caretaker afterwards.

The Doctor is a peace-loving man, and would much prefer the Bomber to be used as a space laboratory instead of a warship. However, he recognizes the need to destroy the threat of the evil Imperial Alliance, and the part that the Bomber must play in that.

Bio

Always calm and self composed with watchful eyes that monitor all situations correctly, he has the ability to create instant and bold strategies. He is never without his pipe. Dr. Benn captains X-Bomber and is in charge of navigation. Strict when instructing the team, he is actually quite broad minded in teaching them effectively, according to their characters and abilities. Benn is regarded with something approaching awe by his young crew.

Dr. Benn is killed in Episode 19 of the series, being killed defending Lamia from Caliban's Bionic Assassin. Specifically, he is killed by the poison injected into his system after being cut by the Assassin. Dr. Benn declined the medical assistance that Lamia offered (not knowing the scythe cut was poisonous), incidentally the assistance probably would have saved him.

The death of Dr. Benn (along with the death of Captain Carter) helped create further determination by the X-Bomber crew to destroy the Imperial Alliance. He was buried on planet Callinean. Shiro takes his place in X-Bomber's command structure, but knows he can never really fill his shoes.

Appearances

Episodes Scramble X-Bomber Super Powerful Imperial Alliance Fleet Find F-01 Wipe Out the Transport Fleet The Mysterious Ship, Skull X-Bomber Goes Forth Mortal Combat in the Gravity Graveyard An Attack Beyond Tears Target: the Captain (flashbacks only) Galaxy Adrift Farewell: the Eternal Battlefield Our Mortal Enemy is Captain Carter Battle to the Death: X-Bomber vs. the Imperial Alliance (flashbacks only) Lamia: Girl of Destiny X-Bomber: Death on Planet M Lamia Kidnapped Asleep in the Ice Prison Commander Makara's Promotion Destroy the Prison Planet F-01 Assassination Plot M13: Full Frontal Attack Begins (postmortem/flashback) Other Pilot

Voice Actors

• Mikio Terashima (Japanese)
• Kōji Yada (Japanese; Pilot)
• Peter Marinker (English Dub)
• Robert Bazil (French Dub)
• Marco Bonetti (Italian Dub)
• Salem Algehoshi (Arabic Dub)

Trivia

• Dr. Benn is the only character whose age is definitively known, as shown by his gravestone in Episode 21 ("DR. BEN ROBINSON A.D. 2957-2999"). Contradictorily, material often cites his age as 50.
• Despite his gravestone spelling his name as "Dr. Ben", his name is spelled out as Dr. Benn in the English end credits.
  • In addition, Dr. Benn's monicker is rather unusual as normally a person's last name would be used for their monicker as Doctor.
• In Arabic, Dr. Benn is named Dr. Fahman.