Doctor Arkeville
- Dr. Arkeville is a human character in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Doctor Arkeville is a self-proclaimed Evil Genius who often allies himself with the Decepticons, but whose only true allegiance is to himself. The nature and history of his mechanical attachments and limbs are never explained. Like all mad scientists, Dr. Arkeville has designs to rule the planet Earth. Also like all mad scientists, his success rate is sorely lacking.
Dr. Arkeville's name is sometimes spelled Archeville.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Voice Actor: Casey Kasem (US), Chikao Shiroyama → Toshirō Ishii (Japan), Edgar Fruitier (Quebec)
Dr. Arkeville was offered the chance to rule the world by Megatron, in exchange for the technology to hypnotize humans to use as slaves. What Megatron didn't tell him, however, was that his plan would likely destroy the Earth.
Dr. Arkeville was kidnapped by Starscream, who used several of his inventions with the intention of using them to blow up the Earth, and then siphon all the released energy. The Doctor's attempt to stop this resulted in a near-lethal shock.
He later woke up strapped to a table, having been almost completely rebuilt into a cyborg body by Medicroids in order to save his life. Countdown to Extinction
Binaltech (Japan-only)
A member of the Concurrence, a cabal of influential humans dedicated to ridding Earth of the Transformers, Dr. Arkeville used a combination of his hypno-chip technology along with Bombshell's cerebro-shells to take control of several members of the Binaltech project. The Concurrence then forced them to revive Decepticons injured by Swindle's Cosmic Rust as Binaltechs. They intended to use the Decepticon Binaltechs to eliminate the Autobots and then vanquish the remaining Decepticons, turning the Solar system into a Robot-Free "resort".
Unbeknownst to the Concurrence, Dr. Arkeville had his own agenda (surprise, surprise). Over many years and with stolen technology, Dr. Arkeville constructed a Binaltech warrior of his own, meant to be the greatest military commander in history: Nemesis Prime. To ensure that his creation be powerful enough to counter any Autobot threat, Arkeville managed to tap into an extra-spatial power source. During the construction of Nemesis Prime, a mysterious Autobot spark hijacked his creation. Nemesis Prime eventually rejected the spark and returned to Arkeville via AI control, where Arkeville granted it life through the power source he had discovered.
Kiss Players (Japan only)
One night, the disembodied spirit of Starscream possessed the E.D.C. Kiss Player Atari Hitotonari. The ghostly Decepticon forced the young girl to go to Dr. Arkeville, who built him a new body from a fighter jet that the scientist had previously stolen.
Toys
Masterpiece (Japan)
- Starscream (2006)
- The Masterpiece Starscream toy released by TakaraTomy came with a small, immobile Dr. Arkeville figurine scaled to fit in its cockpit. The figurine is almost entirely bare green plastic, save for his lab coat, which is painted white.
- Skywarp (2007)
- A redeco of Starscream, Masterpiece Skywarp includes the same Arkeville pilot figurine as Starscream, except cast in black plastic. The sole white paint application remains.
Masterpiece (US)
- Starscream (2007)
- An exclusive, cartoon-themed redeco of Masterpiece Starscream sold in Wal-Mart stores again included the Arkeville figure, which this time featured a fleshtone paint application for his face.
