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 have never been 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.
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I, Doctor Arkeville, genius of science, say... Open Sesame!
Dr. Arkeville was offered the chance to rule the world by Megatron, in exchange for the Decepticons using his hypno-chips to hypnotize humans to use as slaves. When Megatron then revealed the first part of his plan to Arkeville — to transport Cybertron into Earth's orbit via space bridge and create energon from the natural disasters it would cause — Arkeville was hesitant. Megatron just ordered him to send his slaves to defend the space bridge from the Autobots, who refused to fight back against humans. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1
However, when Soundwave used his audio disruptor waves, the hypno-chips malfunctioned and the slaves escaped. Arkeville told Megatron he needed new ones, and the Decepticons started abducting people from around the world to collect energon from the disasters. When Megatron sent one slave to Cybertron, Arkeville told him that he couldn't control his slaves if they weren't on Earth, but got the response that his control computer had already been replicated on Cybertron. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2
"I'll get that Mega Man if it's the last thing I do!"
Arkeville then heard about another plan of Megatron's: to let tidal waves slam into some of his generators, creating large amounts of energon. He protested as this would drown all the slaves working near the generators, but Megatron just mocked him. After an heated exchange between Megatron and Starscream, the Decepticon leader told Arkeville to stay away from the backstabbing Air Commander. Arkeville started pondering if Starscream may be the ally he really wanted. Whether or not he made a decision didn't matter, as Starscream just kidnapped him after Megatron had left him to drown in the tidal waves with his slaves. The human mad scientist attempted to produce energon cubes from his brain power for Starscream, but the Decepticon rebuffed him, claiming Arkeville's brain couldn't fill one cube. As Starscream grumbled that he wouldn't be able to take over the Decepticon forces, he and the doctor were discovered by Megatron. Luckily for Starscream, the remaining slaves started malfunctioning due to the Autobots' tampering, which distracted Megatron and let Starscream escape with Arkeville. The Ultimate Doom, Part 3
Resistance is... whatever.
Starscream and Arkeville took off to Arkeville's secret lab (which was opened by Arkeville saying "Open Sesame"), where the doctor warned Starscream not to mess with his Exponential Generator, as it could destroy Earth. Starscream promptly programmed the generator to reach its maximum capacity in eight hours, planning to absorb the energy from the planet's destruction. Arkeville didn't like this idea one bit, and suggested that he stay behind and make sure "nothing goes wrong", only to be knocked down and brought along to Cybertron. Out of Starscream's sight, Arkeville tried to stop the energy collectors via computer, only to receive a severe electric shock which knocked him unconscious. He later woke up strapped to a table, having been rebuilt more fully into a cyborg by Medicroids in order to save his life.
When the explosion failed to happen as expected, Starscream tried to order Arkeville to Earth to investigate, only for the scientist to sarcastically remind him that he was immobilized by a mechanical chair. Grinning evilly, Arkeville noted that Starscream was the only one who knew how the timing mechanism worked, and that HE was the one who had to go to Earth...
Countdown to Extinction
Binaltech Story
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". Expose All of Evil's Designs!
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.[1]
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. Binal Time
Kiss Players radio drama
One night, the disembodied spirit of Starscream possessed the E.D.C.Kiss PlayerAtari 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. The body was then almost immediately destroyed by a unit of Autoroopers responding to the threat. What happened to Arkeville afterward is unknown. Kiss Players radio drama #27
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.
Thundercracker (2008)
Japanese ID number:MP-7
Another redeco of Starscream, Masterpiece Thundercracker includes the same Arkeville pilot figurine as Starscream and Skywarp, though cast in dark blue plastic this time.
Starscream Ghost Version (2010)
Japanese ID number:MP-3G
Masterpiece Starscream Ghost Version retains the Arkeville pilot figurine, but unpainted and cast in light purple translucent plastic. Does it represent the ghost of Arkeville himself? Who knows.
Classics
Masterpiece Starscream (2007)
An exclusive, cartoon-themed redeco of Masterpiece Starscream sold in Walmart stores again included the Arkeville figure, which this time featured a fleshtone paint application for his face. This version of the figure was also sold as a "USA Edition" by TakaraTomy in Japan.
Universe (2008)
Masterpiece Skywarp (2009)
An exclusive, original toy-themed redeco of Masterpiece Skywarp sold in Walmart stores again included the Arkeville figure, which this time was cast in a flat black plastic and completely unpainted.
↑Nemesis Prime's Alternators bio. This was not on the toy's packaging, but rather distributed online to Transformers news sites to promote the figure's availability at San Diego Comic-Con. It was later confirmed to be the work of Hasbro copywriter Forest Lee.[citation needed]
