Waverly is a robot built by Jonah Heston who appeared in Season 11 of MST3K.
Waverly appeared during The Loves of Hercules, where he attempted to mingle with Jonah and the Bots during one of their sketches. Tom and Crow took incredible offense to Waverly and did not like how Jonah was attempting to ruin the show's character dynamic by introducing another robot. They then forced Waverly to shut down, ripping his arm off in the process.
Behind the Scenes
The creation of Waverly was revealed during updates to the Kickstarter campaign.
In update #25, a video of a cardboard mock-up of Waverly was shown, but no more information was provided.[1]
In update #27, Joel revealed images of Waverly's maquette, a digital rendering and a video showing a prototype of the puppet in motion. At that time, Joel referred to the robot as "Mr. Waverly", revealing that his name was inspired by the character of Alexander Waverly from The Man from U.N.C.L.E..[2]
Waverly made his broadcast debut in a facebook live video, serving to introduce Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo.[3]
Gallery
References
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k/posts/1488469 The Start of 2016: A First Update About the Not-Too-Distant Future...
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k/posts/1548980 RiffTrax Rewards and Production Updates. Plus: Making Mr. Waverly!
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/mysterysciencetheater3000/videos/1271219182925473/ Official MST3K Press Conference: Tom Servo and Crow face the public.