![]() HAL monitored the ship until the "ghost" of Bowman used HAL to communicate with Dr. HAL assisted the Leonov crew in restoring the USS Discovery One to its former glory (as the ship had been floating in space for 9 years). HAL was later reactivated by his creator in 2010: The Year We Make Contact with his memories of his psychosis erased. Reverted to his first memories, HAL sang the song "Daisy Bell". ![]() Bowman managed to use the emergency airlock to get in and disconnected HAL. Bowman left the ship to rescue Poole, but was not allowed to re-enter the ship by the psychotic computer. He then also cut off life-support from the hibernating scientists onboard, killing them. When Poole went to put back the malfunctioning unit (to see what was causing the "malfunction"), HAL crashed the space pod into Poole to cut his oxygen hose, killing Poole. The astronauts (Bowman and Poole) found nothing wrong with the AE-35 unit and privately told each other that HAL might be malfunctioning and perhaps should be disconnected. He cut off communication with Earth and lied about the failure of the AE-35 unit (the communications antenna), thus necessitating one of the astronauts to bring it aboard and replace it. Due to this, HAL developed a neurosis and a sense of imperfection about himself. He was an incredibly knowledgeable AI system that was given one simple order: to make sure that the ship reached its destination at Jupiter.Įarlier HAL had been given another order which was the real purpose of the mission to the astronauts: to study the signal sent by TMA-1, an alien monolith. 1.2 2010: The Year We Make Contact (Film).
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