15 Facts About Miles Dyson

Doctor Miles Bennett Dyson is a character in the sci-fi franchise Terminator.

Miles Dyson is the original inventor of the microprocessor which would lead to the development of Skynet, an intelligent computer system intended to control the United States military, but which would later achieve sentience and launch a global war of extermination against humanity.

Miles Dyson is an expert in cybernetics at Cyberdyne Systems Corporation as the Director of Special Projects.

Miles Dyson has a wife named Tarissa and a son named Danny.

Miles Dyson is the man most directly responsible for Skynet's creation, which would lead to Judgment Day.

One night at his home, Miles Dyson is suddenly attacked by Sarah Connor, who believed that Judgment Day could be averted by killing Miles Dyson, thereby stopping development of the microprocessor.

When Sarah comes to her senses and retreats, Miles Dyson is saved by Sarah's son, John, and the Model 101 Terminator.

Miles Dyson agrees to accompany Sarah, John and the Terminator to Cyberdyne to destroy his research.

Miles Dyson begins preparing to decimate the lab with a bomb.

Miles Dyson holds onto the trigger and signals for the Connors, the Terminator, and the SWAT team to leave.

Miles Dyson dies of his injuries and detonates the bomb, destroying the building with his body inside.

Miles Dyson has become one of the most iconic and notable creators of artificial technology in popular culture, along with Eldon Tyrell from Blade Runner and Tony Stark in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Miles Dyson has been recognised as one of the most important characters in the Terminator franchise, due to his accidental creation of Skynet and his willingness to do whatever it takes to change the future, including sacrificing his own life.

Miles Dyson has been compared to Victor Frankenstein and The Terminator to Frankenstein's Monster, where Miles Dyson experimented with technologies beyond his understanding and inadvertently created life which turned evil, somewhat similar to how Dr Frankenstein experimented with life beyond death and created a monster.

Miles Dyson was unaware that his work would create Skynet, whereas Frankenstein fully intended on creating new life, but did not intend on creating a monster.