John Ellicott-Chatham

John Ellicott-Chatham is the 56-year-old reclusive father of Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham and a wealthy retiree whose most recent hobby was textiles.
According to Hannelore, he spends most of his time on his own space station, where Hannelore grew up.
Like his daughter, he appears to have mental health problems.
The longest arc mentioning him prior to The Birthday Party story arc was the one in which he built a "robot boyfriend" for Hannelore.
Doctor Ellicott is notable for several major technological advances:
* Developed the first "true" AI (the foundation of his fortune)https://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/35731181818/qa-dump-55
* Developed the quasiperpetual myomer
* Pioneered sustainable AI-controlled orbital habitats
* Designed microsatellites that keep the Earth's albedo stable
* Invented the Robot Hamster
* Created swarms of cancer-fighting nano-machines
* Working on lesbian parthenogenesis
He has designed at least one robot prosthesis. He also developed a paranormal containment field in 1984.
Dr. Ellicott made his first actual appearance in the strip looking for his MP3 Player after Marten, Hannelore and Marigold met him.
Hannelore's dad is only referred to as "Doc" in one strip, when Lt. Potter was talking to Space Station about his actions in her first appearance in the strip.
== Trivia ==
* John Ellicott-Chatham is not sure about his hyphenated last name after the divorce. Word of God is that "He hasn’t dropped the hyphenated name. For reasons that may someday be explained, or not."https://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/4558394682/how-come-hannelores-mom-is-beatrice-chatham-but