Walter "Doc" Hartford

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Walter Hartford is a fictional character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, a 1980s animated science-fiction western.

Hartford, from the Island of Jamaica, was born to wealthy parents, and so he was educated the proper way, with years of private school, topped off with Mrs. Abercrombies Charm and Finishing School. He left there to join the Ranger Corps after he signed up with some biochemical corporations to help them produce better computer programs, but found out that his skills were not being challenged.

Doc Hartford, along with the BETA Scientist 'Q-Ball' is responsible for most of the automated systems that the Galaxy Rangers use on a day-to-day basis. His Series V implant allows him direct access to any and all types of computers using small, animated '"programs" he created. These programs are actually a form of limited telepathy that can only interface with computers, but grant him almost complete control. When a power surge is sent through Hartford's power implant he is able to generate an array of programs controlled by a specialized computer diagnostics unit (CDU) that he carries on a utility belt. His programs include:

Searchlight: to tap into databanks and retrieve information
Tripwire: to detect and disable alarm sensors
Firefly: to absorb and divert energy beams
Lifeline: diagnostic medical program
Startalker: universal translator/interpreter
Codebreaker: to decipher alien codes