Dr. Heywood Floyd
Background
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd is a member of the National Council of Astronomics.
During the events of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) played by William Sylvester
A Pan American shuttle flies Dr. Floyd to a space station. During the flight Stewardess 2 grabs a floating pen and puts it back into a sleeping Dr. Floyd's shirt pocket. Dr. Floyd takes an elevator to the main hub along with Space Station Employee 1 who notifies Dr. Floyd when he arrives at his desired level. He then checks in with Space Station Employee 2 who remarks he hasn't been to the station in some time. Dr. Floyd meets with Miller who greets him and tells him when his flight to the moon leaves. Dr. Floyd tells Miller he needs to make a phone call and calls home. His daughter answers the phone and he asks her to take a message for him and tell her mom that he called, after he promises to bring her something for her birthday. As Dr. Floyd is walking to his meeting, he sees Elena, who introduces him to Dr. Andrei Smyslov. Dr. Floyd asks how Dr. Gregov is doing. Elena tells him they are all on their way home after a three month mission. Dr. Floyd tells them he is on his way to Clavius and Dr. Smyslov starts questioning him about rumors he heard about a plague outbreak on Clavius, which has stopped communicating. Dr. Floyd tells him he cannot discuss matters and then leaves for his meeting. Dr. Floyd takes a lunar shuttle and is brought food by a Lunar Shuttle Stewardess, who when she sees him asleep brings the tray to a fellow Stewardess. The Lunar Shuttle Stewardess then brings two trays of food to Aries 1B Lunar Shuttle Captain and Astronaut 1. The Aries 1B Lunar Shuttle Captain afterwards comes to meet Dr. Floyd. The lunar shuttle lands on at the Clavius Base on the moon. Dr. Floyd holds a meeting with Dr. Ralph Halvorsen, Dr. Roy Michaels and a group of other lunar personnel. Dr. Floyd tells them a message from Dr. Howell and congratulates them on their discovery. He mentions some of their opposition to the story that their is an epidemic on the base and how close relatives might react, but tells them about the absolute need for secrecy of their discovery. He tells them the purpose of his trip is to gather information and come up with a plan with the council on how and when the news should be given to the public. Dr. Michaels asks how long the cover story will have to be maintained, but Dr. Floyd tells him, he can't give him a solid date. Dr. Floyd, Dr. Halvorsen and Dr. Michaels take a shuttle to the excavation site where a Monolith was found. On their trip, Dr. Michaels shows Dr. Floyd a satellite image of where the Monolith was found and explains how they originally thought it was a magnetic rock, but the evidence proved otherwise. Dr. Halvorsen tells Dr. Floyd the Monolith appears to have been deliberately buried four million years ago. They land at the excavation site and stare at the Monolith. Dr. Floyd walks down to the Monolith and touches it and as a group photograph is about to be taken, a loud ringing occurs.