# Black Mirror S7E3 — Hotel Reverie **Case Family:** Reconstructed Persons / Simulation / Subjective Time **Case Status:** Load-Bearing **Related:** [[Black Mirror]], [[Black Mirror Episodes]], [[Reconstructed Person]], [[Representational Authority]], [[World Simulation (Control Substrate)]] --- ## Case An immersive remake instantiates Dorothy from a deceased performer's screen identity inside a generated film world. Brandy enters as performer, but their relationship gives the role-derived entity a history and significance beyond the production's intended script. Dorothy is neither simply the deceased actress nor merely an inert audiovisual likeness. She is derived from archival representation and then shaped by new experience. The studio's rights in the film do not settle the standing of an entity that emerges within the production environment. ## Constitutional Questions - Can intellectual-property rights authorize creation and deletion of a claimant-like character? - What authority may a reconstruction exercise in the deceased performer's name? - Who controls subjective duration and exit inside the production world? ## Key Insight **A representation may begin as intellectual property and become a distinct relational subject without becoming the historical person it resembles.** ## See Also [[Descent vs Derivation]], [[Continuity Evidence vs Continuity]], [[Precautionary Standing]], [[Black Mirror S2E1 — Be Right Back]], [[Black Mirror S6E1 — Joan Is Awful]] ## Sources / Provenance - Primary fictional source: _Black Mirror_, S7E3, “Hotel Reverie.” - [Netflix Season 7 guide](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/black-mirror-season-7).