The Doctor

- "As of 3:33 AM, the patient has survived phase one of the operation. Prepare for phase two " -  The Doctor is the main antagonist of the game and is responsible for all the creatures and nightmares that William sees.

He is voiced by the games Director, Jools Watsham.

Description


The Doctors true appearance is unknown, as he always wears doctor's garments, goggles, and covers most of his face. He has a great knowledge in surgery, psychology. If his manifestation at the end of The Ward is to be believed, he also has some degree of psychic abilities. Implied to be is assigned doctor, he is the most personally knowledgeable of William and his history, and uses this knowledge to taunt William, whenever The Doctor is present.

It is implied that during his initial surgery on William, he suffered an "Psychoplasmic Eruption" (A Static shock from Williams brain) in which he afterwards acquired a growing obsession with the Occult, possibly being a vessel for the Elder God Maletesta

Richard Trager, a former Murkoff executive driven insane, whom is also revealed to be The Doctor. Trager amputates two of Miles' fingers with a pair of bone shears, preparing to do the same to his tongue and genitals. However, Miles escapes to an elevator, inadvertently crushing The Doctor to death between floors when he attacks him.

He appears differently in each world. In the Plane of Anguish, he is clad in a black garment with a green smock, and soaked in blood. His "saner half" wears the usual-colored sterile surgeon garments.

According to a file found, a nurse had witnessed the Doctor self-applying electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), often used to treat severe depression.