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Doctor What is one of the most prominent, if not THE most prominent, members! And he’s very modest too.
Doctor What is best known for the Resurrection of What (as it is known on the AH.com calendar). This occurred at his birthday party in 2004. While in the act of performing cunnilingus on a woman known as Amy (noted for her powerful thighs), the Doc had the blood supply to his brain cut off and clinically died for a short period of time before being brought around by paramedics.
Although whether he would actually be considered dead has been debated by Torqumada, this act resulted in Hendryk proclaiming the religion of Whatianity around Doctor What as the Messiah. The Whatian faith was, of course, based around Doctor What’s own character and thus places a certain emphasis on lesbians.
Because of his death and ressurection, Dr. What is regarded as a saint, St. Bruno the Undead, by the followers of Goatism. He is also acknowledged as a knight of the Heterosexual Reconquista, partly because of his skill in finding pictures of gorgeous women, and partly because he managed to get Kilngirl and IronYuppie to indulge in a lesboendo fight over who got to possess him.
Doc’s original claim to fame was in posting links to strange and psychologically disturbing websites. He easily defeated Gamingboy in a contest for the title. Doc has not posted so many lately, but he still shows a remarkable talent for finding pictures, links, information on really obscure topics within about thirty seconds. As far as the Internet is concerned, He Is The One.
Doc is also known as an accomplished travel writer, often considered on a similar level as Bill Bryson. He has written accounts of his travels in Europe, Israel and on a trans-Canadian train journey, as well as those of other adventures such as skydiving.
Doc is also apparently Emperor Brunus Lombardicus of the Restored Roman Empire, whose territory currently consists only of the food hall in the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta.
Doctor What has invented or popularised numerous AH.com catchphrases, including:
Doc’s posting style is distinctive because he likes using double hyphens ( - - ). Not to be confused with double hyperns, which is too frightening to contemplate.
Doctor What is commonly associated with the Chat forums, but also participates in AH Discussion, particularly when it involves his primary subject areas of anthropology and Canada. He is also a regular reader and commentator upon many of the stories in the Writer’s Forum.
The Doc is the ultimate purveyor of Weird Links and Weird News Stories in Chat. An early attempt by Gamingboy to challenge him for this title failed miserably. Doc has also entertained the members with journal-style writings describing, for example, his trip to the Holy Land and the infamous Summer of Audrey. He owns two cats named Mynx and Sphynx.
Doctor What is usually not a major participant in political discussions, although he does often post news stories relating to them. He generally tends to the left side of the political spectrum, but his Civil Service status also grants him a certain neutrality. In the political sphere his sparring partner is fellow Government worker Grimm Reaper.
The Doc founded his own party called the Whatian Party which contested the 2006 Elections and won one seat for himself. The party did not campaign in the 2007 Elections as he was away at the time, but he still stood in the Presidential poll. He did not win the Presidency, but as he was one of the Presidential Candidates that obtained a reasonable number of votes, Acting President Sargon decided to offer him a place in his Cabinet as a Special Cabinet Minister. The Whatster accepted and is now AH.com’s Minister for Weird Affairs.
He is also the Chief Scientist of the Protectorate of Antarctica being based at Neu-Brunoland where he has a top secret base. So top secret in fact we’re not sure if he’s found it yet.
Doc’s alter ego is captain of the AH.com Ship. His competency in this role varies wildly depending on the writer and the situation. He also has the largest porn collection in the known universe (although not if Othniel gets his way). Generally speaking, he has (marginally) more sense and good intentions than most of the crew and most of his orders seem to be obeyed, partly because he tends to lead from the front but mostly because nobody else seems to want the job as captain.
As hinted at above, the Doc is one of the most prominent writers of the AH.com Series, having penned more episodes than any other writer. His episodes are often characterised by containing homages to B-movies and Red Dwarf, and most of them are set in deliberately amusing ASB timeline Earths. Doctor What wrote the very first Series episode, which introduced the idea of mirror universe versions of the AH.commers: this would be further explored in later episodes.
Doctor What has also co-written episodes with MerryPrankster,Thande and Dave Howery
1×01 - “IN DA GADDA DE VITA THROUGH A CRACKED DARK MIRROR”
1×08 - “LIFE, EVERYTHING, AND THE PUB IN THE HUB”
1×12 - “THE NEXT TO THE LAST OMEGA MAN”
1×16 - “THE SHIP SANK - DEAL WITH IT!”
1×19 - “AH.COM THE (sorta-kinda-maybe) NEXT GENERATION”
2×04 - “LESBIANS OF DOOM”
2×09 - “IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD”
2×11 - “LEO ATROX” - With MerryPrankster
2×12 - “AVE, B'HARNY”
2×15 - “CRAP-TASTIC VOYAGE”
2×17 - “GENDERBENDER MIRROR”
2×21 - “THE RETURN OF THE KING”
2×24 - “DINOS & NAZIS & DEROS, OH MY!”
2×26 - “DON'T MENTION THE PORN!” - With Thande
2×27 - “ARENA OF DEATH & PAIN & OTHER BAD THINGS”
2×37 - “HARBINGERS”
2×38 - “REVELATIONS”
3×02 - “ONE FOR ALL & ALL FOR ONE”
3×14 - “LUAKELS OF THE WASTELAND, PART 1” (with Dave Howery)
3×15 - “LUAKELS OF THE WASTELAND, PART 2” (with Dave Howery)
3×17 - “TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU” (with Thande)
3×25 - “HAIR TODAY GOTTERDAMMERUNG TOMORROW, PART 1” - (with Thande)
3×26 - “HAIR TODAY GOTTERDAMMERUNG TOMORROW, PART 2” - (with Thande)
In Luaky Commer Doctor What filled the Albus Dumbledore role, but he was also luakel‘s father.
Doc in AH.COM WARS was the equivalent of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The character of Bruno Lombardi in Thande‘s Moonstruck Trilogy was based on him.
There are also several different characters based on or named after him in Chris‘s works, most obviously “General Bruno Lombardi” in the Disunited States.
Appeared in Dial M for Elastic as Father Bruno What, a clergyman defrocked for his activity with the nuns.
Doctor What has also written other fiction, notably several episodes for Hendryk’s Tales of the Superpower Empire.
Extinction Event is his first novel (Completed Feb. 2008) link here
Skill bonuses and penalties: Gets on with everyone (+10 charisma), Good storyteller (+5 Lore), Weakness vs. Departmental Audit (-10 Str, -10 Con), Socialised Medicine (chance to regenerate 1 hp per level per combat round), Bureaucracy (+8 dex)
Special Ability: Resurrection.