Character trivia: Doctor

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  The original concept art for Girls' Frontline drawn by Hai Mao. Note the person with hood in the background.
  

  Another sketch art for the Doctor (below) alongside Amiya during COMICUP21
  The design of the Doctor could be traced back to Hai Mao's artwork for Girls' Frontline, a possible prototype for the current Commander (or better known as shikikan). After Hai Mao left MICA Team, he recycled the design and turned it into the current Doctor.
  • On the other hand, the game does not list their illustrator. It is possible that they were drawn by 唯@W (Amiya's, Ch'en's and Blaze's illustrator) which can be inferred from a similar coloring style and body composition.
  • Since the Doctor is indeed designed by Hai Mao himself, the Arknights Terra Wiki will credit him as their designer.
• According to one of Goldenglow's dialogues, the Doctor's hair is apparently quite long, enough to fall outside their hoodie like in Hai Mao's Girls' Frontline concept art and his COMICUP21 sketch (see above).
• There are several theories about the Doctor's origin. One of the most popular is that they may be the last "true" human (i.e. Homo sapiens) that survived a disaster that wiped out a previous civilization on Earth. But given that the world of Terra has different topology and astrology, such as having two moons and a different geological and chemical makeups as well as physics, and the presence of Feranmuts, Collapsals, and Seaborn, this theory is very unlikely.
  • The Doctor is confirmed to be connected in some way with an ancient Terran civilization, as attested in Vigilo. This would be further explored later in Lone Trail.
• Along with W, Ines, and Kal'tsit, the Doctor is one of only four characters whose file number starts with "B" (B101 in the Doctor's case), indicating their connection to Babel.
• The Doctor is given various nicknames by the following Operators:
  • Boss (by Beehunter and Jaye)
  • Baws (by Croissant; American Southern dialect for "boss")
  • Leader/Savior (by Exusiai; the latter is used in her Elite 2 promotion dialogue)
  • Professor (by Arene and Eyjafjalla; spoken as Sensei by the former and Senpai by the latter in the Japanese dialogues)
  • Chief (by Shaw)
  • Master (by Lappland on her introduction dialogue)
  • My Dude (by Aak)
  • Doc (by Hung and Ash)
  • Sir (by Frost)
• The Doctor is present in the main menu on the left side and close to the level indicator with their back turned to the Assistant Operator (can be easily seen by having the Assistant use their base artwork).
  • With the introduction of Home Screen backgrounds, the Doctor is shown using a heavier jacket in all themes including the default "Vision".
  • The Doctor looks slightly downwards to the left in all backgrounds, with an exception to "Mystic Sea" (released alongside Stultifera Navis) where the Doctor looks toward the sea and the wreckage of the Stultifera Navis in the distance.
• Along with Logos and Scout, the Doctor is one of the three characters in Arknights whose dialogues in operation stories and interludes are of the player's choice, with the Doctor being the only one whose dialogues are always player-determinant. There are two exceptions to this:
  • In DM-3 Before, Valorem, Cogitatio, and Anterior, since the aforementioned stories/interludes feature the pre-amnesiac Doctor, they always speaks on their own.
  • In the outro of 10-17, the Doctor speaks certain dialogues on their own although the speech is rendered as a subtitle.
• While it can be interpreted that a few characters have an interest in the Doctor, the Doctor does not knowingly acknowledge any hints or advances. In Near Light, the Doctor consistently dodges Gravel's advances and purposely acts dense to avoid having to acknowledge Gravel's interest.
• While the Doctor's gender and most physical details are player-determined, many fan artworks depict the Doctor as being male, taller than their canon height, often far more muscular, physically fit and can fight, and sometimes without the head protector. Likewise, fan artworks of Doctors portrayed as a female with the abovementioned characteristics are also prevalent as well and seem to be more increasingly common in the community.
  • It can be inferred that the reason for the Doctor's gender neutrality is to allow for any and every player to partially self-insert as them. Despite this, the Doctor is both a partial player self-insert and a distinct character with their own personality and a few physical details.
  • The Doctor's voice actor in Prelude to Dawn, Yuki Kaida, is best known for voicing Kurapika in the original Hunter x Hunter anime, a character known for his androgynous appearance and voice.
• Based on the calculations of in-game artworks depicting the Doctor beside Amiya and Kal'tsit, it is theorized that the Doctor's height was around 170 cm. Pre-release materials of Prelude to Dawn state that the Doctor's height was about 165 cm, which brought some discontent among the community.
  • Interestingly, Greyy's Trust tap dialogue states that the Doctor is much taller than him, who stands at 163 cm tall.
  • In Break the Ice, the Doctor is poked fun at by Gulo who even calls the Doctor a midget. Gulo's height is unknown, however.
  • The Doctor wears full-body protective clothing and a hoodie, which may make the Doctor appear taller than they actually are.
  • A Mizuki & Caerula Arbor artwork indicates that the Doctor stands about 195 cm tall, using the same calculation as above. However, it is also possible that Mizuki made himself shorter through his Seaborn biology.
• As the players' avatar, the Doctor is subject of various memes and jokes in the Arknights community:
  • The most popular one is the "Zero Sanity" meme in which the Doctor, or specifically the player, used up their Sanity, thus becomes an idiotic, raving person acting in an outlandish and silly manner.
  • Another such meme is "Boiling Noodle in the Mouth," which is actually a canonical joke. In Episode 07, Kal'tsit mentioned that she remembered them sneaking out at around 4:00 a.m., putting instant food into their mouth, and pouring boiling water directly in it to cook them. This is also testified by Shirayuki in which she had been observing such strange behavior for several days. NOTE: For obvious reasons, pouring boiling hot water in your throat is VERY DANGEROUS, so NEVER TRY THIS whatsoever!
  • In the CN community, there is a meme called "Kal'tsit's Hand Grippers" (CN: 凯尔希握力计). The joke depicts Kal'tsit angrily grabbing the Doctor's neck after she catches them committing foolish actions.
  • Although the 123 Rhodes Island comic strips are non-canon, the Doctor has been depicted to have strange taste in food such as adding Mayonnaise in a potato soup or having a Chocolate Sauce Pasta (Wrath of Siracusans).
• According to Arknights Global's first anniversary livestream, as of the end of Contingency Contract Pyrite, "Surt(r)" is the most popular name given by players to the Doctor.