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Incompetent son of a bitch! You need healing AGAIN! I hope they kill you next time!— Dr. Wu to the Vault Dweller

Dr. Wu was an inhabitant of the Cathedral during 2161.

Background[]

Found in the southwestern area of the Cathedral, Doctor Wu is the resident on-sight physician, who is as devoted to The Cause and the Faithful as he is vulgar and profane. Anyone seeking his services has to put up with a near-constant barrage of insults, sarcastic remarks, and overt threats of mutilation, torture, murder, or all of the above. His terrible bedside manner is accompanied by excellent medical skill, although patients tend to scream whenever he ministers to them.

Wu claims to supply drugs to the nightkin and feels utterly underappreciated by the rest of the cult, claiming that "nobody pays attention" to him for reasons he cannot understand.

Interactions with the player character[]

Interactions overview[]

Interactions
FO76 vaultboy firstaid
This character is a doctor.

Other interactions[]

  • Dr. Wu claims to supply nightkin with drugs that allow them to easily dispose of other Cathedral members.

Inventory[]

Apparel Weapon Other items
Brown robes Ripper Psycho
COC badge (red)
Stimpak

Notable quotes[]

  • "What is your problem, asshole? Maybe I put you to sleep, shithead!"
  • "Nobody pays attention to Doctor Wu. They're all assholes! Now, you wanna get fixed up?"

Appearances[]

Dr. Wu appears only in Fallout and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes[]

There's Dr. Wu, the incredibly over-the-top and obscene doctor at the Cathedral. I had always self-censored myself in my writing before Fallout, but the post holocaust setting struck me as a milleu which *required* high levels of obscenity for its grittiness and dark humor, so I went for the "R" rating with gusto, and I made Wu as the embodiment of all that's obscene. Medics tend to be the one character that even dedicated killer PCs don't kill, so I wanted to see how many people would forego the healing and shoot Wu just because he's such a bastard. Tim Cain *hated* Wu; he thought Wu went too far ("does this guy have Turrette's?") and he asked me to tone him down. I did and handed the revision off to Leonard. However somewhere in the process that Wu revision fell through the cracks, because the one that's in the game is the original unpurigated, unfettered Wu.Scott Bennie, Fallout Bible 8
  • "Doctor Wu" is a song by Steely Dan, from their 1975 album Katy Lied.
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