Doctor 0

Doctor 0 is a pre-War scientist operating in the Big MT in 2281.

Background
Doctor 0 is a pre-War doctor that became a think tank to continue his work at Big MT. Doctor 0's scientific specialty is in deconstructing robots. He also has a large hatred for Mr. House and built Muggy with the intent of mocking House's Securitrons.

Upon dialogue with Dr. 0, the player discovers his name is not Doctor O, but Doctor Ø (Zero) and everybody has been reading his name wrong.

Quests

 * Old World Blues: If Klein can't be convinced otherwise 0, along with 2 other members of the Think Tank, is needed to convince Klein to give up trying to escape the Big MT.
 * Welcome to the Big Empty: The player has to talk to 0 as with the rest of the Think tank to complete the quest.
 * What's In A Name?: The player must have 9 Intelligence or the Math Wrath perk in order to help him with his name problem. The player character will suggest adding a slash through the zero to differentiate between a zero and O.

Other interactions

 * If the player has accessed the correct dialogue options during the initial dialogue, he will occasionally give the player 50 caps upon request.

Effects of the players actions
If the player has helped out 0 with his name problem, and the player doesn't have a 100 in science or 85 in medicine to convince Dr. Klein, 0 side with the player in convincing Klein to back down.

Notable quotes

 * "Breaking news: talking lobotomite arrives in think tank. Its purpose? unknown. Undefinable. Its presence here? Unpossible"
 * "You're always yelling, my receptors can't take it anymore - and neither can my feelings"

Appearances
Doctor 0 appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

 * James Urbaniak also plays the voice of Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture of The Venture Bros. Doctor 0's name may be a reference to Dr. Byron Orpheous, a character from the show who is frequently referred to as Dr. O for short.
 * If you have the Wild Wasteland trait active, one of his broadcast messages across the crater asks the lobotomites to please remember to clean the walking eye. This is another reference to the Venture Bros. With Wild Wasteland, these walking eyes also appear in the Magnetohydraulics complex, although the player cannot interact with them.
 * Both names, 0 (number) and O (letter) are infinitely looping figures, which goes along with the naming theme of the Think Tank Scientists.
 * Dr. O's personality was originally intended to by a frenetic, hyperactive newscaster type, but was re-written to a "scientist-whose-aware-he’s-not-brilliant-or-valued".