Doctor Preston

Doctor Preston is the doctor of Rivet City in the year 2277.

Background
Preston was born in 2227. Aged 50, he is a kind old man who enjoys nothing more than tending to the sick and injured. He genuinely loves helping people and is well liked and respected among the citizens of Rivet City. On occasion, he has had to work closely with Janice Kaplinski, whom he considers to be his close friend. They have a father-daughter type of relationship. He tries to get her to lighten up and interact with people more.

Daily schedule
Dr. Preston can be found in Rivet City clinic on the Upper Deck during most of the day.

At 7:00AM he goes the Weatherly Hotel to eat for one hour.

Quests

 * The Replicated Man: Preston has some interesting information on the android.

Effects of player's actions

 * If you put the modified FEV in Project Purity, Preston informs the player that Rivet City is burning corpses in Broken Steel.

Inventory
* Preston cannot die, and this key can only be obtained by pick-pocketing.

Appearances
Doctor Preston appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes
If you ask Dr. Preston for chems, he will reply with, "...I'm a doctor, not a dealer"; an homage to Dr. McCoy from the original Star Trek series. Despite him saying this, his merchant inventory includes Med-X, an addictive chem.