Dr. Go

Doctor Go
GoBots character
Herr Fiend toy box
First appearance	Challenge of the GoBots episode #1, "The Battle for GoBotron"
Last appearance	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Created by	Tonka
Voiced by	Philip Lewis Clarke
Release number	MRDX-03
Information
Aliases	Herr Fiend
Species	GoBot
Occupation	Enemy Robot Sports Car
Title	Doctor
Abilities	Energy blasts Flight Healing factor Shapeshifting Superhuman durability Superhuman longevity Superhuman strength
Affiliation	Renegade GoBot
Alternate mode	Porsche 928S

Dr. Go is a fictional character from the GoBots series. He is an evil Renegade scientist, and is also known as Herr Fiend.

GoBots

Dr. Go is one of the Renegades. He is the resident Renegade mad scientist, and is depicted as speaking with a thick German accent.

His alternate mode of a Porsche 928 is identical to the Decepticon Transformers named Dead End.

Fictional biography

His dark past is a secret that only Cy-Kill can reveal. With fiendish relish, he awaits the total takeover of planet earth.

Abilities

Like most GoBots, Dr. Go has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He does not age, can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can fly in robot mode and project energy blasts from his hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into a car.

Reception

Herr Fiend was chosen as the 2nd goofiest GoBot name by Topless Robot.

Animated series

Dr. Go in Challenge of the GoBots

In the animated GoBots series Herr Fiend is given the name "Doctor Go."

Doctor Go appears in "The Battle for GoBotron" episode #1. Due to animation errors the Renegade Doctor Go appears identical to Zeemon in the pilot series.

In "Cy-Kill's Escape" Doctor Go and Bad Boy send a stealth device to the escaping renegades on the GoBot Prison Moon to cover their escape in a hidden ship.

In episode #23 "Doppelganger" Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher and Snoop attack Leader-1, Turbo, Scooter and Small Foot on Earth. Crasher wounds Small Foot. After attaining recordings of the Guardians the Renegades retreated. Using the recordings Cy-Kill has Dr. Go program robot duplicates of the Guardians. Demonstrating Space Bender weapon to Unecom, Leader-1 learns that the Renegades are attacking Washington. The Renegades ambush Leader-1 and replace him with his duplicate. Leading the Command Center back to GoBotron and getting rid of Scooter and Small Foot the Renegades release duplicates of Path Finder, Rest-Q, Van Guard and Turbo. Small Foot and Scooter are able to capture the Turbo duplicate and learn where their friends are being held. Cy-Kill replaces Good Night. Using the duplicate Turbo the Guardians infiltrate the Renegade base, free the captured Guardians and escape from the Renegade guards Spoons and Fitor. Although blocked by the Renegades, Scooter uses a hologram of Zod to make the Renegades flee. Making it back to GoBotron the Guardians are attacked by the Guardian duplicates. The real Guardians are able to defeat their duplicates with the aid of the real Zeemon, Hans-Cuff and Rest-Q. Cy-Kill arrives in Thrustor with more duplicates, but Small Foot is able to stop with robots using the Space Bender, which fuses their robot brains.

In episode #27, "Tarnished Image" Doctor Go creates a device that allows the Renegades to appear like Guardians. Cy-Kill, Crasher and Cop-Tur disguise themselves as Leader-1, Scooter and Turbo and go on a rampage on Earth while the real Guardians are sent on a fake rescue mission. When the Guardians return they are banished from Earth by the humans. The Guardians are eventually able to prove the Renegades staged the attacks, chase them off and capture Doctor Go.

Comics

Fun Publications

Dr. Go was mentioned several times by Cy-Kill in the Fun Publications Facebook series Ask Vector Prime.

In Gargent 087.0 Kappa, Dr. Go was one of Cy-Kill's Renegades. He and Crain Brain were responsible for operating an Embargo Field inside the Eiffel Tower which prevented the Guardians from coming to Earth. They were defeated by the Autobot Spy Changers Wheeljack and Trailbreaker, along with the guardian Tri-Trak. The Embargo Field deactivated, and the Renegade's plan foiled.

In Gargent 984.08 Alpha, a different Cy-Kill thought that Dr. Go would be able to considerably improve upon Cybertronian technology. He was noted to be a capable medic, and unlike Rest-Q didn't have a cliche alt mode like an ambulance. Cy-Kill also philosophically mused that it's a good thing he's got a doctorate as "Mr. Go" just doesn't have that something.

Dr. Go was responsible for starting up Renegade Space Hawk production after Cy-Kill stole a prototype and wrung the plans from Dr. Turgenova.

He was tasked with recreating the Master Renegade's work on Power Suits. When he expanded the task into Project: Nemesis, turning the Grungy ship into a Gobotic tank, Cy-Kill pulled the plug.

Dr. Go also created the first three RoGuns at Cy-Kill's request.

He helped create a Cylon costume, complete with a glowing red eye, so that Cy-Kill could infiltrate SciFi Con in New York City.

He modified the Rogue Star's two primary particle beam cannons into the most powerful Astro-Beam ever built, which was used to steal the communication moon of Gobotron.

By modifying technology Cy-Kill stole from Shockwave's lab, Dr. Go was able to allow Cy-Kill to hack into a Axiom Nexus News news broadcast, facilitating the creation of the ongoing pirate broadcast Renegade Rhetoric.

Films

Doctor Go appears in the feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords where he uses the brain stormer on the female Rock Lord Solitaire. Due to animation errors in the film Doctor Go appears to resemble Professor von Joy in the film, meanwhile in some scenes the Guardian Zeemon appears is occasionally depicted like Doctor Go.

Toys

• GoBots Super GoBot Herr Fiend (1984)

Based on the Machine Robo line. Turns into a Porsche 928S.

External links

• http://counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/super1/herr_fiend.html