Dr. John's appearance in GK1HD
Dr. John is played by David Fennoy.
Background[]
Excerpts from Gabriel’s Journal (GK1HD):
- Dr. John keeps a snake in the Voodoo museum It's big, a humongous python. I sure wouldn't want to run into it in a dark alley. Wish I could get a little sample of its scales. I doubt Dr. John would appreciate it if I asked, though.
- I just got assaulted by Dr. John's goddamn snake. Why wasn't the place locked up? And why wasn't the snake in its cage? It could have killed me! Did he do it on purpose?
- A match! The snake from the Voodoo Museum was at Lake Pontchartrain! God, I'm good. Dr. John has to be involved in the murders. But he's a little (as in a lot) too big to confront him myself. Guess I need backup.
- I just saw Dr. John's ritual room. I still don't know the details of what goes into their rituals, but judging by what was hanging on the wall in there, I know as much as I'd want to.
- I played out a Rada drum code to summon Dr. John. One perk that has come out of studying these guys is that I can make use of all the anonymous code-sending that they've developed.
dYes! I managed to snatch Dr. John's keycard. Hopefully I can use this to find Grace.
On Day 1, he has closed up the museum, and will not be back until the following day.
On Day 2, Gabriel can interview Dr. John and learn more about Voodoo its history, and modern practices local and elsewhere. He is told he can learn more by looking at the exhibits in the museum. Gabriel finds a flier near one of the displays advertising a local Voodoienne Magentia Moonbeam (GK1HD). Gabriel takes the flyer (deciding she might be worth meeting to learn more), and can show the flyer to Dr. John who recommends her further.
On Day 5, Gabriel enters the museum, he notices that the lights were out but the door was left unlocked. As Gabriel tries to leave, the museum's snake dangles from the ceiling and attacks Gabriel. Gabriel manages to turn on the ventilator which drives the snake away. At that point, Dr. John comes in and tells Gabriel that the museum was closed today, while Gabriel questions why the door was left unlocked and the snake out of its cage in first place.
On Day 6, Gabriel enters the museum to rig the Sekey Madoulé with the tracker device he acquired from Mosely's office. During this day, Dr. John will not want to speak with Gabriel and, after rigging the coffin with the tracker device, he tells him to leave and closes the shop for the preparations of St. John's Eve.
At the St John's Eve, Dr. John greets Brother Crocodile to the Voodoo Ceremony (GK1HD). But to make sure that he is a believer he quizzes him before allowing him to enter.
See also[]
- Dr. John
- Dr. John (novel)
Behind the scenes[]
- In the remake the museum is cutoff on some days removing access to it, for those days. Certain conversations or parts of conversations have been cut from Dr. John's interrogation list. Some of Dr. John's comments have been moved and accessed in an alternative method, such as showing a relevant connected item.
- Due to certain characters not showing up early on, certain conversation choices or follow up conversations are inaccessible on the first day, and some are not accessible at all by the time you get a chance to speak to those characters, as Dr. John is inaccessible (museum closed).
- Certain conversation choices are no longer relevant in the remake (as in no points given for discussing them), as you learn the important part of the information from an alternative source. This has caused the puzzle points to have been shifted around a bit. This largely affects the Magentia Moonbeam side plot.
- Dr. John is possibly inspired by several historical figures:
- John T. Martin who was a voodoo priest/snake enthusiast at the real New Orleans Historical Voodoo Museum[1]
- A Dr. John Montanee, a Haitian Voodoo medicine man who had fascination with reptiles. The musician Wikipedia:Dr. John, took his name from that person.
Dialogue[]
Asked about "modern voodoo" opens the icon for Magentia Moonbeam opens as a new visitable location
Asked about "historical voodoo" opens the new option for "Marie Laveau"; asked about her, the St. Louis Cemetery 1 icon opens.