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|name = Doctor K
 
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|gender = Female
 
|gender = Female
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|type = Mentor, Scientist, Professor, Teacher, Child Prodigy
 
|season = RPM
 
|homeworld = [[Earth]]
 
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|firstepisode = [[The Road to Corinth]]
 
|firstepisode = [[The Road to Corinth]]
|lastepisode = [[Danger and Destiny]](2)
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'''Doctor K''' is a genius scientist who is the creator of the [[:Category:Ranger Operators|Ranger Operators]]' tech and arsenal, and the mentor to the RPM Rangers. She was also the creator of the [[Venjix Virus]], which was unintentionally spread worldwide, conquering Earth.
 
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{{Quote|A [[Venjix Virus|computer virus]] has built armies of robotic soldiers and taken control of our world. But there is still one place where we can be safe. The domed city of [[Corinth]]. And the only hope we have left is...|Doctor K (during opening theme song)}}
 
'''Doctor K''' is a genius scientist who is the creator of the [[:Category:Ranger Operators|Ranger Operators]]' tech and arsenal, and the mentor to the RPM Rangers. She was also the creator of the [[Venjix Virus]], which was unintentionally spread worldwide, conquering [[Earth]].
   
 
==About==
 
==About==
 
[[File:Dr. K.jpg|thumb|left|Doctor K reveals herself.]]
 
[[File:Dr. K.jpg|thumb|left|Doctor K reveals herself.]]
She is a blunt and straight-to-the-point, socially inept, youthful scientist with a genius intellect. She is a workaholic and rarely if ever stops to rest from her task of creating equipment for the Rangers and monitoring other methods of keeping Corinth City safe.
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Doctor K is a blunt and straight-to-the-point, socially inept, youthful scientist with a genius intellect. She is a workaholic and rarely, if ever, stops to rest from her task of creating equipment for the Rangers and monitoring other methods of keeping [[Corinth City]] safe.
   
For a particular reason, aside from the occasional slip up, she refuses to call the Rangers by anything other than their Ranger color, much to their growing concern and annoyance. She will often outright state if she doesn't like someone or doesn't approve of something about them, most notably with [[Ziggy]] and the genetically-engineered twins [[Gem]] and [[Gemma]]. When the latter were first introduced to her, she immediately showed dislike towards them, telling them to stop speaking to her in conjoined sentences.
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For a particular reason, aside from the occasional slip-up, Doctor K refuses to call the Rangers by anything other than their Ranger color, much to their growing concern and annoyance. She will often outright state if she doesn't like someone or doesn't approve of something about them, most notably with [[Ziggy]] and the genetically-engineered twins [[Gem]] and [[Gemma]]. When the latter two were first introduced to her, Doctor K immediately showed dislike towards them, telling them to stop speaking to her in conjoined sentences.
   
She is musically inclined, able to skillfully play both the piano and the violin, and even uses specifically the violin in conjunction with some of the equipment within the Ranger base. Despite her stern personality traits she oddly seems to have a subconscious affinity towards cute things, as evidenced by the questionably cartoony [[Zord]] designs and her childish sleeping attire (a matching top and bottom pajama set with an alphabet pattern with fuzzy puppy slippers). She also apparently has a bit of a sweet tooth.
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Doctor K is musically inclined, able to skillfully play both the piano and the violin, and even uses specifically the violin in conjunction with some of the equipment within the Ranger base. Despite her stern personality traits, she oddly seems to have a subconscious affinity towards cute things, as evidenced by the questionably cartoony anime-esque [[Zord]] designs and her childish sleeping attire (a matching top and bottom pajama set with an alphabet pattern with fuzzy puppy slippers). She also apparently has a bit of a sweet tooth, as indicated by her grocery shopping list (These traits may imply that a part of Doctor K's mental state is still childlike, most likely due to not having a normal childhood.)
   
At a young age Doctor K already showed signs of high intelligence, and at the age of 5, was whisked away by the staff members of a morally corrupt Top Secret Military Think Tank, code-named "[[Alphabet Soup]]".<ref name="alphabetsoup">"Ranger Yellow, Part II"</ref> Once she arrived there, the people there addressed her by the letter "K" and she was confined to a white-walled room in order to work on new government technology. She was raised on the belief that she was ill and allergic to sunlight and thus was never let outside, despite her wish to do so. She was coerced into working constantly on various difficult tasks while in the facility, and as the years passed she eventually found that she could no longer remember her real name.<ref name="episodedrk">"Doctor K"</ref>
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[[File:Doctor_K_(kid).png|thumb|Doctor K as a child]]From a young age, Doctor K showed signs of advanced intelligence and at the age of five, was whisked away by the staff members of a morally corrupt, top-secret military think tank code-named "[[Alphabet Soup]]".<ref name="alphabetsoup">"Ranger Yellow, Part II"</ref> Once she arrived, the people there addressed her by the letter "K" and she was confined to a white-walled room in order to work on new government technology. She was raised on the belief that she was ill and allergic to sunlight and thus was never let outside, despite her wish to do so. She was coerced into working constantly on various difficult tasks while in the facility and as the years passed, she eventually found that she could no longer remember her real name.<ref name="episodedrk">"Doctor K"</ref>
   
Doctor K was the leader of a research team developing exoskeleton robotic suits to amplify human strength and speed. They were attempting to harness the human body’s natural electrical output to prolong the suit’s battery life, when they had a breakthrough. The discovery of a universal bio-electric field, an unseen energy grid that connects the life force of all living things. Manipulating this field allowed unimagined advances in technology, including the RPM Ranger Suits & Powers. (Longtime Power Rangers fans would recognize that Doctor K and her team had managed to tap into the [[Morphing Grid]] which was only touched upon briefly in previous Ranger series.)
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Doctor K was the leader of a research team at Alphabet Soup developing exoskeleton robotic suits to amplify human strength and speed. They were attempting to harness the human body’s natural electrical output to prolong the suit’s battery life when they had a breakthrough: the discovery of a universal bio-electric field, an unseen energy grid that connects the life force of all living things. Manipulating this field allowed unimagined advances in technology, including the RPM Ranger Suits & Powers. (Longtime Power Rangers fans would recognize that Doctor K and her team had managed to tap into the [[Morphing Grid]], which was only touched upon briefly in previous Ranger series.)
   
When Doctor K was about 15, she was presented with a pair of twins who were also occupants of the Alphabet soup named "[[Gem]]", and "[[Gemma]]". They were chosen to help with the Ranger project for the purpose of being test pilots for the Ranger suits and equipment. Doctor K initially did not like the twins. They gave her the first birthday present she ever received, despite knowing her apparent dislike of them. Overtime, Doctor K finally accepted the two as her friends.
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When Doctor K was about 14, she was presented with a pair of twins who were also occupants of Alphabet Soup named "[[Gem]]", and "[[Gemma]]". They were chosen to help with the Ranger project for the purpose of being test pilots for the suits and equipment. Doctor K initially did not like the twins. For her 14th birthday, Gem and Gemma gave Doctor K the first birthday present she ever received, despite knowing her apparent dislike of them. Overtime, she finally accepted the two as her friends.
   
Later on, while K was working on the Ranger Series, a butterfly somehow managed to make it into her workstation. When Doctor K went to follow the butterfly, she found a way out of the facility and subsequently, also discovered that she was not allergic at all to the sunlight and those in charge of Alphabet Soup had been lying to her, Gem & Gemma the entire time. This led to Doctor K's greatest mistake. In hopes of blinding the Security Servers long enough for her, Gem & Gemma to escape, Doctor K uploaded a self-aware, self-generating computer virus; "[[Venjix (RPM)|Venjix]]", for which she had written the base code for, to the database of Alphabet Soup. Before Doctor K could install the firewall to assure the virus would not escape beyond the walls of Alphabet Soup, the security men for the facility burst in and captured Doctor K, Gem & Gemma. Thus allowing the Venjix Virus to spread and soon take over the world.
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Later on while Doctor K was working on the Ranger Series, a butterfly somehow managed to make it into her workstation. When Doctor K went to follow the butterfly, she found a way out of the facility and subsequently also discovered that she was not allergic at all to the sunlight, realizing that those in charge of Alphabet Soup had been lying to her, Gem, and Gemma the entire time. This led to Doctor K's greatest mistake; in hopes of blinding Alphabet Soup's security servers long enough for her, Gem, and Gemma to escape, Doctor K uploaded a self-aware, self-generating computer virus "[[Venjix (RPM)|Venjix]]", for which she had written the base code, to the facility's database. Before Doctor K could install the firewall to assure the virus would not escape beyond the walls of Alphabet Soup, the security men for the facility burst in and captured Doctor K, Gem, and Gemma, thus allowing the Venjix Virus to spread.
   
A year later the virus had infected over 37% of the world's computers and was still going. Doctor K sent out the distress call all over the world, telling everyone to go to the domed city of Corinth. She was about to leave Alphabet Soup with the Ranger Series Technology, only to once again be cornered by the facility staff, who were determined to not let her leave, until Gem and Gemma came to her rescue. They gave her an opening to get away, but stayed behind themselves in an attempt to retrieve the classified Gold and Silver series Ranger tech. Doctor K was devastated when she saw the wall cave in behind them. She has been shown to still keep the ribbons that wrapped the gift they gave her as a keepsake.<ref name="episodedrk">"Doctor K"</ref> It wasn't until the Rangers relayed information that they'd spotted some mysterious gold and silver zords that she had any inkling that Gem and Gemma were still alive, and upon reuniting with them, she broke down in tears.<ref name="episodeghosts">"Ghosts"</ref>
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A year later, the virus had infected over 37% of the world's computers and was still going. Two years later, Venjix had completely taken over the world's technology and waged war upon humanity. Doctor K sent out a distress call all over the world, urging the survivors to go to the domed city of Corinth. She was about to leave Alphabet Soup with the Ranger Series Technology, only to once again be cornered by the facility staff, who were determined to not let her leave. However, Gem and Gemma came to her rescue. They gave her an opening to get away, but stayed behind themselves in an attempt to retrieve the classified Gold and Silver series Ranger tech. Doctor K was devastated when she saw the wall cave in behind the two, believing them to be dead. She has been shown to still keep the ribbons that wrapped the gift they gave her as a keepsake.<ref name="episodedrk">"Doctor K"</ref> It wasn't until the Rangers relayed information that they'd spotted some mysterious gold and silver zords that Doctor K had any inkling that Gem and Gemma were still alive and upon reuniting with them, she broke down in tears.<ref name="episodeghosts">"Ghosts"</ref>
   
Doctor K is working alongside [[Colonel Truman]], so it is believed that the RPM team is sanctioned by the defense forces of Corinth City. Everyday Doctor K has to live with the fact that she created the virus that has almost completely destroyed all of mankind, a fact that she kept under wraps from the other Rangers until she was forced into a situation where revealing it was the only option to save [[Dillon]] from being taken over.<ref name= "episodebrotherskeeper">"Brother's Keeper"</ref> She continues to work at finding ways to save humanity and will not be satisfied until Venjix is completely destroyed.
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Doctor K is working alongside [[Colonel Truman]], so it is believed that the RPM team is sanctioned by the defense forces of Corinth City. Everyday, Doctor K has to live with the fact that she created the virus that has almost completely destroyed all of mankind, a fact that she kept under wraps from the other Rangers until she was forced into a situation where revealing it was the only option to save [[Dillon]] from being taken over.<ref name= "episodebrotherskeeper">"Brother's Keeper"</ref> She continues to work at finding ways to save humanity and will not be satisfied until Venjix is completely destroyed.
   
Due to her underdeveloped emotional state, her relationship with all the Rangers is somewhat awkward even though as time passes she begins to care about them. She finally begins to open up more to the others when Gem and Gemma re-enter her life, encouraging her to increase her bond with her team. Her relationship with Ziggy however is most distinctly complicated and strained, as from early on she displayed a very apparent lack of acknowledgement or respect towards him. She didn't hug him as she did the other rangers after her attempt at showing her appreciation towards them, and tends to get easily exasperated by his personality.
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Due to her underdeveloped emotional state as a result of growing up in Alphabet Soup, Doctor K's relationship with all the Rangers is somewhat awkward even though as time passes, she begins to really care about them. Doctor K finally begins to open up more to the others when Gem and Gemma re-enter her life, encouraging her to increase her bond with her team. Her relationship with Ziggy however is most distinctly complicated and strained, as from early on, Doctor K displayed a very apparent lack of acknowledgement or respect towards him. She didn't hug Ziggy as she did the other rangers after her attempt at showing her appreciation towards them and tends to get easily exasperated by his personality.
   
It is eventually revealed that she in fact doesn't hate Ziggy and seems to actually truly appreciate him when it is discovered that her computer password is his name, and also when she, to his surprise, allows him to take her outside. Their relationship finally begins to turn around after they get trapped in a cave together and he brings it upon himself to make her smile during their dire situation, which he ultimately succeeds at.
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It is eventually revealed that Doctor K in fact doesn't hate Ziggy and seems to actually truly appreciate him when it is discovered that her computer password is his name, and also when she, to Ziggy's surprise, allows him to take her outside for her birthday. Their relationship finally begins to turn around after they get trapped in a cave together and Ziggy brings it upon himself to make Doctor K smile during their dire situation, which he ultimately succeeds at. Doctor K's initial facade of indifference towards Ziggy is implied to have partly stemmed out of frustration and envy that he is able to do just fine despite being "stupid".
   
After Venjix is destroyed, Doctor K states that she and Ziggy are going to open a school for youngsters. Doctor K will teach them about bio field physics while Ziggy teaches them the art of shadow puppets and cooking. She then locks up the RPM&nbsp;morphers for good, unaware Venjix now resides in the Red Morpher.<br />
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After Venjix is apparently destroyed, Doctor K and Ziggy plan to open a school, where Doctor K will teach children bio-field physics and Ziggy will teach them the arts of shadow puppetry and cooking. She then locks up the RPM&nbsp;morphers for good, unaware Venjix now resides in the Red Morpher.<br />
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===Beast Morphers===
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Doctor K will return in Season 2 of ''Beast Morphers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2019/06/07/exclusive-power-rangers-beast-morphers-rpm-crossover-happening-next-season/|title=POWER RANGERS Beast Morphers & RPM Crossover Happening Next Season|last=Deckelmeier|first=Joe|date=2019-06-07|website=That Hashtag Show|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref>
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
*While normally relatively impassive even in an emotional state, Doctor K shows uncharacteristic rage when someone calls the Ranger suits 'spandex', her most notable reaction is towards a young boy. However, this does not apply to Gem and Gemma as they were her first true friends after Alphabet Soup kidnapped her.
 
*While normally relatively impassive even in an emotional state, Doctor K shows uncharacteristic rage when someone calls the Ranger suits 'spandex', her most notable reaction is towards a young boy. However, this does not apply to Gem and Gemma as they were her first true friends after Alphabet Soup kidnapped her.
*She constantly referred to Ziggy by his ranger color until Venjix is defeated, suggesting she has found respect for him since the beginning.
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*Doctor K constantly referred to Ziggy by his ranger color until Venjix is defeated, suggesting she has found respect for him since the beginning.
 
*K's act of hiding herself behind a computer monitor with her "name" visible and her voice distorted bears a similarity to the main antagonist of the manga/anime series ''Death Note'', the detective L, who did the same thing to keep his identity a secret.
 
*K's act of hiding herself behind a computer monitor with her "name" visible and her voice distorted bears a similarity to the main antagonist of the manga/anime series ''Death Note'', the detective L, who did the same thing to keep his identity a secret.
*The violin piece she plays during her brainstorming is ''Caprice No. 24 in A Minor'' by Niccolò Paganini.
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*The violin piece K plays during her brainstorming is ''Caprice No. 24 in A Minor'' by Niccolò Paganini.
*The rangers usually tried to dismiss her as a true mentor, always stating that she was younger than them.
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*The rangers usually tried to dismiss Doctor K as a true mentor, always stating that she was younger than them.
*RPM is the first season in which a good character is directly responsible for the villains' rise to power. ([[Dino Thunder]] may count as the first, but it is debatable whether [[Tommy Oliver|Dr. O's]] actions were ''directly'' responsible for [[Mesogog]]'s rise). Though technically, it was Alphabet Soup's hubris that led her to do this in the first place, making them ''indirectly'' responsible for the events of RPM.
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*Doctor K is the first good character in the [[Power Rangers]] franchise to be directly responsible for the villains' rise to power. ([[Tommy Oliver|Dr. O]] from [[Dino Thunder]] may count as the first, but it is debatable whether his actions were ''directly'' responsible for [[Mesogog]]'s rise.) Technically though, it was Alphabet Soup's hubris that led K to do this in the first place, making them ''indirectly'' responsible for the events of RPM.
*[[Olivia Tennet]], who plays Doctor K, was 17 years old when production began on the series, and 18 by the time the series aired.
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*[[Olivia Tennet]], who plays Doctor K, was 17 years old when production began on the series and 18 by the time the series aired.
   
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
 
[[Image:Dr.K Screen.jpg|thumb|Doctor K communicating with the Rangers in an earlier episode]]
 
[[Image:Dr.K Screen.jpg|thumb|Doctor K communicating with the Rangers in an earlier episode]]
Doctor K is a Caucasian female with short black hair and blue eyes.
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Doctor K is a Caucasian female with chin-length black hair and blue eyes.
   
 
At the beginning of the series, she only communicated with people through the computer. All that was seen was a white screen with the letter K on it with a speech graph underneath. Her voice was also distorted which led to some confusion about her gender, as initially she was referred to as male.
 
At the beginning of the series, she only communicated with people through the computer. All that was seen was a white screen with the letter K on it with a speech graph underneath. Her voice was also distorted which led to some confusion about her gender, as initially she was referred to as male.
   
At 17 years old, she has been pointed out to be younger than all of the RPM Rangers, and is in fact the youngest Power Rangers mentor to date.
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As a teenager, she has been pointed out to be younger than all of the RPM Rangers and is in fact the youngest Power Rangers mentor to date.
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==Trivia==
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*Whether due to the limited resources (due to the post apocalyptic world) or being a materialist (who only believe in what can be seen), Dr K constantly doubts the Ranger gear whenever Venjix makes an upgrade to his Attack Bots.
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**Possibly she doesn't know how to use the power of the Morphin Grid to create weapons from its energy.
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**As the Rangers only have limited energy use for certain things and to run low on power during certain fights, it's entierely possible she doesn't know how to harness Grid energy.
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==Appearances==
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{{Scroll box|
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*[[File:Icon-rpm.png|25px]] ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''
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**Episode 1: ''[[The Road to Corinth]]''
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**Episode 2: ''[[Fade to Black]]''
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**Episode 3: ''[[Rain]]''
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**Episode 4: ''[[Go for the Green]]''
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**Episode 5: ''[[Handshake]]''
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**Episode 6: ''[[Ranger Green]]''
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**Episode 7: ''[[Ranger Red]]''
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**Episode 8: ''[[Ranger Yellow|Ranger Yellow Part I]]''
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**Episode 9: ''[[Ranger Yellow|Ranger Yellow Part II]]''
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**Episode 10: ''[[Ranger Blue]]''
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**Episode 11: ''[[Doctor K (episode)|Doctor K]]''
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**Episode 12: ''[[Blitz]]''
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**Episode 13: ''[[Brother's Keeper]]''
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**Episode 14: ''[[Embodied]]''
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**Episode 15: ''[[Ghosts]]''
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**Episode 16: ''[[In or Out]]''
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**Episode 17: ''[[Prisoners]]''
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**Episode 18: ''[[Belly of the Beast]]''
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**Episode 19: ''[[Three's a Crowd (RPM episode)|Three's a Crowd]]''
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**Episode 20: ''[[Heroes Among Us]]''
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**Episode 21: ''[[Not So Simple]]''
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**Episode 22: ''[[The Dome Dolls]]''
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**Episode 23: ''[[And... Action!]]''
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**Episode 24: ''[[Ancient History]]''
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**Episode 25: ''[[Key to the Past]]''
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**Episode 26: ''[[Beyond a Doubt]]''
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**Episode 27: ''[[Control-Alt-Delete]]''
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**Episode 28: ''[[Run Ziggy Run]]''
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**Episode 29: ''[[If Venjix Won]]''
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**Episode 30: ''[[End Game (RPM)|End Game]]''
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**Episode 31: ''[[Danger and Destiny|Danger and Destiny Part I]]''
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**Episode 32/Finale: ''[[Danger and Destiny|Danger and Destiny Part II]]''
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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[[Category:RPM]]
 
[[Category:RPM]]
 
[[Category:PR Mentors]]
 
[[Category:PR Mentors]]
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[[Category:Doctor]]
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[[Category:PR Allies]]

Revision as of 07:47, 23 March 2020

Icon-goongerThis article is about a character and mentor in Power Rangers RPM.

"A computer virus has built armies of robotic soldiers and taken control of our world. But there is still one place where we can be safe. The domed city of Corinth. And the only hope we have left is..."
―Doctor K (during opening theme song)

Doctor K is a genius scientist who is the creator of the Ranger Operators' tech and arsenal, and the mentor to the RPM Rangers. She was also the creator of the Venjix Virus, which was unintentionally spread worldwide, conquering Earth.

About

Dr

Doctor K reveals herself.

Doctor K is a blunt and straight-to-the-point, socially inept, youthful scientist with a genius intellect. She is a workaholic and rarely, if ever, stops to rest from her task of creating equipment for the Rangers and monitoring other methods of keeping Corinth City safe.

For a particular reason, aside from the occasional slip-up, Doctor K refuses to call the Rangers by anything other than their Ranger color, much to their growing concern and annoyance. She will often outright state if she doesn't like someone or doesn't approve of something about them, most notably with Ziggy and the genetically-engineered twins Gem and Gemma. When the latter two were first introduced to her, Doctor K immediately showed dislike towards them, telling them to stop speaking to her in conjoined sentences.

Doctor K is musically inclined, able to skillfully play both the piano and the violin, and even uses specifically the violin in conjunction with some of the equipment within the Ranger base. Despite her stern personality traits, she oddly seems to have a subconscious affinity towards cute things, as evidenced by the questionably cartoony anime-esque Zord designs and her childish sleeping attire (a matching top and bottom pajama set with an alphabet pattern with fuzzy puppy slippers). She also apparently has a bit of a sweet tooth, as indicated by her grocery shopping list (These traits may imply that a part of Doctor K's mental state is still childlike, most likely due to not having a normal childhood.)

Doctor K (kid)

Doctor K as a child

From a young age, Doctor K showed signs of advanced intelligence and at the age of five, was whisked away by the staff members of a morally corrupt, top-secret military think tank code-named "Alphabet Soup".[1] Once she arrived, the people there addressed her by the letter "K" and she was confined to a white-walled room in order to work on new government technology. She was raised on the belief that she was ill and allergic to sunlight and thus was never let outside, despite her wish to do so. She was coerced into working constantly on various difficult tasks while in the facility and as the years passed, she eventually found that she could no longer remember her real name.[2]

Doctor K was the leader of a research team at Alphabet Soup developing exoskeleton robotic suits to amplify human strength and speed. They were attempting to harness the human body’s natural electrical output to prolong the suit’s battery life when they had a breakthrough: the discovery of a universal bio-electric field, an unseen energy grid that connects the life force of all living things. Manipulating this field allowed unimagined advances in technology, including the RPM Ranger Suits & Powers. (Longtime Power Rangers fans would recognize that Doctor K and her team had managed to tap into the Morphing Grid, which was only touched upon briefly in previous Ranger series.)

When Doctor K was about 14, she was presented with a pair of twins who were also occupants of Alphabet Soup named "Gem", and "Gemma". They were chosen to help with the Ranger project for the purpose of being test pilots for the suits and equipment. Doctor K initially did not like the twins. For her 14th birthday, Gem and Gemma gave Doctor K the first birthday present she ever received, despite knowing her apparent dislike of them. Overtime, she finally accepted the two as her friends.

Later on while Doctor K was working on the Ranger Series, a butterfly somehow managed to make it into her workstation. When Doctor K went to follow the butterfly, she found a way out of the facility and subsequently also discovered that she was not allergic at all to the sunlight, realizing that those in charge of Alphabet Soup had been lying to her, Gem, and Gemma the entire time. This led to Doctor K's greatest mistake; in hopes of blinding Alphabet Soup's security servers long enough for her, Gem, and Gemma to escape, Doctor K uploaded a self-aware, self-generating computer virus "Venjix", for which she had written the base code, to the facility's database. Before Doctor K could install the firewall to assure the virus would not escape beyond the walls of Alphabet Soup, the security men for the facility burst in and captured Doctor K, Gem, and Gemma, thus allowing the Venjix Virus to spread.

A year later, the virus had infected over 37% of the world's computers and was still going. Two years later, Venjix had completely taken over the world's technology and waged war upon humanity. Doctor K sent out a distress call all over the world, urging the survivors to go to the domed city of Corinth. She was about to leave Alphabet Soup with the Ranger Series Technology, only to once again be cornered by the facility staff, who were determined to not let her leave. However, Gem and Gemma came to her rescue. They gave her an opening to get away, but stayed behind themselves in an attempt to retrieve the classified Gold and Silver series Ranger tech. Doctor K was devastated when she saw the wall cave in behind the two, believing them to be dead. She has been shown to still keep the ribbons that wrapped the gift they gave her as a keepsake.[2] It wasn't until the Rangers relayed information that they'd spotted some mysterious gold and silver zords that Doctor K had any inkling that Gem and Gemma were still alive and upon reuniting with them, she broke down in tears.[3]

Doctor K is working alongside Colonel Truman, so it is believed that the RPM team is sanctioned by the defense forces of Corinth City. Everyday, Doctor K has to live with the fact that she created the virus that has almost completely destroyed all of mankind, a fact that she kept under wraps from the other Rangers until she was forced into a situation where revealing it was the only option to save Dillon from being taken over.[4] She continues to work at finding ways to save humanity and will not be satisfied until Venjix is completely destroyed.

Due to her underdeveloped emotional state as a result of growing up in Alphabet Soup, Doctor K's relationship with all the Rangers is somewhat awkward even though as time passes, she begins to really care about them. Doctor K finally begins to open up more to the others when Gem and Gemma re-enter her life, encouraging her to increase her bond with her team. Her relationship with Ziggy however is most distinctly complicated and strained, as from early on, Doctor K displayed a very apparent lack of acknowledgement or respect towards him. She didn't hug Ziggy as she did the other rangers after her attempt at showing her appreciation towards them and tends to get easily exasperated by his personality.

It is eventually revealed that Doctor K in fact doesn't hate Ziggy and seems to actually truly appreciate him when it is discovered that her computer password is his name, and also when she, to Ziggy's surprise, allows him to take her outside for her birthday. Their relationship finally begins to turn around after they get trapped in a cave together and Ziggy brings it upon himself to make Doctor K smile during their dire situation, which he ultimately succeeds at. Doctor K's initial facade of indifference towards Ziggy is implied to have partly stemmed out of frustration and envy that he is able to do just fine despite being "stupid".

After Venjix is apparently destroyed, Doctor K and Ziggy plan to open a school, where Doctor K will teach children bio-field physics and Ziggy will teach them the arts of shadow puppetry and cooking. She then locks up the RPM morphers for good, unaware Venjix now resides in the Red Morpher.

Beast Morphers

Doctor K will return in Season 2 of Beast Morphers.[5]

Notes

  • While normally relatively impassive even in an emotional state, Doctor K shows uncharacteristic rage when someone calls the Ranger suits 'spandex', her most notable reaction is towards a young boy. However, this does not apply to Gem and Gemma as they were her first true friends after Alphabet Soup kidnapped her.
  • Doctor K constantly referred to Ziggy by his ranger color until Venjix is defeated, suggesting she has found respect for him since the beginning.
  • K's act of hiding herself behind a computer monitor with her "name" visible and her voice distorted bears a similarity to the main antagonist of the manga/anime series Death Note, the detective L, who did the same thing to keep his identity a secret.
  • The violin piece K plays during her brainstorming is Caprice No. 24 in A Minor by Niccolò Paganini.
  • The rangers usually tried to dismiss Doctor K as a true mentor, always stating that she was younger than them.
  • Doctor K is the first good character in the Power Rangers franchise to be directly responsible for the villains' rise to power. (Dr. O from Dino Thunder may count as the first, but it is debatable whether his actions were directly responsible for Mesogog's rise.) Technically though, it was Alphabet Soup's hubris that led K to do this in the first place, making them indirectly responsible for the events of RPM.
  • Olivia Tennet, who plays Doctor K, was 17 years old when production began on the series and 18 by the time the series aired.

Appearance

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Doctor K communicating with the Rangers in an earlier episode

Doctor K is a Caucasian female with chin-length black hair and blue eyes.

At the beginning of the series, she only communicated with people through the computer. All that was seen was a white screen with the letter K on it with a speech graph underneath. Her voice was also distorted which led to some confusion about her gender, as initially she was referred to as male.

As a teenager, she has been pointed out to be younger than all of the RPM Rangers and is in fact the youngest Power Rangers mentor to date.


Trivia

  • Whether due to the limited resources (due to the post apocalyptic world) or being a materialist (who only believe in what can be seen), Dr K constantly doubts the Ranger gear whenever Venjix makes an upgrade to his Attack Bots.
    • Possibly she doesn't know how to use the power of the Morphin Grid to create weapons from its energy.
    • As the Rangers only have limited energy use for certain things and to run low on power during certain fights, it's entierely possible she doesn't know how to harness Grid energy.

Appearances

See Also

Notes and references

  1. "Ranger Yellow, Part II"
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Doctor K"
  3. "Ghosts"
  4. "Brother's Keeper"
  5. Deckelmeier, Joe (2019-06-07). POWER RANGERS Beast Morphers & RPM Crossover Happening Next Season (en-US).
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Rangers
Scott Truman - Flynn McAllistair - Summer Landsdown - Ziggy Grover - Dillon - Gem - Gemma
Gear
Cell Shift Morpher - Rev Morpher - Sky Morpher - Engine Cells - Nitro Blaster - Street Saber - Turbo Cannon - Zip Charger - Turbo Axe - Rocket Blaster - Cloud Hatchet - Skyshift Blazer - Wheel Blaster - Rail Saber - Rail Blaster - Road Blaster - Turbo Plasma Launcher - RPM Enforcer - Project GO-ONGER
Allies
Doctor K - Colonel Mason Truman - Samurai Rangers
Zords and Megazords
Eagle Racer - Lion Hauler - Bear Crawler - Tail Spinner - Wolf Cruiser - Croc Carrier - Falcon Chopper - Tiger Jet - Whale Jumbo Jet - Paleozords - Turbo Falcon Zord - Road Attack Zord
High Octane Megazord - ValveMax Megazord - Zenith Megazord - Mach Megazord - SkyRev Megazord - PaleoMax Megazord - RPM Ultrazord
Venjix Computer Network
Venjix
General Crunch - General Shifter - Tenaya - Kilobyte - Grinders - Venjix Drones
Attack Bots
Generation 5 Attack Bot - Generation 9 Amphibious Attack Bot (Water Hoser) - Subterranean Plutonic Gopher Bot - Generation 9 Noz Bot Attack System - Magnetron - Pump Attack Bot - Boom Bot - Camera Attack Bot - Drill Attack Bot - Generation 12 Reflects Bot - Gat Bot - Broiler Bot - Sat Bot - Lightning Bot - Oil Bot - Dyna Bot - Vacuum Bot - Saw Bot Generation 15 - Generation 16 Saw Bot - Balloon Bot - Generation 3 Textile Bot - Manhole Bot - Knight Bot - Hammer Attack Bot - Generation 3 Chemical Bot - Dowser Bot - Series 2 Rotor Bot - Heat Bot - Generation 16 Hyper Bot - Dumbbell Bot - Generation 12 Energy Bot - Final Attack Bot
Other Villains:
Alphabet Soup - Fresno Bob
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