Editing Wilker (alternate)

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This article covers the various depictions of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]' Doctor [[Wilker]] from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.

{{Character Data
 | title=Wilker
 | photo=Wilker - Marvel.jpg
 | caption=Wilker as depicted in the [[Marvel]] comics.
 | role=Scientist, battlestar ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}''
 | rank= 
 | primecon=Y
}}

== Comics ==

=== Marvel Comics ===
Following the {{alt|Battle of Cimtar||destruction and exodus from the Colonies}}, Dr. Wilker constructs a prototype robotic [[daggit]] in a maintenance lab aboard ''{{alt|Rising Star|TOS}}'' in light of the fact that no biological daggits survived the assault. At {{alt|Apollo|TOS}}'s urging, {{alt|Boxey|TOS}} is given Wilker's first prototype daggit, named [[Muffey II]], which Wilker programs to respond to Boxey from data given by Apollo  ({{comics|marvel|2}}).

Wilker also maintains the [[memory inducer]], with [[Cassiopeia]] as his aide, while {{alt|Adama|TOS}} uses it to remember what he saw at {{alt|Kobol|TOS}} ({{comics|marvel|7}}).

=== Maximum Press ===
Doctor '''Wilker''' is the residential electronics and engineering expert on ''{{TOS|Galactica}}''. 

His team is tasked with the maintenance and control of the [[temporal overdrive]], which Wilker has studied since its installation in [[7347]] (''[[War of Eden 1]]'', ''[[The Enemy Within 2]]'').

After a [[Cylons (TOS alternate)|Cylon]] attack paralyzed Wilker in [[7357]], Wilker became obsessed with androids and the ability to transfer a human consciousness into a human simulacrum. He successfully does so by [[7362]], with his memory and essence transferred in a cybernetic brain. Fortunately, his body and brain manage to survive after [[Ares (Cylon)|Ares]], a Cylon agent, overloads the temporal overdrive, attacking Wilker before doing so. The recording of this attack is retrieved by [[Salik (alternate)|Salik]], which reveals Ares's true nature (''[[The Enemy Within 3]]'').

=== Realm Press ===
'''Wilker''' is part of the team sent to investigate the [[Somnian vessel|derelict alien ships]]. Onboard the main ship, he is fascinated by the alien technology and, against [[Apollo (TOS-RP)|Apollo]]'s orders, activates a console. This results in him being possessed by a [[Somnian]], a powerful extra-dimensional being ({{Comics|Prison of Souls, Part 1}}).<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: Prison of Souls, Part 1'', p. 19</ref>

Under the control of the Somnian, Wilker attacks Dr. [[Salik (TOS-RP)|Salik]] and his assistant in the med-lab and absconds with Commander [[Adama (TOS-RP)|Adama]], who is also under the Somnian's influence.<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: Prison of Souls, Part 2'', p. 9</ref> He then begins working on a machine in the science lab, which is designed to create a doorway between the human universe and the Somnian dimension ({{Comics|Prison of Souls, Part 2}}).<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: Prison of Souls, Part 2'', p. 11</ref>

When Apollo returns to the alien ship to find him, Wilker, still possessed, attacks him. The Somnian entity speaks through Wilker, revealing its plan to use the souls of the human fleet to escape its dimension ({{Comics|Prison of Souls, Part 1}}).<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: Prison of Souls, Part 1'', p. 19</ref> After Apollo defeats the Somnian creature, Wilker is freed from its control and is brought back to the ''[[Galactica (TOS-RP)|Galactica]]'' for medical attention ({{Comics|Prison of Souls, Part 2}}).<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: Prison of Souls, Part 2'', p. 6</ref>

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