Doctor Wilker is experienced in a unique variety of electronic sciences, including but not limited to communications, robotics, and computational technologies.
Wilker built and constructed the Muffit II robotic daggit as a favor to Apollo, programming it for Boxey's visual image that Apollo furnished him. He had hoped to use the Muffit II as a template for other daggits to take watch over the Warriors as they rested in situations where they were isolated or on a ground mission of basically any sort. (Saga of a Star World)
Apollo later questioned Wilker on the possibility that Iblis was an android construct, and Wilker mentioned (interesting and ironically enough) that such a feat was possible with Colonial technologies. He later was sent on a mission to find out what exactly caused the "miracle" growth of the edible plants on the Agro Ship Nine, during Iblis' visit to the Fleet. He discovered that the plants had been subjected to a growth-inducing radiation. (War of the Gods)
Additionally, he apparently is also on call to do forensics for the Fleet, as he tested Starbuck's laser pistol to confirm whether or not the energy expended upon Ortega's corpse was the same as the energy expended from Starbuck's pistol. Unfortunately, it was, albeit it was later proven that Karibdis later terminated Ortega using the pistol while Starbuck was showering. (Murder on the Rising Star)
Wilker also was responsible for experimenting with the Lunar Seven shuttle that Michael liberated from the Eastern Alliance, although he tended to be over the line in his experiments, and was ordered by Adama to desist. (Greetings from Earth)
Boomer noted that Wilker could do thousand-fold better than him to clear up the transmission that Apollo received in the old Gamma frequencies, although he apparently was over at the electronics ship (the Celestra, most probably) at the time. Wilker never had the chance to look at it, since his lab had been destroyed when the Galactica fenced with the lone Cylon base star that Apollo and Starbuck had blinded. (The Hand of God)
Portrayed by John Dullaghan
Notes[edit]
According to the novelization of "Saga of a Star World", Wilker had an assistant named Lanzer. Lanzer could very well be seen (from the waist downward) controlling the robotic daggit (Muffit II) with a remote control -- he could very well be Ray Berwick, Evie the Chimp's trainer.