Dread Doctors

The Dread Doctors are the primary antagonists for Teen Wolf Season 5. They appear to be working with Theo.

Valack says they’re not entirely human anymore. He says they were scientists who worshiped the supernatural. They found their secrets in electromagnetic forces that allowed them to prolong their lives, give them power and, most importantly, make folks forget about them.

They can apparently induce life-like hallucinations that can incapacitate anyone who gets in their way. (See Strange Frequencies)

The Book


A novel, first seen in Tracy Stewart's room in Episode 504, is titled The Dread Doctors by T.R. McCammon. The book's tagline is “A terrifying tale of science fiction and horror.”

The book was actually written by Dr. Gabriel Valack. He says it details an earlier visit from the Dread Doctors.

The back cover reads:
 * “In a small New England town, teenagers are taken in the night and buried alive. Days later they emerge transformed wreaking havoc and spreading terror, commanded by an ancient order of parascientists known only as the Dread Doctors.”

Valack says he wrote the book to stimulate readers' brains and allow them to remember any interaction they might have had with the Dread Doctors.

Two pages of the novel are shown on screen. Read them on the Required Reading recap page.

Doctors
The doctors appear to be slightly out of phase with reality. The bodies blur constantly.

The Surgeon
The Surgeon seems to be the "leader" of the Dread Doctors. He speaks the most and is the one who killed their first experiment seen on screen (See: Creatures of the Night) and injected Tracy (See: Parasomnia.) Under the mask, the Surgeon is played by actor Marti Matulis.

The Pathologist
In general, a pathologist is a doctor who study the cause and development of disease. Most choose a specialty such as genetics or forensic pathology.

The Pathologist is portrayed by actor Douglas Tait.

The Geneticist
As the name implies, a geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of living organisms.

The Geneticist is played by frequent Teen Wolf actor and stuntwoman Caitlin Dechelle.

Experiments
Several creatures seen so far appear to be directly related to the Doctors. Deaton explains that, while they appear supernatural, they are not. The old rules and restrictions do not apply.

The Doctors appear to be creating hybrids by combining parts of two different creatures to form a chimera.

Sheriff Stilinski and Melissa McCall have figured out that several of the chimera they know about had skin or other tissue transplants at the hospital in the past. This suggests they were all genetically chimera before the Dread Doctors.

The Doctors performed some sort of procedure on Kira during the events of Creatures of the Night but it is, as yet, unknown if they turned her into a chimera. They have pumped black goo into Liam but the effects of this procedure are also unknown.