Real
Name: Enoch (first name unrevealed) DOCTOR ENOCH
Real
Name: Enoch (first name unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-78917) human mutate (Caprican citizen)
Occupation: Head Biologist;
formerly Viper pilot
Group Membership: Battlestar Galactica crew (Commander Adama, Apollo, Athena, Boomer, Cassiopeia, Jolly, Saphire, Tigh, others)
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Apollo, Athena, Boomer, Cassiopeia, Jolly, Saphire
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Battlestar Galactica;
formerly the planet Caprica
First Appearance: Battlestar Galactica I#17 (July 1980)
Powers/Abilities: Before his transformation Enoch
was an exceptional Viper pilot, an expert in spaceship combat flying. He
was also a skilled scientist, most notably in the field of biology.
Initially Enoch retained these skills and his
brilliant mind after transforming, though his human intellect ultimately
began to fade. His ape-like form possessed enhanced strength and
agility, as well as sharp fangs and claws.
Height: (human) 5'9" (by estimation); (ape) 6'5"
(by estimation)
Weight: (human) 170 lbs. (by estimation); (ape) 450 lbs. (by
estimation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Black
History:
(Battlestar
Galactica I#17 (fb) - BTS) - Hailing from the planet Caprica,
one of the Twelve Colonies of ancient Kobol, in his youth Enoch was one
of the best pilots in the Colonial Fleet, his habit of taking a victory
roll in his Viper spacefighter following each battle become his
characteristic move. Even after age slowed his reflexes and forced him
to retire from combat duty his techniques were studied on training
videos by the pilots who followed him.
Also adept at the sciences, Enoch reinvented
himself as a top notch biologist. When the cyborg aliens known as the
Cylons launched a surprise attack on the Twelve Colonies the now Doctor
Enoch was one of the comparatively small number of survivors who escaped
on a rag-tag fleet of spaceships led and defended by the Battlestar
Galactica. With their homeworlds devastated and not safe to return to,
the fleet set off across space hunting for the lost, and some believed
mythological, thirteen colony known as Earth, but the Cylons continued
to pursue and intermittently attack them.
(Battlestar Galactica TV series, E08 - BTS) - Two of the
fleet's three Agro Ships which carried gigantic geodesic domes housing
gardens where most of the fleet's food was grown were destroyed in a
Cylon assault.
(Battlestar
Galactica I#17) - With food running low to the point where the
fleet was on the verge of famine, when the fleet neared a compatible
planet verdant with vegetation, Galactica's commanding officer Adama
sent Doctor Enoch accompanied by current top pilot Apollo (Adama's son)
to locate new food sources. They gathered several fruit samples before
Enoch stumbled across some human skeletons. Recalling that years before
the Cylon invasion Caprica had sponsored an expedition to an uncharted
jungle planet only to never hear from it again, Enoch hypothesized that
they might have just discovered what had happened to that lost mission.
With the temperature beginning to drop as dusk approached Apollo
suggested to Enoch that they head back to Galactica for the night, but
before they could do so an alien carnivore dropped onto Apollo from a
nearby tree. Knocked to the ground Apollo dropped his gun, and
desperately shouted to Enoch to shoot the beast before its large jaws
bit into him, but a startled Enoch hesitated. Luckily for Apollo the
creature was stunned by a rock thrown by a group of large red simians
that emerged in a run from the jungle. Enoch noted that the hominid
tribe had saved Apollo's life, but Apollo realized the newcomers had
hostile attentions towards the human interlopers too, and stunned the
closest one unconscious with his blaster. Scared, the rest scattered
into the jungle, leaving their fallen comrade behind. On Enoch's
instructions the captured simian was restrained and loaded onto their
shuttlecraft to be taken back to the Galactica for study.
Back in his lab on the Galactica Enoch chastised
himself for failing to help Apollo when the carnivore had attacked,
recalling his past combat glories and blaming his inaction on getting
too old. Examining some of the fruit they had brought back he was
surprised to learn it seemed to be nutritionally perfect, packed with
vitamins and minerals, but also containing loose amino chains that
didn't connect to any proteins. Believing that last should be
impossible, he instructed the computer to carry out a full analysis, and
while waiting for the result turned to examine the captive ape instead.
Enoch noted that from what he had seen of the planet's flora and fauna
the simian couldn't be native to that world, before being momentarily
distracted by a smell which he felt might indicate that the fruit was
already beginning to rot. Returning his attention to the beast, Enoch
analyzed its DNA patterns in an attempt to ascertain its origins, and
was shocked to see that the readings indicated that the creature had the
DNA structure of a human, differentiated only by a few vagrant proteins
in the cell nuclei... just like the loose amino acids in the fruit. By
this point the stench the fruit was giving off had become increasingly
disgusting, prompting him to head over to it intending to swiftly
dispose of the sample. However, as he picked it up he found the smell
suddenly made him desperately hungry, and unable to resist he devoured
the fruit.
Immediately he felt like he was burning up,
and within a few short seconds his body grew larger and more apelike,
his uniform ripping apart as he transformed into a scarlet simian like
those he and Apollo had seen on the jungle planet. The now monstrous
Enoch glanced across at his computer screen, where the results of the
fruit analysis had just been displayed, and saw that the amino chains
had been identified as a proto-virus that attacked cellular DNA, with an
accompanying warning that the fruit was dangerous and should not be
eaten. Enraged that the warning had come too late Enoch smashed the
computer, unintentionally also destroying the only device that carried
information that might warn others about the dangers of the fruit or
what had happened to him. Then Enoch paused, wondering why he was so
angry when his new form had restored the lost vitality of his youth,
leaving him stronger and more powerful than ever before.
Flushed with power, Enoch left his lab, and
was almost immediately spotted by Lieutenant Boomer, another of the
Galactica's Viper pilots. Understandably assuming that Enoch's ape
captive had escaped, Boomer went for his blaster but Enoch struck him
unconscious before Boomer could finish drawing it from its holster.
Enoch was about to finish Boomer off in order to keep his condition a
secret when he was spotted by Flight Sergeant Jolly. Reasoning that
Boomer's death would be pointless now, Enoch dodged Jolly's blaster fire
and fled on a stolen rocket sled towards the launch bays. While Jolly
raised the alert, Enoch overpowered the crewmen in Launch Bay Alpha and
fled the Galactica in a stolen Viper, his departure witnessed by a
pursuing Boomer and Jolly, both of whom were stunned to see what they
had assumed to be a mindless beast piloting an advanced spaceship.
Out in space between Galactica and the alien
world Apollo had been training three female pilots, Saphire, Athena and
Cassiopeia; with Apollo having left the others temporarily in order to
play the role of their opponent in practice combat, the trainees
encountered Enoch. With their ships armed only with dummy ammunition for
their practice combat, the highly experienced Enoch easily disabled all
three vessels, forcing them to make emergency landings on the planet
below. Jubilant, Enoch took his characteristic victory roll before
following them down. Witnessing this from afar Apollo was sure he
recognized the hostile pilot's flying style; learning from the Galactica
that they had discovered and disposed of the ape creature Apollo and
Enoch had brought on board, Apollo remembered the training videos and
realized Enoch had been piloting the stolen Viper. Worried for the
female pilots' safety, he headed down to the planet. Meanwhile on the
alien world the Enoch creature confronted the three stranded women,
announcing that they would never return to the Galactica, but instead
would willingly join him staying on this world, his now and forever.
(Battlestar Galactica I#18
(fb)) - Proving able to command the ape-creatures, Enoch used
them to swiftly capture all three women and tied them up, intending to
feed them the same transformative fruit he had eaten, unaware all of
this was being witnessed by Apollo, who hid in the trees until the other
ape-creatures departed, leaving Enoch alone with his captives.
(Battlestar Galactica
I#18) - With his captives still unaware of his true identity,
Enoch ranted how they were his, that the rest of the fleet would follow,
and that Adama would not be able to stop him. When Athena expressed
confusion at his ability to speak, Enoch proclaimed that he was not an
animal, but rather more than human, and tried to convince her to eat
some of the fruit. She refused, but Enoch remained confident that it
would not be long before the smell of the ripened fruit would compel his
prisoners to eat, adding megalomaniacly that they and the rest of
humanity would recognize him as their deliverer and proclaim him their
lord. Moments later though his rant was interrupted by Apollo, who
despite having no weapons launched a surprise attack on the ape-man. The
three captives were worried that Apollo would be ripped apart, but
Apollo dodged Enoch's blows, correctly reasoning that Enoch wanted to
keep him alive in order to have him transform too. Apollo appealed to
Enoch to surrender and let them try to find a cure, but Enoch was
unrepentant even though Apollo had worked out who he really was,
announcing that he had chosen this form, strong, healthy and quick, over
his former weak and old body. Enoch let out a cry, summoning more
ape-beasts, but as they began to surround Apollo a new Viper piloted by
Boomer flew overhead, scaring some of the new arrivals away. Enoch
ordered the remaining ape-beasts to bind Apollo until he could succumb
to the lure of the fruit, but the creatures took note of the landing
Viper and instead fled back into the jungle. With the imminent arrival
of a blaster-wielding Boomer and believing it was only a matter of time
before those on Galactica succumbed to the fruit left in his lab, Enoch
decided to retreat, temporarily blinding Apollo by squeezing an
unripened fruit in order to squirt its juices into Apollo's eyes.
Boomer and Apollo untied the captives, and while Apollo left Boomer to
return the women to Galactica he went after Enoch, unwilling to give up
on him just yet. However, when he caught up with Enoch the ape-beast's
slurred speech made it clear that the once-great scientific mind was
fading, leaving behind only an animal. Cornered by a cliff, Enoch leapt
for Apollo, but was driven back by a blaster shot. Staggering backwards,
his mind momentarily clearing so he could reason again if just a little,
Enoch unwittingly stepped off the cliff and plummeted to his death,
screaming desperately for Apollo's help as he fell. Climbing down,
Apollo found Enoch clinging to life, his body irrevocably smashed, but
his mind clearing. The dying Enoch apologized to Apollo, telling him
that death was the only cure for his condition, and warning him of the
fruit back on Galactica. Even as he was doing this, back on the
Battlestar Athena and Boomer were destroying the fruit, just in time to
prevent Adama falling victim to it. On the planet Enoch died cradled in
Apollo's arms, his final words explaining that the one good outcome of
his transformation was that he had been able to pilot a Viper through
space again, and an appeal that Apollo convince the fleet to not settle
on this world but instead continue through the stars. With his death
Enoch's body transformed back into human form, and Apollo carried his
corpse back to his Viper, presumably so his remains could return to the
stars he loved.
Comments: Created by Steven Grant, Walt Simonson and Klaus Jansen.
In case anyone fails to figure it out, though
it's never explicitly stated it's clear that the apes that Enoch and
Apollo encountered on the alien world were members of the lost Caprican
expedition mutated just as Enoch was, or possibly the descendants
thereof.
This profile was completed on 08/03/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Marvel's Battlestar Galactica comic.
Profile by Loki.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Doctor Enoch has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Battlestar Galactica I#17, p9,
pan3 (main image)
Battlestar Galactica I#17, p1,
pan1 (human form)
Battlestar Galactica
I#18, p17, pan3 (human face)
Battlestar Galactica I#17, p5, pan5-6 (eating the Ape Ape Devil
Fruit)
Battlestar Galactica I#17, p6, pan1-3 (transforming)
Battlestar Galactica I#18, p12, pan3-5 (falling to death)
Appearances:
Battlestar Galactica I#17 (July 1980)
- Steven Grant (script, co-plot), Walt Simonson (co-plot, pencils),
Klaus Janson (inks), Louise Jones (editor)
Battlestar Galactica
I#18 (August 1980) - Steven Grant (script, co-plot), Walt
Simonson (co-plot, pencils), Sal Busema (layouts), Klaus Janson
(inks), Louise Jones (editor)
First Posted: 09/28/2026
Last updated: 08/03/2026
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