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Mad Doctors of the Movies: Jekyll and Moreau
Dr Moreau
Claim to fame: the surgeon who turns animals into people. A pioneer of bodily transformation. Unlikely to trouble the shortlist for a bedside-manner award.
Mad pedigree: HG Wells’ 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau gifted us a disgraced vivisectionist pursuing his research on a remote island, conveniently beyond the reach of ethics committees. Through surgery and training, Moreau forces creatures into human form, then expects them to obey a code of civilised behaviour. His Beast Folk struggle with the rules; their creator struggles with the idea of empathy. Nature, meanwhile…
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