Dr. Doak is now in the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Dr. Doak is now in the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster Time to leave. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 17 Apr 2021 3 comments Remember the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster that leaked online in February? Now it's got Dr. Doak. In the Xbox 360 remaster of Rare's groundbreaking N64 shooter, fan-favourite NPC Dr. Doak was replaced with "Dr. Rakhmanov". But they erased you from GE on X360... And changed your name to "Dr. Rakhmanov"... pic.twitter.com/yATE0Q73Hd- F҉ļ̀a̶t E҉͜r̀i̷̛c̷ (@retrostage) February 4, 2021 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Dr. Doak was based on David Doak, one of the real-life developers of GoldenEye 007 at Rare and actual real-life doctor. Prior to working at Rare, Doak was involved in scientific research, using what were for the time high-end graphics workstations on protein structure determination. (Work on these Silicon Graphics machines helped Doak got an in at Rare.) Watch on YouTube The Dr. Doak character is a double-agent who pops up in the Facility level. He's Bond's contact, and gives 007 a decoder that lets him access the bottling area. Bond tells Dr. Doak to escape before he meets up with antagonist Trevelyan. Doak does exactly that, running away before you blow up all the tanks. But! You can instead choose to murder the defenseless Dr. Doak, which does not affect the mission status. Hands up if you shot Dr. Doak in the face? Here's Dr. Doak in the original N64 GoldenEye 007. Image credit Graslu00. And here's Dr. Doak modded into the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster. Image credit Graslu00. In 1998, Doak, alongside some other Rare developers who worked on GoldenEye and then Perfect Dark, left the company to co-found TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design. (For more on what went down there, check out our Oral history of Perfect Dark feature.) Doak wasn't around when the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster was in development in 2007 and 2008. So, Rare replaced Dr. Doak with Dr. Rakhmanov, an NPC based on former Rare artist Sergey Rakhmanov. Now, modders have put Dr. Doak back into the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster, much to the delight of David Doak himself. Doak tweeted to say "this is really special and means a lot". I'm in the Naughty GoldenEye XBLA remaster! Thank-you so much to @Graslu00, @kholdfuzion, @PalfreyLewis, Flargee and Carnivorous - this is really special and means a lot ♥️ https://t.co/Nb0CQf1iGc- David Doak (@drdoak) April 17, 2021 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings This is the work of tinkerers @kholdfuzion, @PalfreyLewis, Flargee and Carnivorous, according to GoldenEye content creator Graslu00. Graslu00's video, below, shows Dr. Doak modded into the remaster. Will Microsoft ever task Rare with getting its GoldenEye remaster off the ground? It seems unlikely. "GoldenEye rights are so challenging, looked at this many times," Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted in 2015. "Lot's of different parties to work with, we've always given up." Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store