Gotham: 10 Things You Need To Know About Professor Pyg
9. He Turns People Into Literal Zombies
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Yep, if you thought the pig gimmick alone was scary enough, you've now also got to contend with the fact that Pyg is a huge fan of turning people into zombies.
And these aren't just any ordinary zombies either - Pyg's minions are far spookier. Referred to as 'Dollotrons', Pyg takes his victims and forcibly operates on their mind, genitals and face, with most emerging from the procedure mindless and, in most cases, with a doll-like persona to boot.
It's gruesome stuff, and Pyg can - at any one time - call upon an army of hundreds when the occasion calls for it. While it's unlikely we'll be seeing an army that size on the show (or indeed, the Dollotron procedure itself), it should give audiences a good idea of just how dark the character truly is.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
