- NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Doctor Doom from the 2015 film. The mainstream version can be found here: Doctor Doom.
| “ | I have always been alone. | „ |
| ~ Victor's most famous quote. |
Victor Von Doom, later best known as Doom, is the main antagonist of the 2015 superhero film Fantastic Four, the first reboot of the Fantastic Four film series.
He is a skilled computer technician of Latveria who works in the Baxter Institute. At Franklin Storm's behest, Von Doom works as one of the scientists working on the Quantum Gate alongside Reed Richards and his team, eventually succumbing to a source on Planet Zero that turns him into a supervillain while it turns Richards and his friends into superheroes.
He was portrayed by Toby Kebbell, who also played Drake Stone in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Koba in the Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy and Messala in the Ben-Hur remake.
Biography[]
Victor Von Doom was hired by Franklin Storm to help create the Quantum Gate for his superior skills as a technician, despite setting fire to some of the Baxter Institute's servers from a previous favor. Von Doom is first seen in his home when Doctor Storm invites him back to the Baxter Institute to conduct research with Reed Richards. Von Doom claims he will only return if Sue Storm is there because she is the only one he trusts.
Von Doom ends up returning to work in the Baxter Building where he meets Richards. Von Doom seems to respect Richards but saves no time pointing out how Richards almost created a black hole when Richards was a child. Von Doom also expresses jealousy of Richards because of how fond Sue Storm is of him.
The night of the successful completion of the project and chimpanzee trial, Von Doom, Richards, and Johnny Storm, under the influence of Storm's alcohol, decide to traverse to Planet Zero. After Ben Grimm arrives due to Richards' insistence, the foursome enter the machine and arrive in Planet Zero. A crisis occurs and the guys find themselves scrambling back to the machine after geysers seem to erupt. One geyser explodes on Von Doom's face, and burns his harness, leaving him to fall to his supposed death on the planet, while Richards, Storm, and Grimm return to the Baxter Building.
A year after this incident, Harvey Allen builds a second teleporter at Area 57 and travels to Planet Zero. His team discover a humanoid being on the planet and are astonished to find that Von Doom survived his fall. He is brought back to Area 57 where it is found that his suit has become part of his body (fused by the lava) and the energy that is found on Planet Zero is now inside of him.
Von Doom believes that the Earth must die so his world may live ands kills Allen and starts killing several of the workers in the building. Franklin tries to reason with him to no avail and ends up killing him before returning to Planet Zero and creating a wormhole that would destroy the Earth. Richards, the Storm siblings, and Grimm follow him to Planet Zero to apprehend him. He initially overpowers them before they reconvene and devise a plan. A destructive battle ensues between them, and Victor dubs himself "Doom" only. During the battle, The Thing punches Von Doom into the beam of energy where he is vaporized. The Fantastic Four close the wormhole after.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Metal Suit Merging: Due to his body greatly irradiated by Planet Zero's energy where the process resulted his suit merged with his skin, Doom's body became highly resilient to the point of able to shrug off Human Torch's fire balls.
- Planet Zero Energy Enhancement: As result of exposure to strange energy of Planet Zero, Von Doom gains the power over mysterious green energy from said planet.
- Telekinesis: Using Planet Zero energy as a medium, Doom can perform telekinetic feats such as ripping off shackles and a large metal door by simply willing it, destroying machines, knocking back opponents, and making people's heads explode. His power is also strong enough to break Invisible Woman's force field.
- Energy Projection: Can project energy at will.
- Force Field Generation: Von Doom can form force-fields for defense or blocking out unwanted people.
- Manipulation of Elements: He can manipulate the earth of Planet Zero at will.
Abilities[]
- Expert Technician: Doom is a very skillful technician as he was hired by Susan to help her build.
Quotes[]
| “ | There is no Victor... there is only Doom. | „ |
| ~ Victor, now calling himself "Doom" as he confronts Reed. |
| “ | This is the end of your world.....and the beginning of mine. | „ |
| ~ Victor Von Doom, in the second trailer. |
| “ | You want to know how I survived? That place kept me alive, gave me strength...power. The kind men like you must never possess. | „ |
| ~ Victor to Dr. Allen on how he survived with his new powers. |
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- This is the youngest film portrayal of Doctor Doom and the third live-action adaptation of the character thus far. From all three live-action versions, however, this is the only one who is just referred simply as "Doom" and not as "Doctor Doom".
- The first live-action portrayal of Doctor Doom was in The Fantastic Four (1994), where he was played by Joseph Culp.
- The second live-action portrayal of Doctor Doom was in Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, where he was played by Julian McMahon.
- During filming, the character's original name was going to be Victor Domashev. However, after severe fan backlash, his name was changed back to Victor von Doom in the reshoots.
- This portrayal of Doom was the most criticized in the series. Despite this, though he felt dissatisfied with the finished film much like director Josh Trank, Toby Kebbell enjoyed playing the role and has even expressed interest in reprising it for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead Robert Downey Jr. is announced to come back to the MCU, but this time as Doctor Doom, not Iron Man since the character died in Avengers: Endgame.
