Malcolm Betruger
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Dr. Malcolm Betruger (whose last name is derived from the German word 'Betrüger' meaning 'deceiver' or 'fraud') is a fictional character voiced by Philip L. Clarke. He is the main antagonist in both Doom 3 and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil expansion pack by id Software. In Doom 3, Betruger is the director of all research at the Union Aerospace Corporation research facility on Mars, while in Resurrection of Evil, he is part of a flying dragon-like demon named the Maledict. He is an elderly, overworked doctor, whose right eye is grayed over with blindness.
In Doom 3, it is stated in an audio log that Betruger inexplicably entered a teleporter, transporting him to Hell. He had done this some time before the events depicted in the game took place. The doctor who recorded the audio log claimed he had no idea why Betruger entered the teleporter, he thought Betruger had gone crazy. He may have been lured into the teleporter by one of the whispering voices heard throughout the game. Or he may have gone in by his own will, with a Faustian pact in mind, where he may have agreed to provide a portal that the demons could use to invade the facility, which would supposedly award him great supernatural power, including a degree of omnipresence and the ability to command armies of demons.(At first the player does not know that Betruger is in league with the demons).The doctor also stated that when Betruger returned from the teleporter he had changed. He still looked the same, but he behaved differently. This suggests that Betruger may have become possessed. But it is never clearly stated what happened to Betruger.
Shortly after the Marine arrives at the facility with Counselor Elliot Swann and Jack Campbell, Betruger, crazed by his teleportation visit to Hell, deliberately opens the UAC's main teleporter, removing safety constraints and allowing an invasion by demonic forces. Following the disaster on Mars, he plans to lure the Marines of the Earth Fleet to Mars and use their spacecraft to send his demons to Earth. By doing so, he may conquer and rule the planet. However, he is foiled in his attempts by the player's character. In the game's closing cinematic he appears to be eaten by the Maledict demon in Hell — however, it is revealed in Resurrection of Evil that he has in fact become the monster, his head extending on a stalk from within its mouth. In this new form, he plots another demonic invasion of Mars, but is once again thwarted. In the conclusion of Resurrection of Evil, the player character shoves the The Artifact into Betruger's mouth, destroying the Maledict, as well as what was left of Malcolm Betruger.
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