Witch Doctor

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
Witch Doctor
Info
Car Descriptor order	42
Network availability	normal
Driver	Doctor Mambo
Driver's short name	Dr. Mambo
Race number	43
Top speed	175 mph
Kerb weight	2.5 tons
0 - 60 mph in	5.8 seconds
Cost	385000 credits
Description
"Do not doubt the power of Voodoo, Mun!"

Witch Doctor is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in missions from the Docks, and only becomes a regular opponent in the Military Zone.

Design

It is a customized black 1949 Mercury Coupe with a voodoo-styled livery, chrome hubcaps and white wall tires. Most notable difference to Mercury, Witch Doctor's bumper has five bumper guards opposed to two. It also has custom side exhaust pipes. The name of the driver, "DR. Mambo", is on top of its bonnet and back. The car also has the number 43 on top and chrome emblem that reads "Eastwood".

Performance

Witch Doctor is a weak vehicle overall, with lackluster offense capabilities and low acceleration, making it struggle in both racing and wrecking. The good side of this car is its top speed, being able to reach 274mph fully upgraded and with a respectable weight of 2.5 tons, it can push around smaller vehicles.

Driver

The driver, named "Doctor Mambo", is a modified Max Damage with his entire body painted white, and with black makeup on his eyes and mouth. He wears a black and white-striped hat, black jacket, and brown pants.

Mission Appearances

Witch Doctor is the vehicle who appears the most in the game's missions, having the same role in each one, being a hindrance that does not need to be destroyed.

It first appears in the Docks' first and second missions (Juice Up alongside McKilem, and Clear the Deck alongside SXE Black Hatch)

It later appears in Back of Beyond's third mission (No Nukes is Good Nukes) alongside SuperCharger and Throb Rod.

Finally, its last mission appearance is in the Bridge (The Great Divide), where it appears alongside Femme Fatal, McKilem, and SXE Black Hatch.

Trivia

• Witch Doctor's textures are named "DoctorMambo", referencing the driver.
• The files related to the car's collision and the model are named "Which_Doctor".
• Witch Doctor was one of the cars present in the demo.
• Mark Day was one of the artists who worked on Witch Doctor.
• Inside the files for Witch Doctor there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle, with some elements modified from the Eagle MK4:
  • NAME "WitchDoctor"
  • DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 220mph
  • Kerb weight: 2000 Kgs
  • 0-60mph: 3.4 seconds
  • The Doctor is back and it rocks!"
  • DESCRIPTOR "WitchDoctordescriptor.txt"
  • DRIVER_NAME "Doctor Pain"
  • DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "Max"
  • STRENGTH 5
  • COST 50 // in thousands!
  • TYPE 0 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty
  • //ARMOUR_MAP "eagle_armoured"

Gallery

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  Render of Witch Doctor's rear.

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  Witch Doctor in the garage.

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  Early screenshot of Witch Doctor, Gorvette and Tow Meister (07/02/2000).

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  Early screenshot of Witch Doctor, Eagle MK4, and SXE Black Hatch (18/02/2000).

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  Early screenshot of Witch Doctor behind the Eagle MK4 (18/02/2000).

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  Early screenshot of Witch Doctor and Soul Harvester (05/05/2000).

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  Early screenshot of Witch Doctor from the May 2000 issue of Micromania Tercera Epoca magazine.

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  Texture of Witch Doctor.

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  Damaged texture of Witch Doctor.

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  Another texture used by Witch Doctor.