Dread Doctors 

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The Dread Doctors are the primary antagonists for Teen Wolf Season 5.

A novel, seen in Tracy Stewart\'s room in Episode 4, is titled The Dread Doctors by T.R. McCammon. The book\'s tagline is “A terrifying tale of science fiction and horror.”

The doctors appear to be slightly out of phase with reality. The bodies blur constantly.

The Surgeon seems to be the "leader" of the Dread Doctors. He speaks the most and is the one who killed their first experiment seen on screen (See:

Creatures of the Night) and injected Tracy (See: Parasomnia.)  Under the mask, the Surgeon is played by actor Marti Matulis.

In general, a pathologist is a doctor who study the cause and development of disease. Most choose a specialty such as genetics or forensic pathology.

As the name implies, a geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of living organisms.

The Geneticist is played by frequent Teen Wolf actor and stuntwoman Caitlin Dechelle.

Several creatures seen so far appear to be directly related to the Doctors. Deaton explains that, while they appear supernatural, they are not. The old rules and restrictions do not apply.

Belasko seemed to absorb power from Jordan Parrish and from Scott McCall through eagle-like talons that glowed blue. When stabbed by The Surgeon, his chest split open and several crows flew out.

With the Doctors intervention, Tracy became a Kanima Hybrid with the claws of a werewolf and the scales and venom of a Kanima. She did not remember her transformations and her mind handled them as dreams leading to night terrors. The Doctors injected her with something and, from that point, she set about killing anyone who had tried to help her.

According to his boyfriend, Lucas was usually shy and reserved but suddenly changed and became overconfident and aggressive. Sharp spines full of scorpion venom emerged from his skin. His stings were extremely painful to the point that morphine could not ease the victim. He showed great strength besting Brett, Scott and Kira. Liam eventually brought him down.

The Doctors catch Donovan after his escape from the prison van, drill into his head and let him go. After taking him from the Sheriff\'s Station, the Doctors remove his teeth with pliers. His mouth fills with blood then new teeth, sharp in two rows, grow back immediately. They resemble Kanima or Wendigo teeth.