Dr. Ford
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Dr. Ford was discontinued from RuneScape after an update. |
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| Release date | 9 August 2005 (Update) |
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| Race | Human |
| Members NPC? | No |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Everywhere |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Male |
| Examine | He's here to help. |
Dr. Ford is a former random event. Players Woodcutting or Mining would get hit in the head by a wood chunk or stone, respectively. Dr. Ford would appear and ask the player to identify a hand figure.
If the player fails, the player is teleported to a distant place to rest (Varrock North Church). If the player answers correctly, he/she would get fruit (only bananas in free-to-play) and still be teleported to a distant place, which enraged players who guessed it correctly. The exact date of the discontinuation is unknown.
As the number of the fingers lifted and the fingers themselves were random, Jagex got a lot of reports of getting the middle finger. Dr. Ford's appearance bears a striking resemblance to Dr. Harlow before the graphical update, the only difference is Dr. Ford is bald in the middle of his head but Dr. Harlow isn't.
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Trivia
Dr. Ford was discontinued for many reasons, such as the "middle finger incident," and because he and several others were not defined as a random event after the update.