Nigel Burke

Nigel Burke, MBBS is the main protagonist in Surgeon Simulator 2013.

Background
Nigel Burke is a man who lives in England and ran a bakery called "Burkes Bakery" before being destroyed. He also works as a surgeon training on "Bob's". He was in his early 30's, was married and had children, but was then divorced and had to sell his house.

Nigel met, at an unknown point, his new girlfriend, Trisha.

At an unknown point; he broke his arm.

One night at a bar, he met staff from Barnadshire General Hospital and he impressed them with his immense medical knowledge.

He started out working as a surgeon in one of the wings of the hospital where he transplanted hearts.

Surgeon Simulator events
He was eventually moved to another end of the hospital and was then given his own desk. There, he performed several different heart transplants, double kidney transplants and brain surgery to a man named Bob who had been found in a car accident.

Soon after, the hospital saw that Nigel was experienced, and assigned him to dangerous operations in ambulances, such as operations like heart transplants, double kidney transplants, and brain surgery. After performing a number of operations, a black floppy disk is placed on his desk. Inserting it in the computer makes a message appear on the screen:

"Nigel, we've been watching your performance. We require your services in a special mission.

By inserting this disk you have agreed to come and help us and an agent will be along to pick you up imminently.

Do not be alarmed...

Stand by (which turns into STAND BY after a few seconds)"

Nigel is then sent into space with unknown means and then performed heart surgery amongst otheroperations to an Astronaut named Bob. When he returned to Earth, he is known as the best doctor in the world, and receives a degree of medical science from the University of Barnadshire dated 16 February, 1987.

Nigel is then contacted by an unknown alien race via VCR, which allows him to perform various surgeries on an Alien named Gworb. After he performed these operations, Nigel officially becomes the Best Surgeon in the Universe.

Trivia:

 * Nigel has to take pills from the Rx. There are some on his desk.
 * Nigel has a video game floppy disk on his desk after a couple of operations, the game is Deep Dungeons of Doom, which is also made by Bossa Studios.
 * Nigel may be also a reference to the popular meme Nigel Thornberry and the "I'll do this with my hands" meme.
 * In I am Fish it is revealed Nigel's right hand is broken; This is the reason he performs surgery with only his left hand. It is unknown if he is left-handed or right-handed.
 * Nigel has various cut and unused voice lines, some were present in the prototype, however have been removed in subsequent versions. Some of these lines include:
 * "Oh, what have I done!?"
 * "Oh, dammit!"
 * "Jesus, Jesus Christ!"
 * "Oh God, oh God no!"
 * "Oh no.."
 * Various gagging and wheezing sounds
 * Nigel also has voice lines from the Barnardshire General Hospital level in I am Fish these include:
 * "Who interrupted my surgery practice!? Don't hide... you can watch"
 * "I'm starting to think you don't want surgery..."
 * "Who's there?! You shouldn't be here... I'm practicing..."
 * "STOP!"
 * "Do you... do you need surgery little one?"
 * "HEY!"
 * "A... a fish?"
 * "COME HERE!"
 * "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were a fish.. but don't worry, I'm a doctor"
 * "WHO ARE YOU?!"
 * "A fish?.... Looks like it'll need surgery..."
 * "DON'T INTERRUPT MY SURGERY!"
 * "Oh, I'm sorry... Let me help you..."
 * "Why were you in there??"
 * "Every second you keep hiding, Bob loses more blood!"