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|individual name= Drinking Fountain
|image      = Drinking Fountain crop.jpg
|image=Blue Kangs.jpg
|species    = Human
|alias=
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|species=[[Human]]
|first        = Paradise Towers (TV story)
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|actor      = Catherine Cusack
|home era=  
|appearances = {{il|[[WC]]: ''[[24 Carat (webcast)|24 Carat]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Reclaiming Kroagnon (short story)|Reclaiming Kroagnon]]''}}
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]''
|actor= [[Catherine Cusack]]
}}
}}
'''Drinking Fountain''' commanded the [[Blue Kang]]s living in [[Paradise Towers]].  
'''Drinking Fountain''' commanded the [[Blue Kang]]s living in [[Paradise Towers]] by the time of the [[Paradise Towers Massacre]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Drinking Fountain followed [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Pex]] throughout Paradise Towers and eventually confronted them. Mel asked her to explain who Pex was and she told the story of how he had avoided going to war by hiding aboard the Kang ship. She allowed Mel to go free but continued to taunt Pex.
=== As the Blue Kang Leader ===
[[File:Blue Kangs.jpg|thumb|left|Drinking Fountain as the leader of the Blue Kangs. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')]]Drinking Fountain followed [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Pex]] throughout Paradise Towers and eventually confronted them. Mel asked her to explain who Pex was and she told the story of how he had avoided going to war by hiding aboard the Kang ship. She allowed Mel to go free but continued to taunt Pex.


Some time later, Drinking Fountain led her Kangs into the [[Red Kang]] [[brainquarters]] and proclaimed victory over them. However, the [[Seventh Doctor]] convinced them to work together to defeat [[Kroagnon]] and Drinking Fountain went with him, [[Bin Liner]] and [[Fire Escape]] to the basement. There they watched Kroagnon use [[corpoelectroscopy]] to take over the [[Chief Caretaker]]'s body. The Doctor was attacked by a [[cleaner]] but Drinking Fountain and the Red Kangs pulled him free. They then fled to [[Floor 304]].
Sometime later, Drinking Fountain led her Kangs into the [[Red Kang]] [[brainquarters]] and proclaimed victory over them. However, the [[Seventh Doctor]] convinced them to work together to defeat [[Kroagnon]] and Drinking Fountain went with him, [[Bin Liner]] and [[Fire Escape]] to the basement. There they watched Kroagnon use [[corpoelectroscopy]] to take over the [[Chief Caretaker]]'s body. The Doctor was attacked by a [[cleaner]] but Drinking Fountain and the Red Kangs pulled him free. They then fled to [[Floor 304]].


There they allied themselves with the [[Rezzies]], [[Caretaker]]s and [[Pex]] and attacked the [[cleaner]]s. After Pex sacrified himself to kill Kroagnon, Drinking Fountain joined in a ceremony in his honour. ([[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
There they allied themselves with the [[Rezzie]]s, [[Caretaker (Paradise Towers)|Caretakers]] and [[Pex]] and attacked the [[cleaner]]s. After Pex sacrificed himself to kill Kroagnon, Drinking Fountain joined in a ceremony in his honour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')


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=== Later life ===
[[File:Drinking Fountain in 24 Carat.jpg|thumb|right|An older Drinking Fountain became a businesswoman. ([[WC]]: ''[[24 Carat (webcast)|24 Carat]]'')]]After contacts between Paradise Towers and the rest of human society were reestablished, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Reclaiming Kroagnon (short story)|Reclaiming Kroagnon]]'') Drinking Fountain eventually became the CEO of [[Blue Kang Travel]], and oversaw the refurbishment of Paradise Towers, which she converted into a [[hotel]]. Decades after their first meeting, she was reunited with Melanie Bush on the set of ''[[24 Carat]]'', Bush's reality television series, and pitched her a business proposal to sell package holidays. She claimed that the cleaning robots now underwent rigorous safety attempts, but after she admitted that a pool attendant and a decorator had been killed in the last year, Mel rejected her proposal. ([[WC]]: ''[[24 Carat (webcast)|24 Carat]]'')
 
As one of the surviving eyewitnesses involved in the [[Paradise Towers Massacre]], Drinking Fountain was involved in the public controversy, decades on, over whether the Massacre had really happened and whether Kroagnon really was responsible. After security footage showed that the murderous forces had been seemingly commanded by the Chief Caretaker "rather" than Kroagnon, Drinking Fountain tried to explain corpoelectroscopy, but was widely ridiculed because the word had no recorded usage in human science, and was eventually pressured into retracting the statement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Reclaiming Kroagnon (short story)|Reclaiming Kroagnon]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
Drinking Fountain was never named on-screen in ''Paradise Towers'', and [[Catherine Cusack]]'s credit on all four episodes reads only "Blue Kang Leader". Her name was first given in [[Stephen Wyatt]]'s [[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|novelisation]] of the story.
 
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[[Category:Human leaders]]

Latest revision as of 18:15, 2 December 2022

Drinking Fountain commanded the Blue Kangs living in Paradise Towers by the time of the Paradise Towers Massacre.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the Blue Kang Leader[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drinking Fountain as the leader of the Blue Kangs. (TV: Paradise Towers)

Drinking Fountain followed Melanie Bush and Pex throughout Paradise Towers and eventually confronted them. Mel asked her to explain who Pex was and she told the story of how he had avoided going to war by hiding aboard the Kang ship. She allowed Mel to go free but continued to taunt Pex.

Sometime later, Drinking Fountain led her Kangs into the Red Kang brainquarters and proclaimed victory over them. However, the Seventh Doctor convinced them to work together to defeat Kroagnon and Drinking Fountain went with him, Bin Liner and Fire Escape to the basement. There they watched Kroagnon use corpoelectroscopy to take over the Chief Caretaker's body. The Doctor was attacked by a cleaner but Drinking Fountain and the Red Kangs pulled him free. They then fled to Floor 304.

There they allied themselves with the Rezzies, Caretakers and Pex and attacked the cleaners. After Pex sacrificed himself to kill Kroagnon, Drinking Fountain joined in a ceremony in his honour. (TV: Paradise Towers)

Later life[[edit] | [edit source]]

An older Drinking Fountain became a businesswoman. (WC: 24 Carat)

After contacts between Paradise Towers and the rest of human society were reestablished, (PROSE: Reclaiming Kroagnon) Drinking Fountain eventually became the CEO of Blue Kang Travel, and oversaw the refurbishment of Paradise Towers, which she converted into a hotel. Decades after their first meeting, she was reunited with Melanie Bush on the set of 24 Carat, Bush's reality television series, and pitched her a business proposal to sell package holidays. She claimed that the cleaning robots now underwent rigorous safety attempts, but after she admitted that a pool attendant and a decorator had been killed in the last year, Mel rejected her proposal. (WC: 24 Carat)

As one of the surviving eyewitnesses involved in the Paradise Towers Massacre, Drinking Fountain was involved in the public controversy, decades on, over whether the Massacre had really happened and whether Kroagnon really was responsible. After security footage showed that the murderous forces had been seemingly commanded by the Chief Caretaker "rather" than Kroagnon, Drinking Fountain tried to explain corpoelectroscopy, but was widely ridiculed because the word had no recorded usage in human science, and was eventually pressured into retracting the statement. (PROSE: Reclaiming Kroagnon)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drinking Fountain was never named on-screen in Paradise Towers, and Catherine Cusack's credit on all four episodes reads only "Blue Kang Leader". Her name was first given in Stephen Wyatt's novelisation of the story.