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A '''singing man''' was in a [[bathtub (Now or Thereabouts)|bathtub]] of the [[Camden Town|Camden]] flat of a [[war veteran (Now or Thereabouts)|war veteran]] in the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] when [[Little Sister]] [[Ceol]] visited to issue an eviction notice. He was singing a song from "[[Guy and Dolls]]". In contrast with the less corporeal [[war veteran (Now or Thereabouts)|war veteran]] and [[drunk man (Now or Thereabouts)|drunk man]] downstairs, the singing man was "very real", and when Ceol explained the situation to him, he agreed to leave in exchange for a lift to [[Earl's Court]]. Ceol and [[Little Brother]] [[Dominic (Now or Thereabouts)|Dominic]] took him there in their [[limousine]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Now or Thereabouts (short story)|Now or Thereabouts]]'')
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A '''singing man''' was in a [[bathtub (Now or Thereabouts)|bathtub]] of the [[Camden]] flat of a [[war veteran (Now or Thereabouts)|war veteran]] in the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] when [[Little Sister]] [[Ceol]] visited to issue an eviction notice. He was singing a song from "[[Guy and Dolls]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Now or Thereabouts (short story)|Now or Thereabouts]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
The war veteran – in reality the [[amnesia]]c [[Eighth Doctor]] – had found the singing man in the bathtub a few minutes earlier. He had a crew-cut, a cheery smile, and a [[North]]ern accent, ([[NC]]: ''[[With All Awry (short story)|With All Awry]]'') like the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', et al.)
The characters in the flat first appeared in author [[Blair Bidmead]]'s short story ''With All Awry'' in the fanzine ''Myth Makers: The Golden Years''.
 
* In that story, the [[war veteran (Now or Thereabouts)|war veteran]] was the amnesiac [[Eighth Doctor]] and the [[drunk man (Now or Thereabouts)|drunk man]] was [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|"Reg"]]. [[Fitz Kreiner]] left his leather jacket and his a TARDIS key in the Camden flat, telling the Doctor that [[the TARDIS]] was in Earl's Court; shortly afterwards, the Doctor and Reg found the singing man in their bathtub.
In contrast with the less corporeal war veteran, the singing man was "very real", and when Ceol explained the situation to him, he agreed to leave in exchange for a ride in her [[limousine]] to [[Earl's Court]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Now or Thereabouts (short story)|Now or Thereabouts]]'') where [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was waiting. He brought with him [[Fitz Kreiner]]'s [[leather jacket]] and the [[TARDIS key]] from the flat. ([[NOTCOVERED]]: ''[[With All Awry (short story)|With All Awry]]'') The Eighth Doctor and [[Drunk man (Now or Thereabouts)|"Reg"]] arrived at Earl's Court just in time to see the TARDIS [[Dematerialisation circuit|dissolve]] and the light fade. ([[NOTCOVERED]]: ''[[With All Awry (short story)|With All Awry]]'')
* The Doctor described the stranger as an [[Ninth Doctor|"enormous Northerner"]] with a crew-cut and a cheery smile. After [[Faction Paradox]] agents evicted the Doctor and Reg, they found the stranger had disappeared and taken Fitz's jacket with the TARDIS key in its pocket. When the Doctor arrived at Earl's Court, [[the TARDIS]] [[dematerialise]]d without him.


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A singing man was in a bathtub of the Camden flat of a war veteran in the Eleven-Day Empire when Little Sister Ceol visited to issue an eviction notice. He was singing a song from "Guy and Dolls". (PROSE: Now or Thereabouts)

The war veteran – in reality the amnesiac Eighth Doctor – had found the singing man in the bathtub a few minutes earlier. He had a crew-cut, a cheery smile, and a Northern accent, (NC: With All Awry) like the Ninth Doctor. (TV: Rose, et al.)

In contrast with the less corporeal war veteran, the singing man was "very real", and when Ceol explained the situation to him, he agreed to leave in exchange for a ride in her limousine to Earl's Court, (PROSE: Now or Thereabouts) where the Doctor's TARDIS was waiting. He brought with him Fitz Kreiner's leather jacket and the TARDIS key from the flat. (NOTCOVERED: With All Awry) The Eighth Doctor and "Reg" arrived at Earl's Court just in time to see the TARDIS dissolve and the light fade. (NOTCOVERED: With All Awry)

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