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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image = Sneed.jpg | |image = Gabriel Sneed (TUD).jpg | ||
|alias = | |||
|alias = | |||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin = [[Wales]] | |job = Undertaker | ||
|only = The Unquiet Dead (TV story) | |origin = [[Wales]] | ||
|actor = Alan David | |death date = [[24 December]] [[1869]], [[Llandaff]], [[Cardiff]] | ||
}} | |only = The Unquiet Dead (TV story) | ||
|actor = Alan David | |||
|affiliation=Sneed and Company}} | |||
'''Gabriel Sneed''' was an undertaker in [[Victorian]] [[Cardiff]] who owned the [[mortuary]] [[Sneed and Company]]. | |||
Sneed believed his house was haunted, since the [[corpse]]s refused to stay dead. He and [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] went to the [[Taliesin Lodge]] in Cardiff to find [[Peace (The Unquiet Dead)|Mrs Peace]], whose corpse was possessed by a [[Gelth]]. They retrieved her and captured [[Rose Tyler]], who had seen them taking Mrs Peace into their hearse, and took them to [[Sneed and Company]]. | |||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Charles Dickens]] followed and they soon learned what was going on. Sneed and the others performed a [[séance]]. The Gelth told them they were trapped behind [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]] and had become creatures of gas. In the morgue, Sneed was killed and his [[dead]] body was subsequently possessed by the Gelth, who wished to take over all of humanity's bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | |||
Publicly, Sneed was understood to have died during the gas explosion which destroyed the building. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Travellers' Almanac]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The part of Sneed was originally written for [[David Tennant]]. When Tennant was first told of the change in role at the last minute from Gabriel Sneed to the [[Tenth Doctor]], he believed it to be a joke.<ref>''[[Doctor Who: The Inside Story]]''</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:19th century individuals]] | [[Category:19th century individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Human undertakers]] | [[Category:Human undertakers]] | ||
[[Category:Gelth hosts]] | |||
[[Category:Llandaff residents]] | |||
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[[ru:Габриэль Снид]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:29, 10 March 2024
Gabriel Sneed was an undertaker in Victorian Cardiff who owned the mortuary Sneed and Company.
Sneed believed his house was haunted, since the corpses refused to stay dead. He and Gwyneth went to the Taliesin Lodge in Cardiff to find Mrs Peace, whose corpse was possessed by a Gelth. They retrieved her and captured Rose Tyler, who had seen them taking Mrs Peace into their hearse, and took them to Sneed and Company.
The Ninth Doctor and Charles Dickens followed and they soon learned what was going on. Sneed and the others performed a séance. The Gelth told them they were trapped behind the Rift and had become creatures of gas. In the morgue, Sneed was killed and his dead body was subsequently possessed by the Gelth, who wished to take over all of humanity's bodies. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
Publicly, Sneed was understood to have died during the gas explosion which destroyed the building. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)
Behind the scenes
The part of Sneed was originally written for David Tennant. When Tennant was first told of the change in role at the last minute from Gabriel Sneed to the Tenth Doctor, he believed it to be a joke.[1]
