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novel name= Bay Of The Dead |
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image=[[Image:baydead.jpg|250px]]|
|image = baydead.jpg
series=[[Torchwood]] - [[BBC Torchwood novels]]|
|series = [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
number= - |
|number = 11
main character= -|
|main character= [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
featuring= -|
|featuring = Kathy Swanson{{!}}Swanson
enemy= -|
|featuring2 = Nina Rogers
year= - |
|featuring3 = Alexander Martin
writer= [[Mark Morris]] |
|enemy = [[Search unit]]s
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
release date= June, [[2009]] |
|writer = Mark Morris
format= Hardcover Book|
|publisher = BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 9781846077371|
|release date= 25 June 2009
previous story= [[TWN]]: ''[[Into the Silence]]''|
|format = Hardcover Book, 256 pages
next story= [[TWN]]: ''[[The House that Jack Built]]''}}
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-737-1
|prev = Into the Silence (novel)
|next = The House That Jack Built (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Bay of the Dead''''' was the eleventh release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk! Something has sealed off Cardiff, and living corpses are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young couple in their car never reach home. A stolen tugboat is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a big black SUV take over a crime scene. Torchwood must now contend with the intangible barrier surrounding Cardiff, and some unidentified space debris that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, the all-night zombie horror show!
When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk…


==Characters ==
Something has sealed off [[Cardiff]], and [[Search unit|living corpses]] are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young couple in their car never reach home. A stolen [[yacht]] is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a [[Torchwood SUV|big black SUV]] take over a crime scene.


[[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] have to deal with the [[Energy barrier|intangible barrier]] surrounding Cardiff, and some [[Life-shell|unidentified space debris]] that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, [[The All-Night Zombie Horror Show|the all-night zombie horror show]].


Not that they really believe in [[zombie]]s.


*[[Jack Harkness|Jack Harkness]]
== Plot ==
*[[Gwen Cooper|Gwen Cooper]]
''to be added''
*[[Ianto Jones|Ianto Jones]]
 
*[[Andy Davidson|Andy Davidson]]
== Characters ==
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Rhys Williams]]
* PC [[Andy Davidson]]
* [[Jackie Hargreaves]]
* [[Joe Hargreaves]]
* [[Toby (Bay of the Dead)|Toby]]
* [[Steffan (Bay of the Dead)|Steffan]]
* [[Curtis (Bay of the Dead)|Curtis]]
* [[Stan (Bay of the Dead)|Stan]]
* [[Greg (Bay of the Dead)|Greg]]
* [[Sophie Gould]]
* [[Kirsty Lane]]
* [[Terry (Bay of the Dead)|Terry]]
* DS [[Kathy Swanson]]
* SOCO [[Guy Baker]]
* PC [[Dawn Stratton]]
* [[Hayley (Bay of the Dead)|Hayley]]
* [[Martin (Bay of the Dead)|Martin]]
* [[Jace (Bay of the Dead)|Jace]]
* [[Trystan Thomas]]
* [[Sarah Thomas]]
* [[Rianne Kilkenny]]
* [[Nina Rogers]]
* Sister [[Felicity Andrews]]
* [[Mildred (Bay of the Dead)|Mildred]]
* [[Winston (Bay of the Dead)|Winston]]
* [[Old man (Bay of the Dead)|Old man]]
* [[Sarah and Trystan Thomas' son]]
* [[Keith Samuels]]
* [[Naomi Samuels]]
* [[Jasmine Samuels]]
* [[Oscar Phillips (Bay of the Dead)|Oscar Phillips]]
* [[Clare Phillips]]
* [[Nobby (Bay of the Dead)|Nobby]]
* [[Alexander Martin]]
* [[Slug-Face]]
* [[Leet (Bay of the Dead)|Leet]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
* Joe and Jackie have been visiting [[Mike Roach|Mike]] and [[Sue Roach]].
* Toby has a sister called [[Jess (Bay of the Dead)|Jess]] and a girlfriend called [[Lauren (Bay of the Dead)|Lauren]].
* Curtis' friends call him Audley, after [[Audley Harrison]].
* Steffan has an [[Steffan's uncle|uncle]].
* Gwen has nightmares following the deaths of [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]].
* [[Betty Prudom]] lives in the flat below Gwen and Rhys.
* Kathy thinks [[Myers (Bay of the Dead)|Myers]] is a nuisance.
* Sophie has a lodger called [[Kate (Bay of the Dead)|Kate]].
* [[Emily Holroyd]] ran Torchwood in the [[1890s]].
* Ianto places Mildred in the cell next to [[Janet (Everything Changes)|Janet]].<!--Janet is mentioned in the book but does not appear.-->
* Jasmine has a toy rabbit called [[Sunny]].
* Gwen mentions [[Gwen Cooper's gran|her gran]], who bought her a toy monkey called [[Bonzo]].
* Alexander's nurse is called [[Ben (Bay of the Dead)|Ben]].
 
=== Species ===
* Leet is a "child of the [[Dellacoi]]".
* Rhys at first believes the zombie outside his flat to be a [[Weevil]].
* Leet uses [[search unit]]s based on stereotypical [[zombie]]s.
 
=== Geography ===
* Roads and streets in Cardiff include [[Gabalfa Road]], [[James Street]], [[Greyfriars Road]], [[Bradford Street]], [[Corporation Road]], [[Harrowby Street]], [[Penarth Road]], [[North Road]], [[Bute Street]], [[Railway Street]] and [[Madoc Road]].
* Districts in Cardiff include [[Llandaff]], [[Grangetown]], [[Trowbridge]], [[Butetown]], [[Canton]] and [[Splott]].
* Places in [[Wales]] include [[Cowbridge]], [[Bonvilston]], [[Merthyr]] and [[Penarth]].
* Students attending [[Cardiff University]] come from [[Leicester]], [[London]], [[Newport]], [[Liverpool]] and [[Southport]] among other places.
 
=== Businesses ===
* Rhys crashes his [[Saab]].
* Gwen and Rhys take cover behind a [[Citroën]].
* Gwen sarcastically asks Rhys if he is trying to call [[Rentokil]].
 
=== Sport ===
* [[Audley Harrison]] is a [[boxer]].
* Stan has had football trials with [[QPR]] and [[Southport F.C.|Southport]].


==References==
=== Popular culture ===
The canibals from [[Brynblaidd|Brynblaidd]] village ([[TW|TW]] : [[Countrycide|''Countrycide'']])
* Steffan mentions ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
* Rhys compares a man to [[Jacob Marley]].
* Rhys mentions ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* Gwen compares Oscar's falling body to the flying Darling children from ''[[Peter Pan]]''.
* Nobby refers to Naomi as [[Cruella De Vil]]'s more obnoxious sister.
* Nobby's mobile ringtone is the theme tune from ''[[The A-Team]]''.


Detective Sergeant [[Kathy Swanson|Swanson]] ([[TW|TW]] : [[They Keep Killing Suzie|''They Keep Killing Suzie'']])
==== Music ====
* Jackie and Joe listen to [[Elbow (musical group)|Elbow]] on the car radio.
* Andy owns the ''[[Only by the Night]]'' CD by [[Kings of Leon]].
* Mildred wears a gore-spattered [[Girls Aloud]] T-shirt.
* Oscar is played [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Bon Jovi]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]] in his hospital bed.


==Notes==
=== Miscellaneous ===
The title is a reference to Romero's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_the_Dead of the Dead]'' movies, most notable ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead_(film) Day of the Dead]''.{{Fact}}
* Gwen suggest calling [[UNIT]] for help.
* Staff and visitors to [[St Helen's Hospital]] show a touch of [[Dunkirk spirit]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
* The title appears to be a reference to Romero's {{wi|Living Dead}} movies, most notably {{wi|Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead}}.
* The dense [[fog]] which foreshadows the appearances of [[zombie]]s in the novel appears to reference the cult horror film {{wi|The Fog}}, in which a glowing fog sweeps over a Californian town, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior.
* Although it remains unnamed in the book, a reference is made to the film {{Wi|The Incredible Shrinking Man}}. Reference is also made to ''[[The Addams Family]]''.
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.


== Continuity ==
* The team is still affected by the deaths of [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Owen Harper]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* [[Kathy Swanson]] appears. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]], ''[[PROSE]]: ''[[Virus (short story)|Virus]]'')
* Ianto remembers the [[Brynblaidd cannibal|cannibals]] from the [[Brecon Beacons]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')
* [[St Helen's Hospital]] appears. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* [[Nina Rogers]] appears. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Into the Silence (novel)|Into the Silence]]'')
* Gwen and Rhys own a [[Saab]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]'')
* Jack remains distrustful of [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Jack and Ianto use the [[Bekaran deep-tissue scanner]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]'', ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]'', ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'')
* Jack vows to soon pay [[Alexander Martin]] a proper visit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The House That Jack Built (novel)|The House That Jack Built]]'')


*The canibals from [[Brynblaidd|Brynblaidd]] village ([[TW]] : [[Countrycide|''Countrycide'']])
== External links ==
*Detective Sergeant [[Kathy Swanson|Swanson]] ([[TW]] : [[They Keep Killing Suzie|''They Keep Killing Suzie'']])
* {{Penguin|1083400/torchwood-bay-of-the-dead/}}
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[[Category:Stories set in the 2000s]]

Latest revision as of 23:36, 11 April 2024

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Bay of the Dead was the eleventh release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk…

Something has sealed off Cardiff, and living corpses are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young couple in their car never reach home. A stolen yacht is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a big black SUV take over a crime scene.

Torchwood have to deal with the intangible barrier surrounding Cardiff, and some unidentified space debris that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, the all-night zombie horror show.

Not that they really believe in zombies.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Businesses[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Rhys crashes his Saab.
  • Gwen and Rhys take cover behind a Citroën.
  • Gwen sarcastically asks Rhys if he is trying to call Rentokil.

Sport[[edit] | [edit source]]

Popular culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The title appears to be a reference to Romero's Living Dead movies, most notably Day of the Dead.
  • The dense fog which foreshadows the appearances of zombies in the novel appears to reference the cult horror film The Fog, in which a glowing fog sweeps over a Californian town, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior.
  • Although it remains unnamed in the book, a reference is made to the film The Incredible Shrinking Man. Reference is also made to The Addams Family.
  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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